The Odyssey of the Philippine Commission . c. XVII TWELVE YEARS LATER Manila, April, 1913.\ DECADE and more has passed since the^ events described in the preceding chronicle. Itis a long time in the life of an individual, but a shorttime in the life of a people. Death and far placeshave called most of the little group who then sharedour Philippine problem, but the problem itselfremains, to all intents, unchanged. Now, as then,one of our great parties is seeking to make an Issue of the Philippines, and Filipino radicals arecrying for independence with the same cheerful dis-regard of consequ
The Odyssey of the Philippine Commission . c. XVII TWELVE YEARS LATER Manila, April, 1913.\ DECADE and more has passed since the^ events described in the preceding chronicle. Itis a long time in the life of an individual, but a shorttime in the life of a people. Death and far placeshave called most of the little group who then sharedour Philippine problem, but the problem itselfremains, to all intents, unchanged. Now, as then,one of our great parties is seeking to make an Issue of the Philippines, and Filipino radicals arecrying for independence with the same cheerful dis-regard of consequences that marked Mabinis appealin 1900. Americans who have given of their lifeand thought to this work decry any change in ourpresent policy; anti-imperialists and political trad-ers in the States, whose experience is bounded byparlor cars and hotel lobbies, declaim about theconsent of the governed and then spank their chil-dren for applying the principle in the home. Itwould all be a matter for mirth were it not that ahelpless people, and the
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