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FILIPINOS WANT ¿’’ERICA TO GIVE ,„ oepe ::: e « - c ' ■ D A PHILIPPINE TRAVELOGUE 2ND MISSION COMES FROM PHILIPPINES MEET THE DE VEYRA FAMILY! They Are Puttiag the Philippines en the Map ■ Washington T H t R O M A N T I C I S L A N D » OF T H C P A R ( A I T . P I C T U R E S OF T H E I R N A T U R A L B E A U T V A N D H I S T O R I C a t O T S — BE C O M I N G A M i CCA ( O H T O U R . I T « A N D A P O P U L A R WI N T F . l t R E S O R T I M. K hw Declares U. S. it Cun3 ' tantly Reluss ^oif-Cetermination.” Body Headed by Senate Presi dent Quezon Reiterates De- mand fer Independence. M AXIM O M. KAI AW , tit«* '•t in i'h ih p p iti« f«»r M ititi'in tli -itlf*O o\it»rttiH »m Au I*ìi l l l n o « , " In lit« l'lilIllMiliit'«/' t ie "It ty, *• ihe.s »how iulHcl.nl cap ion they urc nhlc to gov I h c III * «• I V e ** W li c n t ! ara it il u c ti I enough." *1' li u a run the answer» of itimi v Aim-tT cuna p i«'*»«d with Ihit question an In Will'll III« It'll l|>t tins » h n«u I d hr gtniiir.1 their In ilcpcnilcnrc. Now, “ ttlitlliy," *Vnpncl‘ ty” alni "rulli cant «ducalIon1' c flw r — \\ lint do III y •o M Kal.vw. |0 |,|„.k and w h ile ' Menai ir Shogun may think no people I» capable o f »ell government Hint does tint eMnl'Ip.li the JedtClnl recall. or limi lui» no 1. 1 11> • Sunday. John Smith of SiMiiervlllo may llilnk no qleoplc I» C.I pillile o f Keif government I till I doe« not lute Ids ilriniH'rilili' tlilu k fit' go lo church on Sunday». "Ca| aell.v for an If goveiiunefil*! I» a» I.road anil .'Inaile ax the world, and if Hint nhvuhl hr the criterion for ilie granting o f Philippine Independence, America mlglil ax well say lo lite F ili pino*, "I will g h e yr " In-hoendcncn wlien ll plenxea me to do no. ’ Fori u n n ic i« , the American promise In Ho- Philippines lx not haxed on x.lch olixiiirc unii a list ni f | i-iitellrjonv I| I n hared on a deillille relawloe Ihlng. When Anici li a, ihrotigb he (Y,agr«'xx, officially told Hie Filipino people Unit they would lie Grouted lllelr ludepend elice a i kooii IIr lliey could exliihllxli a «laid e government, no nhxiraet or ol>- neure condii Ion wax meant. Stable governm «ot, «icortlltig to American uxage, meimr a certain, defluite thing The I'n lled Slalex protuixed Die On haax Hie kuuic thing. Hint "when they have catabllahad a Mahle government, then American troop» would tie with drawn." A" »non ux the Cuban people eli-cled a government »lilted to them- ai'lve», rupahle o f iiinlniulning order and fulfilling nil Inf ernatlonal oldiga tlonx, there war a »table government In Cuba, and Aiuerh.itf troop» were withdrawn. When Congress paxaed the Jones law. It »haply, borrowed Ho* phrase "xiuhlc govern m eni" from the < 'uhtip lilrtory noil nppllril It to the I'ldllp pine» The lilrtory vf I ’lillipplne leg islation shows that In hlaek and white. W illi fall knowledge o f wlmt ll mount, the Filipino people accepted Hie Jones law and Immediately began setting up the stahle government required by <*on grexx sr n pre-requisite to Independ ence. The stahle government Is now » fact. |i lx Indeed more Hum Hint ; ll Is an undisputed fact. The olii« ini representative o f the Fulled Sind r ip Hie Philippine Islands, the Governor General, reported to the American I'ongresa and the administra tion Hint “ the Filipino people have er tahllrhed the ainhle government ile mantled hv I'o n gre«» as » pre-requisite for the granting o f Independence-— namely, n government elected I it Hie suffrage o f the people, which Is sup ported by the people, which Is capable o f maintaining order and o f fulfllling Its International obligations." The I'hllippliie question I» therefore no longer a question o f politics, argu ment or supposition. T o the Philip pine mind, at least. It Is now s ques tion of whether