. Review of reviews and world's work. ditions proposed in the Jones Bill representsa notable progress, the scctpc and results ofwhich in the sphere of international politics maynot even be understood or appreciated to-day inthe United States. It sif^nifies not only an act ofreparation, an aliandonnierit (>{ the imperialistdoctrine which conslitules the profession of faithof the Kieat powers, iiut also the niloption of anew doK>na that implies the renunciation of ac-quired ri{(hl<«, where these rights are not foundedupon morality and justice. It signifies, moreover,the noble and loyal
. Review of reviews and world's work. ditions proposed in the Jones Bill representsa notable progress, the scctpc and results ofwhich in the sphere of international politics maynot even be understood or appreciated to-day inthe United States. It sif^nifies not only an act ofreparation, an aliandonnierit (>{ the imperialistdoctrine which conslitules the profession of faithof the Kieat powers, iiut also the niloption of anew doK>na that implies the renunciation of ac-quired ri{(hl<«, where these rights are not foundedupon morality and justice. It signifies, moreover,the noble and loyal fuKillmeiit of nil the * implied in the voliintaiy accrptaiicr of aIruiteeship for the well-being of the Iilipinos,and the inauguration of a new method for thejieaceful and legal »olulion of the (piesiion ofone people* depeiidenre upon another. It fur-thermorr sigiiihe* the reafhrmaiifin of thepriiiciplr rnounrrd in the |)r<lnrnlion ofIndrpcndcticr, thai pcopici ihuuld alwayi be 222 THE RElIElf OE REJIElfS. riiotngraph by Press IllustratinR Service. Inc. TYPICAL CONDITION OF PHILIPPINE ROADS IN 1905 governed by their own consent, never withouttheir consent. While this enthusiastic reception of themeasure was dictated by the expectation thatit would contain more precise and definiteprovisions than it actually embodies, the sen-timents expressed are none the less valuableand timely. Of one thing Setior Palma isfully convinced: the Americanization of theFilipinos is impossible. He finds that thosewho hold the contrarj^ opinion fail to appre-ciate that ever)^ race has its own individu-ality, its traditions and habits, its politicaland social customs. These may, indeed, bemodified and adapted to new conditions, butwill persist in their essential qualities. Thepsycholog}- of a people is hard to change,however much the laws, theinstitutions, the principlesand the ideas of a ruling racemay change the externalaspects of the usages and cus-toms of a subject ra
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