I am astonished that the President of the United States should put this veto on the ground that it might involve us in war. when every experience of humanity since this country was founded points to the fact that there is 10 times the chance of our having no war if we get out of the Philippines. and act in the right way toward those people. that there is if we try to hold them under the Pan American policy which some yet agitate in this land. Now let me explain the Monroe doctrine. In another terse phrase. it means. "America for Americans." Well. why do not the Asiatics say. "Asia for Asiatics "? We say that this American continent is dedicated to Americans. living under the rule of Americans. wherever they are. but when we get over to the Philippine Islands. we propose a plebiscite to let those people say whether they want to be freed or not. to say whether they want the land of Asia to be ruled by the Asiatics. and then the President of the United States comes in with a veto to prevent the Filipino Asiatic people from themselves having the right to say whether or not they want to govern themselves under the Asiatic customs and laws. contrary to the conception which I have of the commitment of the Republican Party itself. As I have previously said. this bill is not to my liking in all respects. Some of my good friends operating public journals in this country have seen fit to say that I was subjected to a very peculiar course of conduct in the handling of the Philippine freedom bill in Congress.
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