...hands by President Wilson. The President's words to the people of the Philippines were as follows: We regard ourselves as trustees, acting not for the...preparation for that independence; and we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the islands will permit. After...

...legislature. This would afford ample opportunity to prove whether the people are fit for self-government. " We regard ourselves as trustees, acting not for the...United States, but for the benefit of the people of the Philippines." That is the basal utterance. The new executive informed the people, however, that...

...judged by their conduct, not by the lapse of time. Governor Harrison has outlined his policy thus: " We regard ourselves as trustees acting, not for the...preparation for that independence; and we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit. After...

...that extent." (Speech at Lake Mohonk Conference, Oct. 14, 1914.) Gov. Gen. FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON : " We regard ourselves as trustees, acting, not for the...independence of the islands and as a preparation for their independence; and we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent...

...President authorized Governor-General Harrison, in his opening address, to make the following statement: "We regard ourselves as trustees, acting, not for...independence of the Islands and as a preparation for their independence; and we hope to move towards that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent...

...deprive ourselves of that frontier. From a report of his speech at Staunton, Virginia, December 28, 1912. We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit. After...

...A statement by President Wilson, read by Governor-General Harrison in his inaugural address, was : "We regard 'ourselves as trustees, acting, not for...independence of the Islands and as a preparation for their independence ; and we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent...

...Philippine the message of President Wilson, the main paragraph of which Administration read as follows: "Every step we take will be taken with a view to the...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and permanent interests of the Islands will permit. After...

...Harrison, who had instructions to give more authority to the Filipinos. He publicly announced that " every step we take will be taken with a view to the...preparation for that independence; and we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit." President...

...Citizens of the Philippine Islands. October 6, 1913 (The Weekly Times (Manila, PI), October 10, 1913) We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit. After...