the F iliteli Slates Is ready to discharge Its own obligations fully and completely. America went before the world III the recent war ns the m ow ed champion >f "s e lf «letcrinl- natlon" and Filipinos can not see how America can consistently refuse to net. The Filipino people, however, have no grudge or grievance ugni list Hie American people. Theirs Is a message o f friendship and gratitude. They seek Independence ns the natural and log- leal outcome o f America's policy In the Islands and of \merlen's solemn promise to them. They come willing to give privileges at d eutieesslons not Incompatible with their national we! fa re. The Filipino people are willing tif- accept Independence under any o f the follow ing conditions : T'niler a I -cagne o f Nations, guaranteeing Its territorial Integrity : under Ihe pm iectorateshlp o f the United Sinica for the llrst few yea.’» : under a iraaly t»f neutrality be tween ihe l ulled States, England, Ja pan, Frnm-c and other powers, or even without nnv condition whatever ah in line »m l complete Independence. They have no fear o f Japan. Philippine In dependence, in our opinion. Is not Inim icai to Japanese licerests. The Japa n e s e are now free to coma to the Phil ippines, Inti at the present time there »r e less than Itt.mm Japanese In the Islands There are »tv times as rnsivy Japanese In California as there are In Ihe entire Philippine ArehipPlago. The Filipinos are T illin g to take th elr’ ctiance as a nation. Smaller aa Hans beset hy graver problems and dangers have taken i< mor»- lm /»rd«n» chance at freedom, and lim e sue Ci.'xv'vii. Hon. Jaime C. de Veyra, Who H at Just Been Re-elected as Philippine Commissioner to the U. S. Mr». Jaime C. de Veyra. Important W oijt fo r She la Doing Her Peo ple in America. — -------------- -- . . , . That the Filipino- people are In cnra PHt In tlit*ir <f<kitt«iriiil for Immediate its- dope It di••nee ix Ir.tll«•ated by tile o’’m int to tluwl ‘ lilted Mtates o f a xecmnl I ’hlHi*. pine mi xsiori tn woi*k for imU poif UHTH'W, Cotncld ent with th! * annoime lo ♦*nf Mi# War I * ißnrtmenf twt*ive<l a còtile from Manila stating that the all Filip fno lefc- ¡simun - had Hdop :e«l " ►nx r#» Iteratitiig its phm Ifor liiiiucd at e ln«te* pendette«. Tin- 1•ccnnd mis*::on, like the f# contisi*ed o f the le;idlrtg I mu o f the !*> land» 1 inti will Work in the r n iîe i! Statevi not only fti>r ImmediatiL* In h*. petuh-mre, but also to bring u I hii It *i»et- ter unilerstandltig. greater cor. and <-lo* t «s-oniMiilc relations l>etueef1 Hie Fili t«-l Stctiw an<T Hie Philip * The 1nlH-si.m lx u;rain headed h•y Mute pr» '-Idem o f the Pîitllfe» nel L. 1 ^ pine Ni*uuU», win* Is well kmmu la A merle a, having boei, fo.- six yelurn rrt* Ident coinmiaxiofM•T to the U r t i t i — ... V Th* Zigzag on ths W ay to Baguio, Bummer Capita1 of the Philippine». All aboard! lad s g o ! W e're start llie trip lo (Iugulo wlthln live m< uva of ing from Manila, the great picturesque, huudredx o f Hmusiiod» o f Filini Dos Not only Is lliere mi db-leu t (Hiwer In Ainerbitiil/cd Oriental city, and will Ibis rlver lo eloctrify a line from Ma truvel hy nutoiuohlle ‘Jt*i tnlies to the nlla lo l ’ngul». Imi lo operate thè riorih to lingula, the summer capital o f streci rullways o f Manlio, |lght/ thè the Philippines The trl(> CUD also l«c city und fuiuisli power fo r manufac made hy truin turing ceto-eros. » iiut we bave now arrivisi ut rump W e have ahead o f u* one o f Hie moat Frolli thi» pelnt thè scencry scenic, spectacular and thrilling auio- finn. nmhlle trips in the world. We will rnpldly chunges a» thè elevatlon In- i cren«es. W e are travellug over thè have excel lent roads all ihe way. The famoUM Iteli.Miei niad, thè eonstrnctiou Philippines arc, in fuel, u paradise for o f wlilcli througli thè mountains is a MUtolM'. pSs'i-sslUg .'