Word: filipinos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Department was glad. Col. Stimson once a cavalry sergeant, ran the War Department in 1911-1913. Filipinos were glad. Col. Stimson has been much among them and last spring he declared he favors developing responsible Filipino's political parties, choosing the Governor General's cabinet from the majority party and using the Governor General's veto-power only to prevent dereliction. U. S. business was glad. Educated at Yale and Harvard, cultivated in Manhattan, Col. Stimson has a conservative backround and, by his pacification of Nicaragua last spring, his ability has been demonstrated. Mrs. Leonard Wood...
...main points did Secretary Davis make: 1) Let the U. S. announce definitely that it has no intention of withdrawing from the Philippines for some time to come. This would stabilize the Filipino state of mind. 2) Let Filipino politics be subordinated to Filipino economics...
...Filipino is the most honest, peace-loving man in the world", he stated, "and, being entirely capable of self-government, that desire at all times is nearest to his heart...
Having pointed out that the Philippine Islands have more inhabitants than any Independent country in South or Central America, and that at the rate of its present increase, the population will soon equal that of Japan, the Filipino leader said. "There is more leadership among the Filipinos than among any people of Europe. The Islands have given every evidence of their capability of governing themselves; the government has been in the hands of Filipinos for years. Although the percentage of illiteracy may be high, is literacy a fair test of capacity of self-government...
Senator Osmena, also a mestico (half caste), exhibits his Chinese extraction in his importunable demeanor, impeccable manners and enduring patience. He has not always agreed with his headlong young friend, being content to guide Filipino destinies slowly as Speaker of the Assembly for almost 20 years. He would be more content than Manuel Quezon to see Philippine Independence come in three steps instead of at a bound. The three steps might be: 1) Civilian administration by the U. S.; 2) "Philippine Free State" with a U. S. High Commissioner; 3) Independence...