POSTPONEMENT URGED
AIM OF INDEPENDENCE ADVICE IN PHILIPPINES (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 27, 9 a.m.) MANILA, Sept. 25. At the opening of the session ot the war emergency meeting of the Philippines National Assembly, members unexpectedly debated the question of independence. Senor Jose Romero, a member of the joint preparatory committee and a high councillor of the party led by the President, Don Manuel Quezon, proposed the postponing of independence in view of the adverse world conditions. His speech aroused strong unorganised opposition at first and the Filipino majority party members openly broached the fact that the postponement coincided with the arrival of 14 United States bombers which were officially sent to assist in the preservation of neutrality. Senor Romero said: “We talk ignominy and slavery. We are not slaves, but are free in all but form. We may be slaves i.f we refuse to recognise the logic of contemporary events.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 10
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154POSTPONEMENT URGED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 10
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