Note 7 — Chapter XXXVI · Is Philippine Independence now Possible?

In this connection Bishop Brent has said, “The recognized leaders in the Philippines to-day, so far as racial qualifications are concerned, would have at least equal right to claim citizenship in Spain, China or England. Thus far, it is the men of mixed blood who are the politicians. The degree of capacity in the Filipino will not be revealed until the schoolboys of to-day are in active public life.”