England would like us to keep them; the Continental nations would like that better than any other control excepting Spain's or their own; and the Philippines would prefer it to anything save the absolute independence which they are incapable of maintaining.
He notes that while England and continental nations prefer American control over the Philippines, the islands themselves would favor independence.
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