!/<«> Illtle» of th>e iimst remarknhle ougipeerlng. triuinph. tuuctidumUcd roads. At pluees (he rond ix biasimi uni o f thè The Aral part o f the trip Is through j Bollii granite. Itidilig oli thè edge o f a typtenh small towns und then across 100 foot preciplce makes one feol like the central plain o f Luzon and through several rlcft ami fertile powlnccs, where iroplcnl vegetation Is seen at Its best. Here one Is Impressed with the greaf agricultural wealth o f the Philip pines, which represents one o f Hie East's greatest producing nrena, with Hie advantage o f Immense natural re sources for the development o f further production. Ii lx regrettably true that even In the United States there is far from any real understanding o f the potentialities o f Hie Island». At some points rice Holds, looking in the distance like Ihe greeitC'i o f green lawns, stretch away as far as the eye can see. I f you want color. If you wain to A m -I Hu- romance slid mystery o f an Oriental twilight, pass till* way as the risl eyed sun St Ihe cial o f the dying day Is slowly sinking behind Hie unending cvpnnsc o f green flelvls. At first you- cry out In ecstaey at the gorgiMiux scene Hut ns you ride along, your eyes fiisioiicd on t|ie panorama o f Huts slid eolnrs. and with the Im penetrably hlaek Oriental night <s»m- itig on fast, you become enthralled. You no longer try to express your feel ings. Youeannot. You realize that those " A t times we teemed perilously near th* jumping off place.” now fast changing, colorful master pieces In the heavens and on the land scape are pictures that no man can ad he Is oil the rltn o f the world. Some of equately describe nor human hands du I h e turns a r e so shnrp It Is Impossible to »«■<• JO feet ahead, and w c sim - iii to plicate. So what's the use o f tryin g) he perilously near the jumping off True, these are hut Impressions, hut place. W e wonder If it Is safe in lean Ihe lravelogtier considers himself Justi out and |MM>r Into the canyon far below, fied in mentioning them, for they are a and when we do we are perfectly sat part o f the trip lo Hagulo and return. l-fied wc are flirting with death. Yet I ih I imm I, the gorgeous sunsets In all Ihe trip in a safe one. providing our parts of the Philippine* leave an Im | driver has better nerves than our own All ton soon we reach the outskirts pression on the mind o f the tourist that o f Hagulo, n city among ihe clouds, Is everlasting. »m l ai-e rather surprised at the modem We leave llie palms and tropical city wu Wild ll to he. In ten years Ba foliage ami enter the zone o f rugged gulo has grown ffom a village o f huts pine. W r pass from the-soft, Inccnso I iif the now Justly famed mountain re laden air o f Hie warm lowlands to tln- M>rt o f the Philippines, sometime* call crlsp. Invigorating ozone o f the tem ed the Philippine Simla. It I* un perate zone, sill within It few hours’ doubtedly declined some day to become a large city. lime. Haguio ranges In elevation from For mile after mile the road now fo l lows the tortuous course o f n river, the 4..TOO to 5.000 feet and Is surrounded pm ctlcnlly on all sides hv high moun road lying In the bottom or on the tain ridges and “ hogshaeks" towering lucky »Ides o f a granite canyon. Into the skies at a height o f almost The Philippines are rich In hydro S.IKIO feet. electric iNwallilllHes. This (Hiwer Is the Aside from the scenery, which Is cheapest power on enrtli. And It is noteworthy, the great blessing o f Ra- everlasting. Your truveloguer Is nei guln Is !