Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, December 24, 1920, Page 4

Declares Filipinos All Want Independence Former Illinois Congressman, Back From Philippines, Gives Interesting Views on Island Affairs. By FORMER CONGRESSMAN CLYDE 4. TAVENNER, The 10,500,000 ) inhabitants of the Philippines are practically unapl- mous ip their de- sire for independ- ence. This ts the strongest impres- sion that I have brought back with me after touring y) the islands from one end to the Clyde H. Tavenner. @her, and after having come io contact with all classes of the people 1 found, bowever, that the viewpoint ef Americans in the Philippines. and Americans tn the United States, on the subject of Independence, ts not the sume. The attitude of the American gov- ernment, and the great mass of the people of the United States, ts to con sider the Philippine question from the unselfish viewpoint of what ts best | for the Filipino people Ninety-five per cent of the opposition to inde- pendence emanates from American In- vestors in the islands who are quite naturally more interested to the size principally te the fact that tp the Jones jaw America gave the Filipinos her word of honor that as soop as a stable government could be establish- ed we would withdraw our sovereigoty from the Philippine Islands. lt might, at Girst thought, seem strange that in thelr sincere appre- cintion of all that we have done for them the Filipino people should place most emphasis on the promise to grant them their independence. For it can- not be successfully dented that on the whole the United States bas treated the Filipino people better than any nation ever treated a dependent alien people ip all the days s‘nce the curtain rose on the dawn of civilization. If we do not spol! tt, tt ts @ recerd that we cuo be proud of. But tt really isn't vo strange that the Filipino should love us more for our promise to give them sovereignty over themselves than for our other good works, for which, after all, out- side of army and navy expenditures, the Filipinos bave been taxed, and properly so, for every cent of the cost. If we but reverse the situation, and place ourselves in the shoes ef the Filipinos, which cannot be said te be of their dividends than the freedom of ap alien people. The unfortunate feature of the sit- uation is that the opponents of Inde pendence, tn order te convince the peo- ple of the United States that the Ftll- pinos should not be granted their to- dependence, tind It necessary to Ubel av entire race. To tell a sensitive Christian people that they shall vot huve their promised independence be- cnuse they are not fit for it will in the end prove a mistaken policy. It will only make their demand for tn- dependence the stronger. At the present time, however, the misses of the Filipino people still huve absolute confidence in the good fuith of America. Their loyalty and gratitude to Uncle Sam has not as yet been impaired by the misrepre- sentations of the retentionists. Their fenders are intelligent enough to dis- tingulsh between those Americans who oppose their aspirations to to- dependence for purely seltish reasons, eand the great mass of the American people whom they know desire this government te do by the Filipinos only that which ts just and right. ip this connection, {t ts Interesting to review the development of the pres- ent friendly relationship between the Filipino and American peoples. Previous to 1916 the Philippine American relationship is declared to bave been not of the best. But witb the passage tn that year of the Jones law by practically both the Republican and Democratic memberships of Con- gress, a better feeling developed. This “better feeling” has now grown into @ very stroug boud of sympathy and affection. The happy a:titude of the Filipino people toward America is due not prin- -cipally to the fact that Americans bave shown the Filipinos how to make their country a better place to live in; pot principally te the fact we have Superintended the implanting to the Philippines of one of the finest edu- cational systems in the world; vor to the buildiug of high class roads, bridges and public works—but is due | The World’s Most Mayon Volcano, now quiet, but which In the recent past has taken many The Philippine Islands are one of the lives and destroyed much property. most interesting lands in the world for Mount Mayon, in the province of to be one of the most beautiful volcanoes tn the world. No matter from which side the mountain is viewed, the ‘The setting of the velcane has much rises to a height of 7,943 feet from an for more than 60 miles, its regular, bare slopes near the top giving rare Teflections from the illumination of the sun, while at its base is one of the most productive and picturesque landscapes to be seen anywhere in the world. A magnificent road, 120 miles base, passing through the most varying scenery. Mayon has a history as an active veicano. It has destroyed whole towns. The most destructive erup- tion was in 1814, when 1,200 persons 1900, sending a river of lava into the rater. Since then it has been quiet. ab unfair way of getting at the other fellow’s viewpoint, we sball see that it Is not strange. Suppose that Great Britain or any other power that you can think of by re- ferring to your geography or bistory, shouid impose its sovereignty upon us against our will and then give us ap infinitely better government than we now enjoy? Could any such foreign power ever succeed in convincing us that it had our welfare more at beart than we bave ourselves. But to return to my story, the Pill- pinos beartily thanked us for the Jones taw, considering tt # sort of a covenant between the Filipine and Awericun peoples, and immediately applied themselves to the task ef set- ting up the prescribed stable govern- ment. And they set it up. It ts to the Philippines now. America’s own representative in the islands, the gov- ernor