Evening star., 1921-12-10
Gen. Wood and the Philippine.

Gen. Wood and the Philippines
The relation OF our island posse9-
sions in the Pacific to the whole Tar
east problem makes the report Of the
! Wood-Forbes mission on tho Philip.
pines Of special intsrsst." ~ the
Pittsburgh Chronicle telegraph IRE
publicanl says. 'in the light Of
questions under discussion at pres.
ent by the conference at Washing
| ton" While some Of the most In
huentiai papers. notably the Chicago
Tribune independent republican,.
still strongly advocate Philippine In
dependence. the conclusions and
recommendations OF the present and
the former governor general are ac-
cepted by most editors as tho wissat
policy to pursue in our dealings with
The Philippine question is s, stated ..,.,
Independent republican, thus: Has
the time come when the United States
can surrender sovereigntyT Tho
answer. in the opinion Of the paper. 10
found in Gen. Woods recommenda'
tion that:
Under no circumstances should the
American government permit to ee
established in the Philippine Islands
q situation which would leave the
.ponsib,iisy gaissa s,s'ss without II es eeassera.y"
The conclusions Of the ofiicial mis-
sion Investigating conditions in the
islands. the Springfield Republican
dndependentl believes, ARE unex-
tionaiist aspirations" and the Pitts
burgh Gasette-Times trepuhlicanl
thinks that "Americans generally and
all the intelligentiy patriotic Flu.
pinos will concur in the recommen-
The report. az the Knoxville Jour
nal and Tribune (republican) inter-
prets II, serves notice, In erect, that
Uncle Sam has not been misled BY
which has been poured out upon the
world for the. last three or four
years looking toward . complete sew
erance Of control Of the tslands by
this nation" While ultimate tnds-
psndsnss Of the im n'lSP'nes of the n unissa H
Ststes." the New York World (dem.
in saving that 'if they were cut
adrift under present conditions with:
i,out international guarantees, II would
impsra imr . table Ias'r roSsrnmsnt" v There arc
men. in the Philippine congress, and
the New York Times Sindspendsnt
d democratic) grants that the number
is not, small" who would make their
mark in any legislative BODY .nt Snt
"the people at large, including tho
tiIlers Of the soil, are not ft for IN.
dependence, would not appreciate II
and 1t will be some time before they
quality" for, the San Antonio Ex-
press independent democratic) adds,
ton Of the responsibilities which in
dependence necessarily would thrust
mon his people," America must not
think Of granting independence t2
the islands in their present stase,
the Rochester pemSsfat n.;st .ssn ssa tSonaS
81 tho Sioux City Journal (repubh-
cam says. 'if the United States were
. to consult only Its own selfish IN.
terests" that would be the easiest
way" ..x =.
the American people do not give the
Fiiipinos q thought and do not care
a ran whether they are Independent
or not" declares the San Francisco
Chronicle (independentl. but II We
ever do grant Independence 1t must
be real indspende9ce Decause; Sne
pendentJ contends. 'ft 10 abstrd 20
talk of Independence under an Amer
ican protectorate. Il the
United States wtthdTaws from tAe
-Phllipptpo0 1t W1Snoy1Wp II cAuu0t
make atsslf responsible for the out.
come 81 policies In the framing OF
which it haA no hand"
The problem. - the MtnneapotU
Journal (independsnt repubhcsO sees
Il. Il not '.that the Tilipinoe have
no. MOI the ospee.ty ior sslf-sov-,
eminent" but .stha& they lack ex-
perience and trained Isadsrs. TO
fhis. however, the Gndianapoiis News
findependsnt) replies that "expe-
.rience In governing can come only
from eoverning." Since this H. the
situstion in the Philippines. what
ssks the. New York Post (tndependv
entY. sie the passing mark for sob.
fects.reas that sspirss toward aelf.ds-i
what standard did Gen.
wood employ 'fn Aunkine the Tn.
pinogs? Certainty the E1liptnoe q.
pscity for sSlf.SoyernNsnt can
scsrcsiy So lass, ths Hartford Timse
thinks, "then that of
severala newly crested states of Eu.
rope, whose PEOPLES are being tn-a
trusted with governlng power Tor tbs
first time" and. judging from the
standards Gov. Wood sets mp, We la
.ehe VniesA eta&eb shsvs L scefcely
reeehSd 6ue4 = stats % DeyfectioAl
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