The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-15
CAN'T QUIT PHILIPPINES
YET, WRITES Mr.. TAFT
In Letter Read at Dinner Given
GOvernOr-Gcncral W.
Cameron Forbes.
CHAOS WOULD BE RESULT
President and Islands Governor
General Both Praised by
Speakers.

Gov Gen. ". Cameron Forbes Of the
Philippines was guest Of honor at dinner
at Sherry's last night The dinner was
given by committee of twelve COM
prising Stuyvesant Fish. 4. Barton Hep
burn. Gen. Thomas A. Hubbard. Robert y.
Lovett. John q. Milburn. William Salo-
mon, James Speyer, Henry W. Taft, Guy
+. Tripp. William X. Vande. .bilt, Jr.. J G
White and George r. Wilson Among
others present were Mayor Gaynor. otto
i. Barnard, George J Gould Herman
Rdder, Frank 4. Vand.rlip. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Police Coinrnis s-ioner Rhine
lander Waldo, Supreme Court Justice
Francis h. Pendleton. Robert Underwood
johnson. Chauncey NJ. Depew. ". G..
Brown, Commander Eckford C. de KAY
representing Gov. Dix Frank A Munsev.
Morgan }. O'Brien. Daniel G. Reid, Jacob
II. Schiff and Paul NJ. Warburg. Alto
gether the guests numbered about $50.
John G. Milburn presided He read
letter from President Taft in which the
President praised Gov. Gen. Forbes and
his work in the Philippines President
Taft said that the solution of the Philip
pine problem was only partly worked
out and that goodnany more years are
needed to vindicate the course taken by
the United States and TO fit the Philippine
people to assume the responsibilities OF
complete self government
Were we now or within a short time to
leave the islands. President Taft wrote.
we should leave them under conditions
which would rapiuly bring about chaos
and the good We have done there would
largely be lost IN. President said that
the nited states IL teaching the Filipino.
the fundamental principles OF free govern
ment and Is giving them material i'm
prOvements under an economical GOV ern-
ment roads and health and personal
comforts in their daily lives. Tne letter
concluded with warm regards and con-
gratulations to the Governor-i General
astmaster Milburn praised President
Taft and said that he gave up an almost
certain Associate Justiceship OF the S,-
prelne Court of the nited States to 20
TO the Philippines This was the hope of
Mr.. Iaft's lite. Mr.. Milburn said regard
ing the justicesnip. but he wouldn / give
up the work in IN" Philippines to OBJ
tain IT,.
Governor-Gen 'ral Forbes CAV. the DIN
er- som" Facts about what had been done
and what was being done in the islands
He said that there are now about 4. 500 100
persons in the Philippines. while the islands
could MAINTAIN 4O,OU,OU. At present he
SAID the people are IN friendly mood
due to the recent prosperity. The water
supply. he said, had been improved and
the health conditions were much better
Cholera, plague. smallpox and beri-beri
have been successfully coped with. The
most important work being done in the
! islands now IN the way of health measures
, is the preventive measures being taken
against tuberculosis and infant mortality.
/ Governor General Forbes said thai
/ fhpya n pararuI -.
country that the Filipino would not work.
He said that this theory would have TO
| be modified TO read that the tilipino
won't work unless he is paid Ingenious
! devices used to he put in operation. ne
said, 10 try 10 get Tho Filipino TO work
OF servitude Under good conditions. he
said, the Filipino win work as we'll as
J anybody else
Mr.. Milburn introduced Mayor Gaynor.
who caused a laugh by saying TO Gov
Forbes that he did not know whether to
that considering the extraordinary powers
vested IN our President, equal to those of
/ the tRsars, he would call the guest of
honor a procurator. a. he regarded the
young @Pontius Plate come home to visit
vs. tonight You will have to excuse Ine
to tell the truth AZ the moment I could not,
think OF any other Roman appellation. p"
llAughlor and applause
Tho Mayor went on to discuss the
acqust ion Of the Philippines and how the
nation had accepted them az a duty.
THAT was the time to object To our new
responsibility, ne said, and not a fter the
treaty had been ratified There was much
noise about giving them ,ip to self govern :
inent, but II ennnated. all told. from "a bout
thirteen people: and as we New Workers.
know sometimes In II a dozen right here
can make as much noise az all the rest
: Of us
lher" are some people in this country.
including certain nolsy newspaper pro-
pretors, who already look on the Pacific
ocean as Japanese lake. bur think the
results VIII show something very dir
teren' The Mayor concluded by men
t'onlng China as the sleeping giant
and by saying that IL this giant awakens
and the Pacific is engaged in the mos,
terrible war ever known, he sees no reason
why We should he embroiled in IL.
\ Senator Depew complimen ted the Mayor