Gilpin observer., 1902-01-30
TAFT GIVES VIEWS.
SAYS EMEEa5 OF p.sTEUsT ARE
FED EY sERcATioNALlSTc.

cecfares There 10 No suoh Thing a.
Recommendation in Strict SenGe OF
the Tcrm--eovcr.,mcnt ls Keeping
Mo Secrets.
Chicago, Jan. 27.-WilliaIn II. Taft.
civil governor OF the Philippine isl
ands. arrived in Chicago yesterday
from San Francisco.
"The only answer have to make to
the ideas OF individual observers, who
declare that the true condition in the
Philippines is being concealed, or
that we are hugging delusions of
peace that can never be brought about,
is that the government is concealing
nothing and that its conclusions are
not based on wild theories, but sub
stantial facts
This was the reply Governor Taft
made to statement published by
Stephen Bonzal, declaring that desper-
ate opposition was still being encount.
cred in the field and that the natives
are irreconciliable and better organ
lied than before the capture OF Aguin-
aldo. Governor Taft said that al
though there was time when for mill
tary reasons it had not been advisable
to make public everything occurring
in the Philippines, the necessity for
such secrecy is over and that no ef-
fort Is now being made to conceal any
part of the truth. "As a. matter OF
fact" he added, the embers of dis
trust are being kept alive by sensa-
tionalists. who seize upon every petty
point and seek to twist 1t into some
horrible barbarity of our government
in the islands. Take for instance the
talk about concentration camps. AL
though 1 am not sufficiently well ac-
quainted with the full military plans
to speak with absolute authority,
can say that the whole subject is
much misunderstood by our people.
There has never been any thought of
establishing concentration camps In
the ordinary acceptance OF the term.
All that has been proposed is an insur-
gent Gordon, the establishment of
dead line, into which will gradually he
drawn all The remnants OF insurrec-
ton that exist. The noncombatants
on the islands have never, even at the
hardest period OF the war. received
anything but the utmost Kindness and
consideration at our hands ard Il is
hardly probable that this policy will
be reversed now that the opposition Is
fast drawing to a close"
The governor believes that the only
existing opposition to the authority
OF the United States Is being fomented
by the men who form the Hong Kong
junta, most of whom were formerly
residents of the rich coffee growing
province Of Batangas.
ut Is in this province" he went on.
that we ere now meeting with our
only difficulty. My statements con-
cerning the close of the rebellion are
not optimistic. In the sense that they
are ovcrdrawn. They are based upon
nothing but plain facts. The natives
are rapidly developing an affection for
our institutions and large number OF
former insurgents have become valua-
Bile members of the community, fully
worthy OF eny f-gs. that may be re-
poS2d II theil.f The coming elections
viii develop the real progress in this
direction and am certain that the re-
suit will be gratifying
Governor Taft left last night over
the Pennsylvania road for Cincinnati.
1t was his Intention to hurry on to
Washington on Tuesday. but the death
of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Heron.
caused him to alter his plans and 1t
will be several days before he reaches
the capital.