Referring to the military problem in the Philippines, Mr, McNutt said: "I venture to predict that if our flag comes down, the Philippines will be the bloody ground of a war within a war for a generation.
Sketching the background of the Philippine independence movement, Mr. McNutt pointed out that new problems had arisen since the passage of the Philippine Independence Act, "Treaties concerning the Orient have been violated," he recalld, "the Open Door Policy has been more than seriously challenged and our policy of freedom of the seas and freedom of the air is in balance."
Mr. McNutt said many Filipinos had come to realize that independence might merely mean trading sovereignties. He said Filipino leaders were beginning to realize that a small independent nation would not be able to enforce American law excluding Asiatic—immigration.—United Press.
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