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M. Edouard Herriot (Late Premier of France, now President of the Chamber of Deputies) writes as follows in the Sunday Times T
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE
LUTH, 1925
THE FILIPINOS.
ARE THEY OF CHINESE OR MALAY DESCENT?
...
[UT CONRADO BENITEZ, IN "MANILA TIMES."]1 & recent decision of a Californía judge. declares the Filipinos to be Mongoliana, and not Malayans, and therefore, "com-
On the tenth of April the Cabineting within the statule prohibiting mar-1 ringe between Americta women and Mon- over which I had the hongur in pregolian men,This judicial dictum, ‚will, side was defeated by the Senate and of course, be considered a fagrant error resigned. Thus euled the Government by the people of the Philippines, who born of the elections of May 11th, 19. have long been deluded into the belief the so-called Ministery of the coalition that racially they are so different from the other Oriental peoples. This news of the Loft, which, relying upon the will, came as a shock to many of us support of the advanced elements of the who have taken such pride in regarding national representation, sought at home ourselves the latins of the Orient, and who have been in the habit of isolating and abroad to defend a really demo ourselves racially and culturally from cratic programme:
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it is only by the continuation of Amer. sean discrimination against the Filipino that we could be led to realize that the final solution of our population problem lies in the direction, not of exclusion of kindred elements, but rather of selection of the qualified types from among our related neighbours, and their naturaliza
be and assimilation.
..
There should be more such decisions it is necessars, to say that I regard
in the United States. They will serve He may fall with perfect serenity? would not be warthy to have governed, a good purpose in the Philippines. They Perhaps who did not know how to judge his should bring us face to face with the own fate with the same coolness the living realities of the present. he judged the fact of others. this in mind, 1 will endeavour to sum up what I attempted to do. »
Abroad 1, desired to work with all my energy for the establishment of real
tipon coming into power went to Chequers for a ârst conference friend MacDonald, whose friendship I treasure. There it was
MONGOLIAN ADMIXTURE. dreided to hold the Conference" of Lon-
As a matter of fact, it is generally don, which brought me, among other advantages, the privilege of working day known that there is much Mongolian by day with the eminect Mr. Kellog, admixture in our present popalation. for whom I have a respectful and lively The Census of 1003 is authority to the amiration. From this meeting, who information that intermarriage between object was to put the Dawes plan into the Chinese and Filipino has produced execution, there dates not only the progressive and generally prosperous. settlement of the problem of Repara-type of citizen and that in many towns tions, but the beginning of a new era considerable number of the leading
families is descended from the adven-1 for Europe At London we mežana the Gernians, and though each party turous Chinese immigrants of Span- strongly defended its interests. there ish days. In the fight, therefore, of resulted from this meeting that spisit our own experience as a people there of collaboration which is indispensable is no gainsaying the fact that malga- which mation with the Mongolian, in the reorganisation of European lite. Then came Geneva. France, in associn tion with Great Britain, formulated and Signet the Protocol which, to our minds. constituted a sort of Declaration of the Right of Peoples to, Peace, as in other days the Declarations of the Rights of Min established the law of liberty of the individual.
PACT OF "SECURITY. From these efforts of rapprochement were born those projects in the formula tion of which I was engaged when the slaying of my Ministry took me by sur- prise. It is known now that the Ges. mans have made propositions for the establishment of a pact of security. On this question I had the good fortune to had myself in full accord with jfr. Austen Chamberlain. In this connee tion I am pleased to say that throug out the duration of my Government there existed a profound cardiality be tween France and Great Britain.
is the race most closely related to the Why cannot the Philippines increase Malayan has been highly beneficial. its population by the naturalization of desirable Chinese immigrants? Tais Proposa would be unwelcome to those who have developed the Occidental" pre- judice against the Oriental. clusion of Chinese must be preserved to maintain the Philippines for the Fi. lipinos, we are often told by people who themselves are descended from Chinese and bear Chinese names.
The rx.
