PROBLEM OF THE PHILIPPINES.
NEW YORK, October '3o. The Manila correspondent' of the "Chicago Tribune" interviewed the retiring Japanese Consul-Gerieral, Mr Kurusji, who said : — "Japan fears Filipino independence. She. wants the Phiflippine Islands opened to Japanese capital and landowners, but hopes that the United States will keep the islands. The independence of the Philippines, .unprotected by the United. States, would , be just one more problem, and a disturbing element m the Far Eastern situation. .The Filipinos can exclude immigrants witli inipunity as long as the United States backs them, but it is difficult to see how they can keep the islands for themselves. If the United States grants independence with protection well and good. We would be delighted to trade with them aaid help m defending them and maintaining order, but indepenr dence for the present would merely add to our worries of which we have | enough already."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9374, 1 November 1921, Page 5
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