Arizona republican., 1915-11-30
Secretary of War Sharply Arrai9ns Former Presi- dent For Lending Name to Statements Menda- cious" in Character
MISCHIEVOUS
 IN ITS INTENT
Circulation of These State ments Show Republicans Are Laying Foundation For Campaign Material Respecting Philippines

RepuDilCan A. r. LGdSGO hNllCI
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Sec-
 retery Garrison, of the war de-
 partment, issued formal state
 inert today sharply arraiqning
 former President William H. Taft
 for having lent his name to what
 are termed "statements nenda-
 cous in character and mis-
 chievous in intent" with relation
 to conditions in the Philippine
 Islands, under the present admin
 istration. Circulation of these
 statements, MT. Garrison charges,
 show plainly "that the republican
 politicians are attempting to lay
 the foundation for campaign ma
 teral with respect to the Philip
 pine Islands"
 Particular attention is given by the secretary to articles written by A Garfield Jones. and published in a California newspaper, and later re published in pamphlet form under the title unhappy conditions in the Phil ippine Islands, with an introduction by Mir. Taft. The introduction at trihuted to the conditions described to the blind and foolish policy of Presi- dent Wilson and Governor General Harrison."
 IT. connection with his comment MT. Garrison makes public ; letter which he says was written recently bY Jones to the department, asking where a newspaper market might be found for a much better article" which he had prepared on the Philippines and the democratic regime" declared to be hi J,T
 The statement, in part follows:
 The bill which was pending in the last congress, and which will be brought before the next congress. is exactly in line with an that has here tofore been done in the islands, and is simply the next proper logical step to be taken toward developing the people thereof for self government No honest reading and consideration of the measure can lead to any other conclusion. Because the preamble of that bill repeated in concrete Ian guagc that which has been su0stan- tially stated to be the position of this country from the time of President Mckinley or down, it has been falsely labeled an Independence bill, and the impression has been widely con veyed that it alters in some vital, radical way the orderly progress of the self development of the Filipino people
 Such an interpretation creates an absolutely false impression
 President Taft, when governor general of the Philippine Islands, was the first one to announce that the motto of the American administration was the Philippines for the F'ilpinoes, he properly and bitterly resented criti- cisms 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 stantlv reiterated by the presidents of this country by its representatives and by it's congress. No one had so plainly set forth as has President Taft the malicious misrepresentation, the mendacious statements. and the vicious assaults that proceed from those in the Philippine Islands, who are not permitted to exploit the na-