Independence for the Philippine Islands: Hearings Before the Committee on Territories and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-second Congress, First Session, on S. 3377 (Hawes-Cutting Bill) a Bill to Enable the People of the Philippine Islands to Adopt a Constitution and Form a Government for the Philippine Islands, to Provide for the Independence of the Same, and for Other Purposes, Together with Hearings Before the Committee on Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, on H. R. 7233, a Bill to Provide for the Independence of the Philippine Islands. February 11 and 13, 1932 |
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... interests therein as may have been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with law , are hereby granted to the government of the Philippine Commonwealth when constituted . RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES PENDING COMPLETE ...
... interests therein as may have been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with law , are hereby granted to the government of the Philippine Commonwealth when constituted . RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES PENDING COMPLETE ...
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... interests of neither the Filipino people nor the United States . Until the Filipino people shall have made greater progress toward economic independence , political independence would merely invite chaos and revolution . All the ...
... interests of neither the Filipino people nor the United States . Until the Filipino people shall have made greater progress toward economic independence , political independence would merely invite chaos and revolution . All the ...
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... interests of both countries to have some tariff even on the sugar that we are now exempting from any duty . In other words , the question is one that we should determine with our minds rather than with our emotions . It is an economic ...
... interests of both countries to have some tariff even on the sugar that we are now exempting from any duty . In other words , the question is one that we should determine with our minds rather than with our emotions . It is an economic ...
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... interests in the Islands and are affected by the insular trade . I read very carefully what they said . And understand , I have no quarrel with them . I have the deepest sympathy with an American who is progressing any place in the ...
... interests in the Islands and are affected by the insular trade . I read very carefully what they said . And understand , I have no quarrel with them . I have the deepest sympathy with an American who is progressing any place in the ...
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... interests of economy the Philippine Government , if compelled to maintain an army , would be forced to organize it by conscription . In short , there does not seem to be any reasonable hope , either in the proximate or distant future ...
... interests of economy the Philippine Government , if compelled to maintain an army , would be forced to organize it by conscription . In short , there does not seem to be any reasonable hope , either in the proximate or distant future ...
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Page 141 - Philippines, its provinces, cities, municipalities, and instrumentalities, which shall be valid and subsisting at the time of the final and complete withdrawal of the sovereignty of the United States...
Page 396 - Philippines (except such naval reservations and fueling stations as are reserved under section 5), and, on behalf of the United States, shall recognize the independence of the Philippine Islands as a separate and self-governing nation and acknowledge the authority and control over the same of the government instituted by the people thereof, under the constitution then in force.
Page 151 - January, 1899, he expressed the hope that the commissioners would be received as bearers of "the richest blessings of a liberating rather than a conquering nation." In his message to Congress in the same year, among other things concerning the Philippines, he said: "The Philippines are ours, not to exploit, but to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government.
Page 125 - Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein...
Page 129 - VII. That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 358 - ... whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Page 130 - December 1898, the boundaries of which are set forth in article III of said treaty, together with those islands embraced in the treaty between Spain and the United States concluded at Washington on the 7th day of November 1900.
Page 12 - The Philippines are ours, not to exploit, but to develop, to civilize, to educate, to train in the science of self-government. This is the path of duty which we must follow or be recreant to a mighty trust committed to us.
Page 113 - My country, may she ever be right, but right or wrong, my country!
Page 2 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United •States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.