The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-12-03

step TO be taken toward 0eVelOplnR
the people thereof for self govern
ment. No honest reading and con-
sideration of the measure can lead to
any other conclusion. Because the
preamble OF thar on, repeated in
concrete language that which has
been substantially stated to be the
position of this country from the
time of President Mckinley on down,
Il has been falsely labeled an indie
pendence bill, and the impression has
been widely conveyed that It alters
in some vital. radical way, the order
ly progress Of the self>sovernment of
the Filipino people. Such an inter-
probation creates an absolutely false
impression.
president Taft. when Governor
General of the Philippine Islands.
was the first to announce that the
motto of the American administra-
ton was THE Philippines for the
Filipinos.' He properly and bitterly
resented criticism against him for
taking this position. He constantly
stated that this was the only position
which any one. acting in good faith
and with the honor of his government
in his keeping could take; that from
the very beginning this was the an
nounced policy Of this country con-
stantly iterated and reiterated by the
Presidents of this country. by its rep
resentatives, and by its Congress. No
one had so plainly set forth as has
President Taft the malicious misrep-
reservations. the mendacious state
ments, and the vicious assaults that
proceed from those in the Philippine
Islands, who are not permitted to ex-
plot the natives and the country for
their own benefit.
Attack on Policy.
President Taft was absolutely JUS
tilted in his bitter denunciation of
these attacks which makes it all the
more amazing to find. him INDUCING
in exactly the same conduct toward
those who are now occupying posi-
lions of trust and responsibility in
the Philippine government.
There lately appeared a series of
articles in a newspaper called the
Oakland Tribune. Subsequently they
were published in pamphlet en-
titled 1.-The Unhappy Conditions in
the Philippine Islands, by Garfield
Jones, former member of the Philip
pine Department of Education, with
an introduction by ex-President How
ard Taft. former Governor General
Of the Philippines In the introduc-
ton ex-President Taft says:
81 have read with much interest
Mr.. o. Garfield Jones' article on pres
ent conditions in the Philippines pub
lished recently In the Oakland Tri-
bune. II Is not news to me-"
Due to Blind Policies.
what he says Of the demorali-
zation in the present government. due
to the blind and foolish policy OF
President Wilson and Governor-Gen-,
eral Harrison. is confirmed by every
report that / receive from the Is
lands"
Undoubtedly. any Islander or ly-
ing statement can be confirmed by re-
ports received from the islands. Mr..
Taft has pointed out with entire clear
ness where such reports come from.
He said. when suffering from similar
Misrepresentation, speaking with re-
,pect to the American press and the
hree newspapers in the islands who
we're supposed to speak the American
public opinion in the islands, that
hey were engaged in ..
Holding the Filipino up to con- :
empt. exposing all his supposed vices,
md giving him no credit whatever
or any virtues. and 1t may be that
his represents the feeling of the ma
GRITTY of the resident American in
But can we not in the end.
,e just. and give to the whole Fill
,ino people their due? Should We
wish the Filipino people to judge
# Americans by the drunken. trucu-
ent American loafers who invest the
mall towns of these islands. living
IN the fruits of the labor Of Filipino
women, and give us more trouble
han any other element in the is
ands?"
"Mr. Taft says that what Mr.. Jones
tates in his article was not news to
im--Mr. Taft. II was unQuestion-
bly, news to Mr.. Jones. because he
iade II up himself.
I'm a letter written to Gen. Nc
ntyre. the Chief of the Bureau Of
nsular Affairs of the War Depart
lent, dated October rs, 1915. Mr..