"From the beginning to the end, the state papers which were circulated in these Islands as authoritative expressions of the Executive had for their motto that 'the Philippines are for the Filipinos,' and that the government of the United States are here for the purpose of preserving the 'Philippines for the Filipinos' for their benefit, for their elevation, for their civilization, again and again appears." And again, in 1907, he said: "The policy looks to the improvement of the people, both industrially and in self-governing capacity. As the policy of extending control continues, it must logically reduce and finally end the sovereignty of the United States in the Islands, unless it shall deem wise to the American and Filipino peoples, on account of mutually beneficial trade relations and possible advantages to the Islands in their foreign relations, that the bond shall not be completely severed." In his message in 1908 President Roosevelt said: "I trust that within a generation the time will arrive when the Filipinos can decide for themselves whether it is well for them to become independent or to continue under protection of a strong and disinterested power, able to guarantee to the Islands order at home and protection from foreign invasion." And in his autobiography Mr. Roosevelt remarked: "As regards the Philippines my belief was that we should train them for self-government as rapidly as possible and leave them free to decide their own fate." On October 6, 1913, President Wilson, in a message for the Filipino people, formulated America's policy thus: "We regard ourselves as trustees not for the advantage of the United States, but for the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands. Every step we take will be taken with a view to ultimate independence of the Islands and as a preparation for that independence." THE JONES LAW.--All these official declarations at last found Congressional sanction and expression in the Jones Law passed in 1916 which in the opinion of the author, Congressman William Atkinson Jones, is "the everlasting covenant of a great and generous people speaking through their accredited representatives that they (the Filipinos) shall in due time enjoy the incomparable blessings of liberty and freedom." The preamble of the Law reads: "Whereas it was never the intention of the people of the United States in the incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or territorial aggrandizement; and "Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein; and