^s temperate climate, which is ther a prophet nor the son' o f a proph Indeed a godsend to those Impoverish et, hut lie predicts that one day there ed hy the tt-opieal teiu|>enitures o f the will he liiiitliiierNhle Philippine govern lowlands. Not only is the mountain air rich In ozone, hut It has been dem ment owned hydro electrle plants In onstrated to lie extraordinarily free this canyon wp wre now passing from germ * o f all kinds. through. Think o f the possibilities o f Each year during 'h e hot season the such n project! Today the trip from school teacher* o f the entire ap-hlpdn- Manila to llngnln Is loo expensive for „o arc euahied h.v the government to the average Manila worker and his spend a month at the teachers’ camp family, ninny o f whom may live nod in Hagulo for recreation and confer- die without belnddlng the wondrous cnee on school work. American army beauties o f ihetr own island of Luzon. officers and their families ai*o go to Think o f what n blessing ll would he Hagulo for (lie hot month*. lo Filipino mothers and children to And now that your travologu er,has feel upon tlo-lr fevered brows Hie cool. you in Hagulo. he believes lie wilt leave Invigorating breezes o f the mountain yon »here, for there are many Interest lops now s<i near and yet so f a r ! W ith Ing side trip* to take, and. besides tlo- Philippine government owning It« Hagulo Is the most delightful p.aee- for own electric rnilwsy-» and hydro elre- I a vacation in the entire Orient. ire- plants it would lie possible to bring i c. n y. «sa» • r -, - i I » -A ■ - f « - r — T H E C H IL D R E N OF T H E P H IL IP P IN E COM M ISSIONER. The Eaby of Th l* Group Speak* Three Language»— Vi*ayan, Spanish and English. Permit us to present the De Veyra ed States,” says Mrs. de Veyra. " I do not mean to Infer we are perfect, for family. w e are not. My people have most of The Hon. Jaime C. de Veyra Is the the defects, I suppose, that other hu Resident Commissioner front the Phil mans have, but at the same time we ippine Islunds to the United State* and . are fa r from the people that many has Just been elected to a second term ; Americans have been made to believe. o f three years. As Resident Comirtis-1 Not only are we a Christian people, »loner he has a seat on the floor of but our race lias a history that we are th<> American Congress, the privilege not ashamed pf. Throughout the Phil of taking part in debate», although no ippine Islands the people are now i working earnestly to improve them vote. Commissioner de Veyra has an Inter- selves and their conditions so they will •-.»ling w ife and four bright Filipino he pre[mred to lake over their own a f kiddies. T h e I*e Veyra family. Individ fairs. W e all love America for giving ually and collectively, coustitute the us a chance to help ourselves and for beat argument as to the tact and capa having prom is'd us our independence, bilities of Filipinos Hint the Philippine which Is one o f the dearest desires o f the entire citizenship o f the islumla.’' l.'lumls have in Washington. T o American women whose ideas o f The commissioner Is a 100 per cent Filipino, a Visaynn, and Is one o f the Filipino* have been founded on Sun foremost leaders o f the party In power day supplement descriptions o f wild Iti the Islands. During American occu tribes, Mrs. de Veyra’s gentle manner pation he has been successively gov and evident culture have been a reve ernor o f his province, member o f the lation. She is sought by women’s clubs Philippine legislature, Cabinet mem because o f her charming manner as an ber and executive secretary o f the impromptu speaker on the subject nearest her heart— the women o f her islands. Like many statesmen o f the Philip country. At a recent Washington gathering pines, he was originally a newspaper man. He was one o f the founders o f »he gave In perfect English a concise El Nuevo Din of Cebu, the first p HI- account o f the work o f a woman's dub pino paper pnbljjhed advocating Phil In Manila which supplies milk to the ippine Independence. The paper came babies o f the |>oor and trains mothers j under the censorship o f General