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Mr. MeNutt said the Filipinos face racial extinction and the United States will "lose its voice in Oriental diplomacy" unless the American flag continues to fly over the Philippines.
. The High Commissioner predicted at least generation of trouble would follow the lowering of the American flag in the Philippines.
"The Philippines," tte said, "are sparsely populated and are surrounded by nations whose teeming millions are over-spilling their national boundaries. Add to this the question of the Philippines' ability to defend itself against foreign military aggression and the economic disaster attendant on the sudden loss of the American market and you have the picture."
Gloomy Picture Mr. McNutt stressed that the picture was equally gloomy from the American viewpoint.
"Our fag and sovereignty should remain, allowing the Philippines every ounce of domestic autonomy and autonomy they can absorb, and holding in our own hands only matters of foreign affairs, tariffs, immigration, currency arid the public debt," he said. "These are scarcely more than the marks of the necessary reservations of a dominion.
"Neither in this American generation or in any other should we falter along our path. We cannot scuttle. We must not shirk."
Mr. McNutt urged the United States to re-examine the Philippines question from a long range viewpoint. He stressed, however, that the United States "won't impose its sovereignty by force upon any people."
He denied that Philippine sugar competes with American cane and
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