Complete Freedom by 1946 Now Appears Unlikely Japan's Army Casts Dark Shadow Over Islands Washinston, Dee, 10.
Complete independence for the Philippine Islands, at the termination of the Commonwealth in 1946, now appears unlikely, largely as a result of the attitude of the Filipino people themselves, in the opinion of Mr. Roy W. Howard, chairman of the board of the Scripps-Howard News-Papers and the United Press Associations.
Ina signed article from Manil published in full to-day by all Scripps-Howard newspapers and in part by other newspapers throughout the country, Mr. Howard declared that "the Filipino dreary of independence is fading fast. For 35 years the major issue of Islands politicians, it fg gasping its last breath within one month of the launching of the Commonwonlth Govern +nt."
After cpending several weeks in Manila. before, during and after the inauguration of the Commonwealth, Mr. Howard, declared, "There plenty of evidence that the Philippine pendence and demanded by Republic contemplated by the inde-
political leaders from Gen. Emilio' Aguinaldo to Senor Manuel L, Quezoa will never materialize.
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