Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-04-07

7 every cabinet officer is in demand as :
public speaker. and as q rule they are
willing eto comply with the desna 6t3s
unless tAe travel iDterfsres 1slth .thptg
!. public duties. Neither the secretary uf
the treasury nor the attorney general
thus. far has outlined any marked de-.
parture from the lines followed b. bis
predecessor in C.ice. and so far m the
secretary of the, treasury is coneeMed
the present taxation problems and
other things are likely 20 kssR hlm
pretty tightly chained to his W&shtns-.
ton office. -
Wood Goes to Philippines.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has been
Orederd TO the Philippines to staId1
conditions In the islands, and to maee
government The general. as the cous'
Try knows. has been offered the g0S-
ernOr generaIship OF the PhllippfDes.
bur the understanding Is that aR SoeR
as his study OF the situation isr oycr.
he viii return te the United States
and make his report. retire ffon sthe
SerVice; and BECOME provost SF the
University Of Pennsylvania.
The administration seems TO be con-
vihced that things are not altogether
right in the Philippines. BE this as
il may, il is definitely known thNts the
Filipinos expected that the United
States soon would release theM- from
what they probably look on as bend
age, and make Of them an inaepaDds
ent people. Bluntly speaking; there
seems 10 be no such th0ughte Onr the
part Of the officials in WashinGfons
They do not believe that the Filipino
is ripe for independence, and tfaP It
will be some time before hej cA& Ebe
turned loose with safety TO caHeS ION
himself. M ne
lit is charged in Washington that |
American officials In the 1siand8st The
laSt eight years have encouraged ta5e
FiIipinos in their belief that sOont ttheg I
were to be set free. Already Shis en-
'Oura cement, IL is said. has had tAAef-
feet OF producing unsettled c0ndfEiens.
There have been troubles in sayfaAs +
parts of the possessions, and tlSeA CEN
;tapt assertion is that the waE4sN Of
he government are acfing in AndRaalae
Ii II. they were no longer sub9Ac2 it0.t
American rule. These are the ehne2eSt
aada, ann General wood 81 gOips over
0 fia. out alI about Il.
~
=, Mood May Break NsWN I
When The United States govaEnGnent.
IS it is almost, certain TO do breaks
he. news to the Filipinoss chat they
re- not to be set free. at 0nGAs the
reaking Of the news must BE- done
.lpJoma tically, and with every pracau- E
lon to avert serious troubles. t1f the
oh of telling the Islanders thu truth,
hall fall to General Wood. hA prob
bly, will be able to do it In q. way
,hich will reduce to the least pos
ibie. minimum the resentment which
tsuFe to follow. Wood ''haa O. way
18th him., Normally. he - exceed
lgly gentle, but If duty demands he
!, stern.
Washington officials. legislative and
xecutiye, when, they talk ahout the
nbject at all, say that the main rea-
IN for not turning the Filipin0s 'loosel
that with racial and other. condl
ons. as they are in. the Islands. free.
ON would bring instant disorder.
hey. go on TO say that ever since J
ewey's day the United States govern
ent has been conducting an upsuiid.
X work in the Philippines, TIE pee-
Ie. themselves and the Institutions
'rmlng the material for the labor NOt I
1t Is declared here that
e Islanders have advanced Sonder-
lily, .but that they have n0tse yet
ached the plane ofmefficiencys self
straint and temperafient which win
lable them to be selfgCVefning a
,Ople. The argument Of the, or
,nents of immediate liberation Z Ia
at 1t is better 10 60 on wtthSthej
Drk until success ia assured rather
an to turn a people loose vhoS Sean- =,
t. complete the work for themselves. "
There Is also some fear To- Wash
ston that IL the Islanders are re-
ased from United States coutr0l
ey may be gobbled up on some sppe,
nse or other by another pN4eA 49,
= Strong 40 oibrsltaEa ~
of the War Department
ailzc that because Of ths. iss,stionj
the Philippines ordinary feFtiflca,
ms would be of comparatively liit-
use II there should be !suddeA nt- T
TX by an enemy. Corregidsk, Sforti-
an II is, has changed thal whole
,e of affairs as far as essss Of ap
zach to Manila Is concerned. II the
aliards years ago had bsen given
J sense 70 fortify properly ,thtrrvck u,
and. at the entrance to Manttai bay, -
wey might been shut out. fibm his
tory of May. 1893. Army e1leers
naval officers have satd1 tisnf Ger.
yfdor Is as strong as GibraltsN
All the work that the Uniesdg States a
done In the Philippines In thssway
constructing fortifcations has gone
with comparatively little 'notiee.
the work has been done by Amer.
us, no foreigner ever having been
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