Would some
of the great modern nations, especially. the United States of Americs, have developed so rapidly had their first set- clers excluded related stocks from Eo- rope? Amerien is great to-day because she not only had the unlimited natural: resources of a whole continent, but she opened her gates to related newconuers, who, naturalized and nssimilated, bo came as patriotic citizens as those who had preceded them
PROGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION. Within France my task was more diffi- Similarly, in South America, the pro- cult, I encountered grave obstacles be gressiveness of son of the republice cause I wanted to restore the principle there may be attributed to the utiliza- l'of absolute freedom of the State from tion of their vast natural resourers by the Church, to which our democratic naturalized but kindred elements. In parties are greatly attached. Not for the Philippines we are denied the bene an instant did I dream of disturbing ficial contribution to social progress aris. any religion, the most persistent enemy ing from assimilable population elements. could not reproach me with the slightest Our present population policy, allows act of persecution. It would be odious the naturalization of those elements to interfere with religious beliefs. But which do not desire to come, and ex- clericalism is adept in confusing poli- cludes the naturalization and assimila- tics and religion. In endeavouring to tion of related stocks that beg to come. dissociate one for the other, to separate The result is the elimination of that the spiritual from the temporal, I pro-factor of social progress which has bee voked fierce resistance.
most potent in the making of America, namely, population increase through im- migration.
NATIONAL, SELF-SACRIFICE.
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But America is now restricting even A more serious difficulty was the financial problem, the solution of which the admission of related types from Eu- I believed to have been delayer too rope, it is alleged. That is because he long. We should have the courage is filling up. Her supply of lands is Even Europeans must be try to establish a financial situation giving out.
And Mongo comparable with that which existed, be excluded, to some extent fore the war.
I believe that un effort lians have been long excluded for racial along this line made by our countries reasons.
"Why should the Philippines. a toug would be beneficial. not only for the nations, but for their individual inhabitry with vast natural resources and tante. But it is easier to encourage a plenty of idle lands, adopt the popula country in its illusions than to wake ittion policy of mature and settled an
Fontainebleau. tiona! My speech at
"Is it not rather anomalous that a where I made an appeal for national. sacrifice, was undoubtedly to cost me the country whose inhabitants, are Mongo Senate. However, my Government pre-lians, according to the Califórnia judici- sented for the first time since the war al decision, is maintaining the Causenkian perfectly balanced Badget, without re-exclusion policy against brother Mon- course to the loan evil. For the first gols.
up.
time the special budget of recoverable
expenditures was suppressed. For the
first time an important sum had beenFRANCE AS PIVOT OF PEACE roccived on the account of Germany in
the application of the Dawes plan. This
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Bat in politics there in no such thing
will be our contribution to the financial as a useless effort. The idea that we have advocated the idea of necessary rehabilitation of France.
When I wanted to do more I found sacrifice, is still masked by the clouds of redoubtable difficulties in the Treasury the political storm, but this iden little Whenever you renounce the system of by little will appear in its true light. The French public, which has much good; loans you find the Treasury overwhelmust, will come to understand. All ed with crushing charges. In full ac cord" with the Bank of France T strug democracy supports us, and M. Caillaux, gled with all my strength to prevent whose financial authority, no one doubts, Inflation. In making my Budget will be able, I hope, to adapt the necessi reduced public expenditures to the ties of the case to the French tempera- ininimum. 1 appealed to the nation meat. The Cartel bas reformed itself from the financial standpoint, when it around the respected name of my friend seemed to me that as a result of the Painleve. I will support him with all political campaign which had caused my energy ageinst the assaults of rene-
tion... the cushing in of national bonds and the vasion of capital, it had become im possible for me to prevent an increase in the monetary circulation, and I desi
Swept from, the Government I am hap yeast to be able to say to our friends of the United States that if
et at least that this increase be comthey wish not only to see a settlement.
pensated by a supplementary and
recourse to was inf
lowing out this policy that M. de Mouzie
the problem of the debts, but also France become the pivot of peace Europe, it will be to their interest to
in the name of our Government submitted support the efforts, so bitterly attacked,
to the two Chambers of Parliament 95 eur democracy. For if this program project for an appeal to capital; at first voluntary and, in case of the failure of this invitation, a force patriotic effort.
On this programme I fell..
(Continued on next Column),
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