THE PHILIPPINES.
INDEPENDENCE QUESTION.
(BT CABIB—PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTRIOB7T.) (A.TTSTBAUAU AND H.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Eeceived March 4th, 9.50 p.m.)
WASHINGTON, March 3,
The question of granting Philippine independence will be brought squarely before Congress owing to the Committee on Insular Affairs reporting on a Bill advocating such a step. It is not believed likely, however, that the Filipinos who have been conducting an active campaign to this end will succeed in convincing Congress that independence is feasible at the present time.
The Bill provides that the United States shall retain a naval base in the Philippines after the Island obtains its sovereignty. The situation meantime has become newly interesting owing to a boycott of American products by the Philippines as a protest againßt the action of the new insular auditor in stopping payments from the Philippine Independence Fund for propaganda work in America. A popular subscription is being taken to provide money to continue publicity on behalf of socalled "freedom."
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18014, 5 March 1924, Page 9
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