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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1984,

INDEPENDENCE MAY

MAY MEAN ECONOMIC

PHILIPPINES

THE OBJECTIONS TO CONGRESS' PLAN

TRADE COLLAPSE PROBABLE PRICE OF LIBERTY

This is the third and last of a market for its own manufactures series of articles on the situation in a world where auch.outlets are in the Philippines."

BY WILLIS THORNTON,

few and far between?...

What kind of independence le it, anyway, when a foreign

(even though a kindly disposed) Power has the right to maintain frowning Political Independence without fortresses at Corregidor within economic Independence doesn't rifle-shot of your capital?

mean anything. The Hare-Hawes- Cutting Bill, by destroying the re- gular foreign market of the Philippines for their sugar and co- conut oil, would ruin the lalands, make Independence a mockery.

. DANGER TO ISLANDS.

Are the Philippines really any safor from potential danger from

Japan with American forts, forces, and fleets in the islands than they would be by themselves?

That is the kernel of the argu- Or do the American forces, ment by which a majority of the which admittedly could not defend Philippine legislature was brought the islands, constitute a threat to Philippine safety which the islands,

to reject the offer of their long- alone and independent, would not sought freedom.

have to face?

The majority view continuca: That is the way thought ran the high production of sugar, for in the Philippine Legislature when instanco, was bulit up in response offer. And it was with these the majority rejected Uncle Sam's. to pressure from the United States, thoughts that it sent a new delega- especially during the World War. tion to the States, headed by when sugar was needed badly.

Their whole producing and mar keting system has been geared up to the idea of free trade with the United States.

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MENACE TO TRADE.

Manuel Quezon, to seek bettor terms.

Quezon, sharp-eyed, energetic, oratorical little majority lender, has conferred with the President and Secretary of War George Dern. He has drawn up an alternative proposal, hoping for better terms.

STRONG LEADER.

It is, therefore, a shabby and evil trick for the United States, in offering freedom, to make a His hair shot with gray by an condition of that freedom that this uninterrupted series of political production suddenly be forced to battles for 26 years, Quezon is a take its chances with the world forceful leader of this majority after years of a fostering relation which seeks a more equitable free- dom. The minority still is repre- ship with the U. 5, market..

sented by the regular Resident Commissioners. Pedro Guevara'und Further, the islands are accus- Camilo Oslas. They have been tomed to American goods in near- working quietly for extension of ly everything they import. Can the Hare.Hawca-Cutting act, alarm- the United States afford to lose this ed by the rising tide of bills which

Manila's modern post office, upper right, looks down on scanus that have been a picturesque part of Philippine life for centuries. Among them is the primitive rafting of coconuts to market, as shown in lower picture. Insat la shown U. S. Sopator William H. King of Utah, who submitted .. bill in Congress considered highly unfavourable to the islands. -

are being presented almost daily in OSIAS WANTS EXTENSION. Elected on the specific issue Congress, barring further Filipino Oslas, the quiet-spoken and of the Hare-Hawes-Cutting bill, Immigration, setting up embargoes scholarly president of Manila's Osias is certain, he says, that this against Philippine goods, and the National University, puffs at a row Legislature will confirm the like-all of which measures (If by briar pipe as he tells you that he terms of the act. chance any of them should be pass is certain the present act should Osins le convinced that the ed at this session by a piqued Con- be extended for seven montha present Bill, though not perfect, gress) are unfavourable, both to time enough for election of a new is the best that can be obtained, and the islands at present and to future legislature in the islands, which will is a compromise In which Idealistic independence.

goodwill toward the Philippines for

convene on June 16.

PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT

RUIN FOR THE

outweighed the pleas of special ine terests in the states which wanted to deal karshly with the islands.

FARMERS LEAD WAR.

Senator Koy Pittman, staunch defender of the Interests of the Philippine people throughout the long battle over the Hare-Hawes- Cutting Bill, would be wiling to extend the time for a constitutional convention If the Philippine Legis- Iature shows any signs of accepting the present Bill

Otherwise, he belloves, they will just have to take their chances with whatever legislation may be 'rushed hurriedly through tho. present session, perhaps something very unfavourable, an the farm in- terests continue their load demands for tariffe on Philippine products.

Sugar competes directly with American beet and cane sugar, and coconut oils are used to make but ter substitutes. So they opposed bitterly by every large dairying Interest in the country?

Labour often has fought, and again la fighting, any admission of Philippine immigration, despite its small volume. This voice, too, will be heard in connection with what over bills are submitted this

session..

REJECTION JUSTIFIED.

are

The joint committee sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association and the World Peace Foundation found that rejection of the Hare Hawes-Cutting Bill was justified, It believes the trada quotas and tax provisions are crippling and restric- tions on Immigration humilinting.

It cites the fact that the Philip pines would be compelled to levy an export tax on goods sent to the United States, while U. S. goods were entering the lalands duty-free: It believes the U. S. should aban don its military catablishments in

THE ABNORMAL CHILD

the of

but

TREATMENT BY TOYS. Valuable work in the investiga lon and treatment of childhood has been psychological disturbances carried for some years past by the "Instituto of Child Psychology" and at a luncheon held recently in the presence of Lady Glencon ner, one of the vice-presidents, and of Dr. Ontea, the Medical

mcer of Health for Paddington, Miss Greaves, of the Board of Education, and representatives of the Medical and acholastľo professions, the two directors of this novel venture, Dr. Margaret Lowesteld and Dr. Ethel Dukes, explained something of the work which is being done.

A medical and psychological stall closely co-operate, and children London, sent by the heads of come from all parts of greator schools, care committees, doctors, hospitals, and various societies. After a careful preliminary in vestigation the child, if accepted, is turned foosa, so to speak, in the play-room, where, short being allowed to damage himself, his neighbours or, to any serious extent, the play-room property, there fa no restiction on conduct.

Apparatus has been designed, not to explain and Instruct, but to provide tools for the expression of day-dreams and half-formed Phantasy. The process of play reveals aspects of the child's character and ideas which have been hidden beneath the surface, while the playroom also serves as

the islands and negotiate a neutralithe site of eure, for released from zation treaty among all the Pacific disapprobation the hidden wishes Powers which would guarantee

and desires no longer exact neutrality of the Philippines as

more than a manageable force. that of Belgium was guaranteed be fore the World War, making such treaty a prerequisite of Independ

ence.

It appeals to the president to urge through Congress such a new Bill as this, or at least to appoint a Philippine-American Commission to study provisions for a fairer Bill

Like so many other weighty mat- ters, the fate of theno 18.000.000 wards, and the solution of this knotty Pacifle problem, rest square ly on the broad shoulders of Frank

in D. Roosevelt.

Institute has also served as a Since its inception In 1928 tho centre for

research and study. Professor Winfred Cullis, who took the chair at the luncheon. issued an appeal for financial support for this very worthy cause. It is not enough that thère, should be as awakening Interest in the whole subiect of juvenile delin- quency. Problems of childhood dealt with at an earlier stago might well prevent the development of criminal tendencies in later life.

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