THE PHILIPPINES.
JAPAN FEARS INDEPENDENCE. By Telegraph.—Press A san —Copyright. New York, Oct. 31. The Chicago Tribune’s Manila correspondent interviewed the retiring Japanese Consul-General, M. Kurusu, who said Japan fears Filipino independence. It wants the Philippines opened to Japanese capital and landowners, but hopes the United States will keep the islands. Independence of the Philippines, unprotected -by the United States, would be just one more problem and disturbing element in the Far Eastern situation. He added: “Filipinos can exclude immigrants with impunity as long as the United States backs them, but thereafter it was difficult to see how they can keep the islands for themselves. If the United States grants independence with protection, well and good; we would be delighted to trade with them and help in defending them and maintaining order, but independence for the present would merely add to our worries, of which we have enough already.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1921, Page 7
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