THE PHILIPPINES.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
UNITED STATES
AN ASIATIC STATUS
SPEECH BY MR TAFT,
(Received June 1, 5.5 p.m.)
New York, May 31.
Speaking at the dodication of a monument to the victims of the battloship Maine disaster, Mr Taft declared that possession of. the Philippines gave the United States an Asiatic status, and brought her close to China. It gave them a double interest in the Pacific, and they must accept this responsibility, iising it for the general good of tho world.
CABLE' NEWS.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13738, 2 June 1913, Page 5
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88THE PHILIPPINES. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13738, 2 June 1913, Page 5
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