THE PHILIPPINES
EMERGENCY MEETING ADVERSE CONDITIONS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) MANILA, Sept. 25 The opening session of the war emergency meeting of the Philippine National Assembly unexpectedly debated independence.
Mr Jv.se Romero, a member of the Joint Preparatory Committee, and a leading member of President M. L. Quezons’ party, proposed postponing independence in view of adverse world conditions.
The speech aroused strong unorganised opposition. It is the first time that any member of the Filipino majority party has openly broached postponement. The speech coincided with the arrival of 14 United States bombers, officially sent to assist in the preservation of neutrality.
“We talk of the ignominy of slavery,” said Mr Romero. “ We are nut slaves. We are free in all but form. We may be slaves if we refuse tc recognise the logic of contemporary events.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 8
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