LIBERTY FOR PHILIPPINES
STIRRING APPEAL MADE BILL TO GO BEFORE SENATE TRADE IN SUGAR A FACTOR By Telegraph—Press Assn.-— Copyright. Australian Press Association. Washington, July 16. A renewed movement to give the Philippines independence originated with a stirring appeal for freedom by Mr. Manuel Roxas, Speaker of the Philippines House of Representatives, before the Senate Finance Committee, after which Senator King, who has long advocated such independence, announced that he w T ould move at the next session for the adoption of his Bill to free the islands, which would be provided for as soon as the Philippines established constitutional Government. Mr. King said he would, also press for action on a resolution asking' the President to take up with all the Pacific Powers the negotiation of a treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of the islands. Mr. King claims that the growing competition of sugar from the Philippines with domestic- sugar will soon force the United States to grant them independence, which independence has been mentioned frequently during the tariff hearings.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 July 1929, Page 11
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