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On Aprfl 81 Gen. LEONARD WOOD was
in Rome, Italy, explaining to King VIC
TON EMANUEL that his mission to tho
Philippines was ons of military duty
only, and that he entertained the great
est admiration for Governor TAFT. the
civilian who is Governor Of tho islands.
Governor TAFT, remarked Gen. WOOD to
the King, had accomplished in the Phil
ippines results which he, Gen. WOOD. felt
were excellent.
The King thereupon invited Gen. WOOD
TO stop on his way down the Red sea
long enough to make professional OBJ
seryations and study conditions in the
Italian colony Of Eritrea.
Somehow the substance Of this con-
versation, including the high opinion OF
Governor TAFT's administration. which
Can. Woop, as a simple soldier, u now
expressing to royalty, found its way to
the newspaper correspondents, to the
cable, and thus to general publication
IN this country. The advertisement OF
Cen. Woop's admiration for Governor
TAFT and approval Of his work in the
Philippines possibly leaked out through
some indiscretion on the part OF the
young monarch.
On the same day, April 81, Capt. Ed
GAR GERALD BELLAIRa. In former times
the principal advertising agent Of Gen.
LnosaAlD Woop's fame and the faithful
promoter Of his personal fortunes, was
in trouble in the town Of FL Paso In Texas.
BELLAIRs left Arizona about fortnight
ago with the Indignantly avowed inten-
ton Of coming East to prove that he
is an honorable British officer worthy
Of ths respect Of honest men, and an
entirely different person from the swim
der and ex-conviet whose long string
a aliases has now become familiar to
cur readers. But Capt. BELLAIRs seems
to have tarried in FL Paso to engage in
q nsw literary enterprise, the pubhca-
ton Of q local guide book. While oc-
cupied with this undertaking he was
identified by a Pinkerton detective, and
the El Pdso Times printed the story OF
his career. So il happened that On the
vary day when Gen. LEoNARD WOOD
vas confding to VIcroB EMANUEL III.
his exalted opinion Of Governor TAFT, the
man who has been trying to pull down
TAFT for WOODS benefit was in the
oface Of our FL Paso contemporary going
through the pitiful farce Of denying once
more that be Ia a forger, swindler and
ex-convict. This is from the I'll Pdso
TiAes Of April ~:
Capt. z. q. BxLAIna deaies that part OF the
story which relates to his alleged criminal record.
He sfarms that his recall from the PHILIPPINES and
subsequent dhehsrse from the Associsssd Pyess.
an sscouns of suesed eroekedaess In his past nfe.
wers due 70 mistaken ideati,y. Ne says sAat tho
seat IN tho peniienf,ary in Fionda ON the charge
cf lsryery uud1 the name of BALLHsrDss n un-
founded. except In q strong resemblance between
himself and the real cuprit"
o. For the information Of the good people
of Ell Paso and for the protection Of the
people Of any part Of the civilized world
to which BELLAIRs may next betake
himself, we may say that the identif-
cation Of the author Of As 1t Is in the
Philippines with the BALLENTINE, BAL
ANTYNE, CHEIRIToN, SHERIDAN, Al
LAME and CAMERON known to the police
records ID absolute. 1t rests not merely
On the strong resemblance between
himself and the real culprit to which
he refers. 1t is not q case OF mistaken
identity. BELLAIRs Is the CHEIRIToN
whom Judge MITCHELL sentenced to the
Florida penitentiary. BEILAIRs Is the
convict who worked five years in the
chain gang at the phosphate mines OF
Ichstucknee; whom the sole lessee Of con-
vict labor there. Mr.. E. B. BAILEY, recog-
nised in Broadway last September. and
Who, as evidence Of his progress In Life
and literature since the convict-camp
days. sent to that kind-hearted boss tn
December o copy Of his book defaming
Governor TAFT and lauding Gen. WOOD,
and instituting this comparison between
the two administrators:
The difference between TAFT and woop Is that
ths tosmer b . politician and THINNER while
sas lssssr v . diplomas and . ststesman. and u u
10 be hoped that. In American interests. such q
man - LEoSAaD wooo win succeed TAFT in the
Phil ppines. and such Government - was founded
In Cuba will succeed the present p.hesvy orssni.
sssion--
As accommodating facts indicate the
extraordinarily close relation which for
merly existed between Gen. LEONARD
wooD and the ex-convict Of the many
nsmss, and ths part which the latter
has borne In The surprising fortunes oi
The former, It becomes moro and more
important that the travelling student oi
colonial conditions and administrative
methods should interrupt his studies
long enough to state clearly, In justice
to his own reputation. whether be knew
or had reason to suspect at Havana thai
ths Palace intimate and press agent oi
tha Military Governor Of Cuba was Z