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...Fassett '22, "The Congo" Vachel Lindsay B. A. Trustman '22, "Repiy to Hayne", Daniel Webster Oviatt McConnell '24, "My Last Duchess" Robert Browning C. W. Phelps '22, "The Power of Motive", Frederick Aobisoha (Intermission of five minutes) M. P. Lichauco '23, "The Voice of the Philipino People", Manuel Quezon A. W. Lewin '24, "On the Wire", Robert Service J. C. Shoe '23, "Recognition of Soviet Russia", David Lloyd George H. C. Martin '23, "On the Death of Gas field", James G. Blaine
Reserving my own convictions and party affiliations in regard to complete autonomy. I feel it only fair to place before you the answer to your question which those favoring independence would proffer. To quote Senior Quezon's declaration before Congress in reply to the frequent query of "Wry should not the Filipino people be content with American rule?" "I will answer", he said, "in the language of that great apostle of human freedom, Daniel Webster. 'No matter how easy may be the yoke imposed by a foreign power, if it is not imposed by the voice of his own nation...
What Senors Aguinaldo, Quezon, and the others will have to say at Washington will be of great interest in showing the Filipino side of the question. At present, the grounds of native dissatisfaction, beyond an ethereal vision of the glories of nationhood, are not clear. The Philippines under American protection have autonomy. If permitted to go entirely free, they would gain little more control of their government than they have today, and they would lose what advantages they now possess under American guidance and protection...