Civil and Religious Liberty in the Philippines
The Outlook thinks “it unfortunate that Congress has not at least passed a joint resolution pledging to the people of the Philippines civil and religious liberty”! Why, that is just what the people of the Philippines are fighting for; and how can Congress pledge civil and religious liberty to them, when the power of the army under its commander-in-chief is being used to prevent them from having the very thing that Congress is asked to pledge to them? Even if Congress should do it, what would the pledge amount to? The Constitution “does not apply” in the Philippines, and there the executive is not obliged to respect a resolution of Congress.