The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-27
EXPLAINED BY TAFT
Government Is Concea1ing Nothing
in the Philippines.
sENsAT1oNALIsTss ARE TOO BUSY
No Concentration CAMPS in the Liter
al Sense-PrOgress in
Education.

chicago, Jan. 27.-William Fl. Taft, civil
governor OF the Philippine islands, passed
through mere yesterday on his way to
CINCINNATI, where he will attend the flu
= eral OF Mrs. Taft's mother, Mrs. Harriet
c. Heron.
laeas OF industrial observers who declare that
the true condition in the Philippines is being
cohcealed or that we are hugging delusions
OF peace that can never, be brought about, is
tnat tne government is concealing nothing and
tnat lts conclusions are not based on wild
theories, but substantial facts.
rms was the reply Governor Taft made
Whle mere to statement published by
stephen Bonsal, declaring that desperate
opposition was still being encountered in
the neld and that natives are irrecon-
cllable and better organized than before
the capture of Aguinaldo
governor TAFT said that although there
was Time when, for military reasons, it
had not been advisable to. make public
everything occurring in the Philippines
the necessity for such secrecy, is over and
thae no effort Is now being made to con-
ceal any part of the truth from the people
OF thls country. He added:
AS matter OF fact, the embers Of distrust
are oelng Kept alive by sensatonalists who
seize on every petty point and seek to twist
IL INTO some horrible barbarity of our. gov.
ernment IN the islands. Take, for instance
me taih ABOUT concentration camps The
"hoie SUBJECT is much misunderstood by oul
people AS matter of fact there has neve,
Deen any thought of establishing concentra
t'on camps IN the ordinary acceptaton of thai
term. All that has been proposed is an nsur.
gent coraon, the establishment of dead line
INTO "nlch Will gradually be drawn all rem.
hants OF instruction that exists The non.
comoatants on the islands have never. ever
arin of4
anything but the utmost kindness and con.
siaefatlon at our hands, and it is hardly prob
aole tnat thls policy will be reversed nov
tnat the opposition is fast drawing to a close
Mischievous Junta. -.-.
The governor believes that the only ex
11Iins OPPOSITION to the authority Of thu
onIteu states is being fomented by thu
men VINO form the Hongkong iunta. mos
OF Whom were formerly residents of III,
l1ch coIlee-grOWing province of Batangas
He went on:
II Is IN TINS province that we are now meet
ing with our only difficulty. Ny statement
oouceinlhs the close of the rebellion are no
opelnis'lc IN the sense that they are over
ara"h' ihey are based on nothing but plai1
lacts. Inc natives are rapidly developing AZ
aHectlon for our institutions and laro,
humper or former insurgents have hecon1
valuable members of the community full,
worthy OF any trust that may be reposed i,
them. Inc coming elections will deve]on tb
real progress in this direction, and am cor
TAIN mat the result will be gratifying RI,
Iestrlctlons placed on the privilege Of the hal
lou are principally of an educational char.r
! YER lact That will, of course. cut ont MN,
! ners or flllp1nos. But this is a condition III :.
VIII oe pettered rapidly. The progress of cd
ucatlon is satisfactory and our policy in thi
uliec'!oh IS noeral No obstacle of any char
acter IS put IN the way Of the parish schools
lndeed, 1t Is now generally understoo,
throughout the islands that the governn,en
VIII eagerly welcome the establishment -
aooltlonal institutions of this character -
long as they conform to the edunotioro
standard demanded in our public schools - -,
instruct pupils in the English lanpnaoa
The Governor at Homo ...
Cincinnati. Jan. 27.-W. H. Taft oov
| ernor of the Philippines, arrived e tbf
morning with his family. He was MOI q
tne railroad station by his brothar =
Ia1t, and by his brother-in-1aw w n
nerIoh. ana was driven to the residenc
OF e. Y. Taft, where he breakfa Ct ed
OWlng TO the bereavement in his fami1v-
the death on Saturday of Mrs w II
Iaft's mother, Mrs ]. W. Herron-M1
! ia1t denied himself to callers. III
| funeral of Mrs. Heron took place ri
! afternoon. pl"oe LII
| Governor Taft leaves for the east 70
| morrow and expects to reach Washinoto
| Wednesday morning. W.