The removal of Judge Ostrand and Director of Education Crone, who gave valuable testimony, was loudly demanded on the ground that they were “traducers of the Filipino people.”
The people were urged to “get together” and disprove my statements.
I have been denounced as an enemy of “the Filipino people.”
It has been claimed:—
That my charges were false, and without foundation.
That, if they were true, I myself was to blame for the continued existence of slavery.
That I published my report when I did in order to hold my position.
That I published it when I did in anger because I had lost my position.
That I had been removed because I published it.
In just one instance, so far as I know, has a Filipino considered the possibility that the motive which actuated me was a desire to help many thousands of unfortunate human beings.