Self-Government in the Philippines (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Self-Government in the Philippines (Classic Reprint) written by Maximo M. Kalaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Self-Government in the Philippines Although America's policy in the Philippines has always been founded on the extension of self-government to the people, the Filipino people did not exercise any decisive control in the public affairs of their country until 1913, when they were given a majority in the upper house, or Philippine Commission, besides the control they had of the lower house, or Assembly. Again, a far greater step toward autonomy and independence was taken in 1916, when the Congress of the United States passed the Jones Law, or Philippine Autonomy Act, pledging the people of the United States to recognize the independence of the Philippines "as soon as a stable government can be established therein" and giving the Filipino people, as a preparation for that independence, the largest amount of autonomy compatible with the exercise of the rights of American sovereignty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.