Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-30

article saying so. The letter of MT Jones' which MT. Garrison publishes, greatly injures Jones' credibility as a witness and I greatly regret that he should put himself in such an equivo- cal and indefensible position.
 Did Not Care for American Advice.
 "The justice of the general descrip-- ton of the bad effects of the present policy in the islands, to which I re- ferred in my comment, does not, how ever, depend on the credibtlity of one witness, The success which attended our policy in the Philippines was largely due to the admirable quality of the civil servants who were the guiding force in the bureaus and de partment. It was a model colonial service, made up of men who knew the language, the people, the history Of the government and its aims. In De- tober, 1913, the new policy was iIr- troduced. It involved the separation of Governor General Forbes and all the commissioners and the substitution of men with no Philippine experience, whatever. MT. Harrison went to Man fla with the Filipino delegate, MT. Que son. He announced publicly that Que son had secured his appointment. He gave it out that he did not care for American advice and only wished to confer with Filipiacs.
 Took Pleasure in Turning Out Repub- licans.
 His partisan attitude was shown by | his declaration in the press in Hon. olulu that he took a sardonic pleas ure in turning out republicans. He | discharged at once upon his arrival | McCoyl, collector of customs Sleeper | director of public funds; Wilson, as | sistant director. of public lands; l Leech, director of printing: Parsons, consulting architect; Welch. | rfr tTx-r ~zNra loo sette, assistant director of printing; Helin, director of bureau of navigation; Harding, chief of Manila police; Scott, ca ptain of police. By abolishing their i offices, Enright. assistant and acting director of the civil service bureau, | Randall, special agent of the executive 1 bureau, and Williams, chief commis- ] sioner to San Francisco exposition, were eliminated. Frank Carpenter executive secretary of the islands for ten years and assistant for years be- | fore. was transferred to the Moro gov ernorship, with whose duties he was not familiar. This was in order to 1 make way for Filipino in an office, the importance and political power of | which a1e greater than those of any other bureau position.
 | 193 Americans Removed from Office.
 ''The official record shows that be- tween October, 1913, when Governor ! General Harrison landed, and Jan. 1, | 1914 193 Americans were separated from office and that by July A. 1914, | the number separated had increased to 476 and that all of these were official | ly reported to have rendered satisfac- ttory service.
 Others Resigned Because of Uncertainty | Tn addition to these, I am informed l by Dan R. Williams that MT. Taylor, | director of agriculture, MT. Stewart, director of prisons, Mr. Cotterman, | director of posts, Mir. Hastings, member | of the Manila municipal board, MT. Bowbitch, secretary of the Moro prov ! ince, MT. Robertson, director of the Philippine library, MT. Smith, chief | of the mining division of the bureau I of science. MT. Robelin, chemist of the
 clerk of the bureau of posts, MT. Beardsley. chief of the postal savings | bank division, MT. Gee, chief clerk of | the division of the public works -bu-
 reau. MT. Cobb, supreme court re- corder, and Judge Crossfield of the cause of cuts in salaries and uncer- | tainty of tenure.
 Created Generalization.
 "The policy of eliminating these l strong and effective Americans created decentralization which showed itself al- most at once. I have not space to -lelaborate the instances. By transfer
 
 Sleeper an expert, who was rapidly making certain the creation of a sinking
 fund to meet the seven millions Friars lands bonds to a Filipino insurrecto general named Tinio, who had no ex- perience of any kind and who in six months had to be relieved after trial
 for malpractice and acquittal this i'm portant achievement Is made very
 doubtful.
 Arrearages of Friars Lands.
 The arrearages in collections from
 leases of Friarss Lands are said to have | exceeded 500,000 pesos, due to inc . | ciency. Similar cases of inefficiency | occurred in the bureaus engaged in attempting to suppress the danger
 ous Rhinderpest, in conducting the
 hospital, in. collecting internal rev
 enue. It usually takes some time tc show inefficiency due to changes be- cause of original momentum, but these were almost immediate. A reorgaaiza-