The age-herald., 1901-12-30
.CHAFFE SAYS
 HARMONY EXISTS Denies Reports of Friction Be-
 tween Authorities
RELATIONS ARE PLEASAN I
Whenever any Friction Arose Gen. chaffee Says He Has Invariably Ordered Military to- Surrender
 to the Civil Authorities.

Manila. December 29.-General Chaffee, when questioned today by the correspon- dent of the Associated Press concerning the alleged friction between the civil and military authorities in the Philippine archipelago, said that absolutely no such friction existed and that perfect harmony prevailed between the two authorities.
 General Chaffee said that the only oc- casion when there had been anything approaching friction was in the matter of habeas corpus proceedings in the case of Oakley Brooks, and that upon this occasion a solution of the difficulty suf- ficiently correct to both authorities, had been found. General Chaffee said that he and the members of the commission had at times differed in their views, but that these differences were of purely per sonal opinion. He said that his relations with Governor Taft and Acting Governor Wright and the other commissioners were both officially and socially extreme ly pleasant, and that he thought the published statement of friction between the civil and military authorities here,
 
 ing of the facts of the case.
 Military Always Submitted.
 General Chaffee further explained that Every time the slightest friction had aris- en in the provinces between the two au- thorities, he had invariably ordered the military to surrender to the civil author ity and said the relations of these au- thorities throughout the provinces where they frenquently hold widely different opinion, would in no wNV Interrupt the existing cordial relations at Manila, where both were working toward the same goal. namely, the pacification and welfare of the Philippine archipelago. General Chaffee thought the prospect Of subduing the insurrection in all places to be promising.
 When acting Governor Wright was questioned on this same matter he said;
 "Where men of sense are at the head of affairs, there is not likely to be much cause for alarm or friction.
 Governor Wright has great admira- ton for General Chaffee, whom he con siders to be a man of sound common sense. He said that although he and General Chaffee frequently differed radi- cally upon various subjects, still the most amicable relations were maintain ed under all circumstances. The acting governor of the islands said that under the existing circumstances in the prov inces there was occasionally bound to be some friction as a result of misun- derstanding of authority requiring an ap- peal to Mania, but that such matters had invariably been satisfactorily ar ranged.
 Work of the Commission.
 Referring to the work accomplished by the United States Philippine commission during the last year, Governor Wright said:
 "Out of darkness has come light and immense and wonderous strides have taken place. year ago everything out side of Manila was practically chaos; now, outside of the few provinces where the insurrection still exists, everything Is in a most fiourishing condition. In the 300 miles from Manila north to Aparri not hostile snot has been fired for many months, while houses have been built and are still building, and crops have been planted.
 These same conditions apply to the larger part of southern Luzon."
 Governor Wright said he was satisfied that the majority of the Filipinos recog- nize and appreciate what has been done and that their leaders were doing all ir their power to bring the remaining in surgents to a peaceful view of the sltu- ation
 Concluding, Governor Wright said the natives inhabiting the Island of Samar had, during all their history, been ar unmanageable race and he was not sur prised at their present hostility. | Major Henry Allen, formerly Governor | of the Island of Leyte, and who was chosen chief of the insuar constabulary through the Islands of Leyte and Min doro. He will report to the commission on the conditions existing there and particularly on the situation in the prov ince of Misamis, Mindoro, which the military authorities have asked to have returned from the civil back to theil | own control
 Five insurgent officers and 175 men witt six cannons, fifty-one rifles and seven teen shotguns. surrendered yesterday tC the American authorities on the Island o Cebu. It is now believed this island i. pacifed.