Mc to rare fo r their young children. She Intyre, and on Ihe appearance o f the told , , f another woman's club which first number the editors were left in hns branches all over the Philippine the singular, position o f seeing every Islands and which maintains day nurseries fo r the children ofT h e w<Vrk- prominent article blue penciled. Mrs. de Veyra, like her husband. Is Ing women, provides Christinas cheer s "liv e w ire” In the Philippines’ cause. fo r the lepers, the-lnsane and the eon She is the best known FIMpina In viets. and gathers data to Influence leg America. She Is an Interesting public | islation fo r the benefit o f Filipino wo speaker and Is constantly giving illus-l men and children. tratod lectures at women’s clubs and | The four little De VeyraS, shown In other gatherings. Mrs. ile Veyra is a thq picture, having attended the pub publicity bureau all In herself »lid has lic schools In Manila, slipped right into put the Philippine» on the map so fur the same grades in the schools of Even little Mary, the as the women folk o f Washington con Washington. hah.v o f the family, speAks three lan gressional circles are concerned. “ 1 find that the Filipino people have g u a ge'-- her native tongue, Spanish been much misrepresented in the Unll-J and English. “PLAY BALL!” Senate President Manuel L. Quezon. States. Mr. Qtyzon and H>e linn. S- iv gio Osme-na, Speaker o f the Philippine House o f Representative» and Vice President o f the Council o f State, are the leaders o f the Nadonallsta party, which has been in power since ItstT. While Speaker Osinena is nor **> w -|[ known in the United Stales as Quezon, lie is consider«*! cr.e o f the ablest men in the islands. Senate President Que zon recently referred to Osineun as “ the greatest Filipino since R izal." The personal relations between < >*- mena and Quezon are probably without a parallel in modern politic*. They have lieon the leading polltieul figure* in the island* for 1J years, yet tliera has never been the slightest Indication o f rivalry between them. Throughout their college life as well as their long political service each has refused to !>• a candidate fo r any position that th* other aspired to. During the years Quezon was th* Philippine delegate in the A m erica* Congress he won the esteem anil enrv fltlenee o f both the Republican and rtemocratlc »lib's o f the chiim!>er. Whenever he s|Mike he was assured o f a good attendance. One o f the official short hand reporters once declared Quezon used the purest English o f any. member o f the House. Osinena, aa president o f the Xnciorv* alista party, is the lender o f the nw- tiotia1 movement for Independence. "Osinena is the premier ‘de fa c t »’ o f the Philippines,” said a leading Filipi- They can do it the year around in the Philippines. Speaker Sergio Oomena. Flore's Indisputable evidence that the Filipino people nave neon Amer1 «an lzod ! The great American game o f baseball la the rage In the IslaiH* Thix photograph sh oe* a paratie which pieceile.l one o f the big games In Manila. Baseball la playetl from otic m il «»f the archipelago to (lie other, ami. a* In other branches o f alhietU sp .rls, seme classy players h a t« begli developed. • . no Journalist, now In America. “A vrry conscientious and tlfrtw o workar, thorough and persistent. a geniti* fot grasping ilio big features ns well a* the «u m ilili deiRila of public affair^ cool lu ii'lwl. i] ••!■[ |>y temperarne!'t iitid educaiion. n iKvp ibinkcr, an eloquent s|«*«kor, ¡1 |n»li»lnMl writer, a Ween ok« i server o f w in W ell la Oamena.** |!oth Osmctii : nil " ,i z-oi :lUi e lu e s , »nxlslcn a d vo ca te**«; Philippine rv- .j^pcntten.-c, .vet when t..e »«casini» <!•» mnnife«t It they bave m o ««• hesitated ( • «hnmpl.m the ettiiae o f Am erica’» ; a « 1 loicntiQoe toward tho Kill pino peub'.%