...has charged me to deliver to you the following message on behalf of the government of our country : " 'We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...Islands. " 'Every step we take will be taken with a mew to the ultimate independence of the islands and as a preparation for that independence. And we...

...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...the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands. mate independence of the Islands and as a preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward...

...occasion of granting them a substantial majority in the Legislative Assemblies in 1913 said :— ' We regard ourselves as trustees, acting not for the...United States, but for the benefit of the people of the Philippines. Every step we take will be taken with a view to the independence of the islands and...

...the advantage of the United States but for the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands. mate independence of the Islands and as a 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...

...urged giving them their independence; President Wilson in his first message to the Filipinos said: We regard ourselves as trustees, acting not for the...the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands. Unfortunately, as so often happens, both sides go to extremes in their arguments. In general the Republican...

...president of the United States charged him to deliver to the Filipino people the following message : 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...

...in a message to the Filipino people delivered by Governor Harrison in Manila, October 6, 1918, said: "We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...Islands and as a preparation for that independence." And in his message to Congress, December 2, 1913, he said: " By their counsel and experience, rather than...

...delivered by GovefnoT~Harfisbn in Manila, Ociober 6,~r913T said: "We regard ouTSetvWas trustees acting msf for the advantage of the United States but for the...Islands and as a preparation for that independence." And in his message to Congress, December 2, 1913, he said: "By their counsel and experience, rather than...

...governor general, communicated to the Filipino people the following message from President Wilson : " We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...a view to the ultimate independence of the islands arid as a preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the...

...message to the Filipino people delivered by j I Governor Harrison in Manila, October 6, 1913, said: "We regard | | ourselves as trustees acting not for...the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands. j Every step we take will be taken with a view to the ultimate inde- | pendence of the Islands and...