A Filipino Writer Confronts Exclusion — and the Seattle Times — in 1926

FACTS VS. FANCIES (Continued from page 1)

Is it no longer a part of wisdom to ridicule a race, or to adhere to the theory of superiority complex? People of broad-mindedness refuse to stoop to look into the faults, shortcomings or handicaps of a race and overlook the virtues and the good qualities of that race.

Peoples with an attitude of prejudice toward other peoples have been rightly described by Dr. H. E. Fosdick, New York preacher, when he said:

"When you hear a man say 'I hate,' adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing with a belated mind. That man may dress like a modern, ride in an automobile, listen over the radio, but his mind is properly dated about 1,000 B.C."

We should like to see Filipino and American labor on friendly terms. We do desire to see the standard of labor compensation raised, and to strive for that situation. We do not see the necessity of insulting one race or another. We are willing to overlook the prejudiced opinion of narrow-minded people and to cooperate in the settlement of labor in the Pacific Northwest, irrespective of race, class or creed.

"It is without profit to praise a race when we scorn men because of color or creed or ... Some brand it hate, and while there is an atom of hate left on earth, we shall not know peace." — Angelo P. [surname illegible]

LET'S SEE YOU DO IT FIRST The Seattle Post-Intelligencer of Jan. 6 contained a news story quoting Victor E. Nazaruth, Filipino student, as favoring the exclusion of Filipinos from the United States.

We challenge Mr. Nazaruth to give his reasons for his stand.

Anyway, if Mr. Nazaruth will start the movement by buying his own ticket for home, people will believe his sincerity.

OR AS IT APPEARS, THOUGH "There is some evidence that the clamor for Philippine independence is subsiding," says the Seattle Daily Times. What evidence the Times has we are not permitted to put in print together with the foregoing quotation.

Such an opinion as the Times has is fast becoming an editorial war-cry of American papers, because for the last six months no Filipino delegation asking for Philippine independence has been sent to the United States; on the other hand, whenever an independence delegation knocks at the American Congress, these same papers are loud in their objections to the granting of Philippine independence.

Whether they understand the real situation in the Philippines or not, or whether they have willingly adhered to a retention policy, in spite of their knowledge of the true capacity of the Filipinos for self-government, is largely dependent upon American newspaper correspondents in the Philippines and upon the administration policy in Washington, D.C., and upon party affiliations.

The situation, however, does not appear as such as the Times sees it. The clamor for Philippine independence has not subsided, is not subsiding, and never will subside.

The fact that there is close understanding and cooperation between the Filipino leaders and the Governor-General of the Philippines does not at all serve as evidence that the Filipinos no longer clamor for independence.

The Times seems to forget the fact that there are in Washington, D.C., two Filipino commissioners who represent the Philippine Government and who echo the wishes of the Filipino people. These commissioners are working night and day for independence.