The Alaska daily empire., 1921-12-09

linquishing supervision of the gov ernment of the Philippine Islands, withdrawing their army and navy and leaving the Islands prey to any powerful nation coveting their rich soil and potential commercial ad- vantages.
 These observations of the investi- gators are contained in the general conclusions" and recommendation made in the report, which has be n made public The complete report covers 100 typewritten pages. The general conclusions" are as follows:
 we find the people happy, peace full and in the main prosperous and keenly appreciatiye of the benefits of American rule P
 Desire for independence
 We find everywhere among the Christian Filipinos the desire for in -dependence- generally under the pro tection of the United States. The non.Christians and Americans are for continuance of American control.
 eve find a general failure to ap- preciate the fact that independence under the protection of another na tion is not true independence
 We find that the government is not reasonably free from these un- deriving causes which result in the destruction of government.
 Efficiency Lacking
 "We find that a reasonable propor- tion of officials and employees are men of good character and ability and reasonably faithful to the trust imposed upon hem; but that the efficiency of the public services has fallen off, and that they are now relatively inefficient due to lack of inspections and to the too rapid transfer of control to officials who have not had the necessary time for proper training.
 "We find that many Filipinos have shown marked capacity for govern ment service and that the young generation is full of promise; that the civil service laws have in the main been honestly administered but there is a marked deterioration due to the injection of politics.
 Lack of Confidence
 "We find there is disquieting lack of confidence in the administra- tion of justice, to an extent which constitutes menace to the stability of the government.
 We find that the people are not organized economically nor from the standpoint of national defense to maintain an independent government
 We find that the legislative cham bers are conducted with dignity afd decorum and are composed of repre- sentative men.
 We feel that the lack of success in certain departments should not be considered as proof of essential incapacity on the part of Filipinos but rather as indicating lack of ex- perience and opportunity and espe- cially lack of inspection.
 We find that questions in regard to confirmation of appointments might at any time arise which would make a deadlock between the Cover nor General and the Philippine Sen ate' h v 'e s H@
 Recommendation
 These recommendation are made in the report:
 We recommend that the present general status of the Philippine Islands continue until the people have had time to absorb and thor oughly master the powers already in their hands.
 ''We recommend that the responsi- ble representatives of the Unitsd States, the Governor General. have authority commensurate with the re- sponsibilities with his position. In case of failure to secure the neces- sary corrective action by the Philip pine legislature we recommend that Congress declare null and void legi,- lation which has been enacted dimii. ishing, limiting or dividing the au-