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Dispelling most of the reasons yet propounded for the further retention of the Philippine Islands by the United States, Manuel Quezon, leader of the Philippine Senate, said at the Union last night. "We stand by our country, as small as it is, and we want to see the Philippine Islands one of the Far-Eastern Independent powers...
When Statesmen Quezon and Osmena saw and talked with President Coolidge they were disappointed. President Coolidge had changed his mind, he said, about transfer from military to civilian administration, just yet. True, the Philippines need much of a civilian nature-in agriculture, education, road building- but President Coolidge thought advisors from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Interior and Commerce could furnish such help at once without necessitating a transfer...
Since Statesmen Quezon and Osmena had not come to plead outright for independence, nor try to influence the appointment of a successor to the late Governor General Leonard Wood* There was little else for him to discuss with President Coolidge, except to assure him that Major General Douglas MacArthur,* the President's recent appointee as Commanding General of the Philippines, would be welcome, and that the Philippine Legislature would soon pass on appropriations and appointments sent to it for confirmation by Acting Governor General Eugene A. Gilmore. The conversation which they had traveled 10,000 miles to seek lasted...
...Mahuel Quezon, noted insurgent and leader of the Philippine Senate, will speak at the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock on the question, "What do the Philippines Want?" at a meeting open only to members of the Union...
Together with Emilio Aguinaldo, Senor Quezon is the dominant spirit in the fight for Philippine self-government, and he is in this country at the present time for the purpose of interviewing President Coolidge on that question...