AMERICA'S COLONIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19066, 11 January 1924, Page 7

AMERICA'S COLONIES

GROWING DISSATISFACTION. PHILIPPINE DEMAND FOR INDEPENDENCE. Ptmm AMocUtion— By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON. January 9. (Received Jan. 10, at 7.20 The dissatisfaction among the inhabitants of the United States’s insular possessions took concrete form a. Filipino mission presented Congress with formal charges regarding General Woods’s maladministration and his overstepping of authority, and (urged immediate consideration of the question of Philippine independence. A commission of llmcmbersrepre. Renting Porto Rico sailed for Washington to-day to present the petition to Congress asking for changes m fundamental laws, giving them greater freedom of self-government and requesting an enunciation of the United States’sintent ions concerning Porto Rico s final St The officials are inclined to view with concern the dissatisfaction and unrest existing in the American administration of her insular possessions.—A. ana JN.Z. Cable. Writing on August 29 the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Tribune “The evidence of unrest in the insular possessions and dependencies of the United States continues to grow. The situation in Cuba has reached a stage where the United States may be impelled to intervene. President Zayas has imposed a censorship, which is due to popular protests against his regime. The United States Government has objected to the National Lottery Bill recently passed by the Cabinet. Legislative and governmental corruption exists and the country is in a turmoil. Ihe Cuban War Veterans’ organisation is heading a potential revolt movement. “ \ Filipino mission is asking for independence, and a Porto Rican mission, demanding self-government, is due in Washington shortly. The people of Haiti have renewed their agitation against the continued American cccumtion. The United States Government has sent a warship to San Domingo, despite its recently-announced intention to withdraw from the island. Ihe Virgin Islands have sent pleas for help, declaring that commerce has ceased because shins carrying liquor have been excluded from their ports.”