The United States and the PhilippinesDoubleday, Page, 1924 - 335 pages |
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Page 38
... living and wage scale , while foreigners are prohibited from owning land in Japan in the interest of Japanese nationals . Japanese officials , merchants , students and tourists are , freely admitted to the United States , exclusion ...
... living and wage scale , while foreigners are prohibited from owning land in Japan in the interest of Japanese nationals . Japanese officials , merchants , students and tourists are , freely admitted to the United States , exclusion ...
Page 40
... living thing - largely helped to break down the insularity and self - sufficiency of the American people , and prepared them to take a greater interest and a larger part in problems beyond their immediate horizon . Is it far - fetched ...
... living thing - largely helped to break down the insularity and self - sufficiency of the American people , and prepared them to take a greater interest and a larger part in problems beyond their immediate horizon . Is it far - fetched ...
Page 48
... living in a more or less con- tinuous geographic area , who have a sufficiently unique economic and social life , language , or physical type to mark them off clearly and distinctly from any other similar group in the Philippine Islands ...
... living in a more or less con- tinuous geographic area , who have a sufficiently unique economic and social life , language , or physical type to mark them off clearly and distinctly from any other similar group in the Philippine Islands ...
Page 50
... living authority on Malay history , " stated , from the sum of his experience , that " the germ of self - govern- ment does not exist in the Malay race . Bishop James Thoburn , of the Methodist Episcopal Church , who spent forty - five ...
... living authority on Malay history , " stated , from the sum of his experience , that " the germ of self - govern- ment does not exist in the Malay race . Bishop James Thoburn , of the Methodist Episcopal Church , who spent forty - five ...
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... living unobtrusively in the innumerable little nipa shacks which hedge the streets and highways , or in the mountains of Luzon , the wilds of Mindanao , and other sequestered places of the archipelago . The voice of this silent ...
... living unobtrusively in the innumerable little nipa shacks which hedge the streets and highways , or in the mountains of Luzon , the wilds of Mindanao , and other sequestered places of the archipelago . The voice of this silent ...
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administration affairs Aguinaldo American occupation American sovereignty appointed archipelago Asia authority Bureau cent China Chinese civil commercial Commission Conference Congress coöperation Court demand Demócrata Eastern economic election established Executive existing fact favour Filipinos forces foreign funds given Governor Governor-General Governor-General Harrison granted Hong Kong industry inhabitants insular Insurgent interests Japan Japanese land largely leaders legislation Luzon Malay Manchuria Manila Manila Bay Manuel Roxas masses matter ment miles military million Mindanao Moros Nacionalista party native officers organized Osmeña Pacific peace pesos Philip Philippine independence Philippine Islands Philippine Legislature Philippine National Bank pine political population possible President privileges propaganda protection provinces Quezón realize responsibility revenues Roxas Russia Secretary secure self-government Senate Siberia situation sovereignty Spain Spanish square miles stable government Sulu Taft Tagalog territory theretofore tion to-day trade treaty troops Twenty-one Demands United Washington whole Wood
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Page 37 - One nation, most of all, could disturb us in this pursuit; she now offers to lead, aid, and accompany us in it. By acceding to her proposition, we detach her from the bands, bring her mighty weight into the scale of free government, and emancipate a continent at one stroke which might otherwise linger long in doubt and difficulty.
Page 190 - 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 17 - The Governments of the United States and Japan recognize that territorial propinquity creates special relations between countries, and, consequently, the Government of the United States recognizes that Japan has special interests in China, particularly in the part to which her possessions are contiguous.
Page 15 - In view of the circumstances of the negotiations which have taken place and which are now pending between the Government of China and the Government of Japan and of the agreements which have been reached as a result thereof, the Government of the United States has the honor to notify the Government of the Chinese Republic...
Page 324 - I would prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to one run like heaven by Americans because no matter how bad a Filipino government might be, it can still be improved.
Page 77 - To obtain the unconditional personal assistance of General Aguinaldo in the expedition to Manila was proper, if in so doing he was not induced to form hopes which it might not be practicable to gratify.
Page 93 - Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.
Page 32 - China; b. any such monopoly or preference as would deprive the nationals of any other Power of the right of undertaking any legitimate trade or industry in China, or of participating with the Chinese Government, or with any local authority, in any category of public enterprise, or which by reason of its scope, duration or geographical extent is calculated to frustrate the practical application of the principle of equal opportunity.
Page 102 - ... 2. The most ample liberty of self-government will be granted to the Philippine people which is reconcilable with the maintenance of a wise, just, stable, effective, and economical administration of public affairs, and compatible with the sovereign and international rights and obligations of the United States.
Page 93 - Cuba, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights. All persons who, either by active aid or by honest submission, cooperate with the...