general, officially reports it ts there, and recommends that since the Filipinos bave earnestly fulfilled their part of the agreement, America should be as prompt in carrying eut its part of the contract. So that, in a few words, It ts not the Philippines that oew are on trial, but the United States. There ts but one answer. America will carry out its agreement. And since we are going to do it, we cannot afford to quibble and split hairs and hesitate until our tardiness robs us of hulf the glory of our achievement. Let us act with a promptness and will- ingness really worthy of America. And when the people of the United States set up the Philippine Republic as the first Christian democracy of the Far East, they will be building # monument to themselves that will) stund throughout eternity. On that day the beacon light of hope, humanity and justice will flash around the world. Such an example by America will ac complisb more for the weak and strug. gling peoples of the earth lian the four year world war, witb all its cost ip life and treasure, Beautiful Volcano! | labor. | appeal, which had been offered him by { Nevertheless it ls a Reservoir of Titanic Destructive Powers. | | brother-in-law. | permanent residence of the president | | moved from the throne by action of! | the allied powers in 1917, and called; the American tourist to visit. Albay, Philippine Islands, is deciarea cone is almost perfectly symmetrical to do with its exquisite beauty, as it | almost level plain, The peak is visible ip length, circles the mountain at its were killed. It last came to life in | Athens Sunday. | by train and was received at the! sea at a distance of 8 miles from the ROBERTSON Mrs. Alice M. Robertson, republican, elected to congress from the Second Oklahoma district. FIRST SESSION OF LEAGUE CLOSES Geneva—The first meeting of the league of nations assembly closed Sat- urday in a burst of eloquence. | In farewell speeches, Paul Hymans, | assembly president, and Dr. Guiseppe Motta, president of Switzerland, de- clared the first assembly had proved the league was a living organism and &@ success. many of the delegates is that the as- sembly has done all that could be expected of it, if not more. Several pet projects have met with disaster; yet there are few, if any, delegates who remained for the entire assembly that will leave dissatisfied | with the work. Representatives of Austria, Bulga- ria, Luxembourg, Albania, Costa Rica and Finland, which have been made members of the league, had seats in | meeting, but did not participate in the proceedings. It was impossible to secure the proper credentials ia the short space of time. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Approximately 600,000 students are attending American universities and | colleges. | Two companies of state guardsmen and a machine gun unit took charge of Independence, Kansas, as a result of a race riot. | Wholesale prices of commodities were lower last month than at any | time since the war, according to fig-| ures announced by the department ba Immigration would be prohibited for a period of five years by a bill intro- duced in the senate by Senator Over- man of North Carolina, democrat. Reserve officers’ training camps will be operated for six weeks next sum mer, beginning about the middle of June, it was announced at the war department. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, announced that he had declined the appointment as a chief justice of the court of custom the president. Purchase for President Wilson of the former home in Washington of} Henry P. Fairbanks was announced by R. W. Bolling, the president's The house will be the after his retirement from office March 4. | Constantine Back in Athens as King. Athens.-—Constantine of Greece, re | back by the recent plebiscite to re sume his former status, arrived in He came into the city) Place de la Concorde. | Troops in Ireland to Carry Hostage. Dublin.—The general officer com: | manding the Kerry district has is-| sued a proclamation that after Decem-| ber 20 Irish republican army officers} and leaders in custody will be sent as/ hostage with all transports moving armed forces of the crown by roads! in the martial law areas. i 12,000 Immigrants Here for Christmas. | The opinion expressed by | New York.—The Christmas rush of immigrants and other passengers anxious to spend the holidays on American soil, reached its height when eight trans-Atlantic liners arrived with more than 12,000 passengers. World War Aviator is Suicide. Los Angeles, Cal.—Lieutenant Pat O'Brien, famous worid war aviator was found dead in a room in a down town hotel here. Detectives said ii was a case of suicide , AUSING AT THE CLOSE OF ANOTHER BUSY YEAR—A YEAR iJ THAT WILL BE REMEMBERED BY THOSE NOW LIVING AS THE YEAR OF HIGH COST OF PRODUCTION AND HIGH TAXES, AND ADVERSE PRICES FOR THE FRUITS OF OUR TOIL—WE EXTEND THIS SINCERE, CHRISTMAS WISH: ag) | AY THE GREATEST BLESSING OF ALL—GOOD HEALTH —BE YOURS; MAY YOU BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK WITH SATISFACTION IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF HAVING MADE THE WORLD BETTER BY YOUR LIVING IN IT BY SPREADING GOOD CHEER AND BROTHERLY LOVE AMONG YOUR FELLOW MAN, THEREBY BRINGING YOU PRICELESS RICHES THAT NO MAN CAN BUY, NO ROGUE DESTROY; MAY YOU BE HAPPY THIS CHRISTMAS AND THROUGTOUT THE COMING YEAR—AND MAY WE SOON SEE THE PRONOUNCEMENT OF THE HUMBLE NAZARENE “PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL TOWARDS MAN” CONSUMATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.” wi NESS AND WE HOPE THAT THE TREATMENT WE HAVE GIVEN = THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE AND GOOD WILL, WHICH HAS DONE SO MUCH TO HELP BUILD OUR BUSI- YOU HAS BEEN COURTEOUS AND AS SATISFACTORY AS THAT YOU HAVE ACCORDED US, AND THAT OUR PLEASANT RELATIONS MAY CONTINUE THROUGHOUT 1921 AND INDEFINITELY. 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