Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-04-15
GENERAL WILL LEARN TIE
TRUTH ABOUT PHILIPPINES
AND TELL 1T FEARLESsLY.
WELL EQUIPPED FOR MISSION
He Has Been Close Student of Orien-
tai and Tropical .PeopIes-Report
Won't Be Published Until Next
Autumn.
Nv EDWARD 3. CLARK.

General Wood to the Philippines to
uncover the truth about actual condi-
tioEs in the Islands, not only by the
fact that the general is an acute and
an astute person, but by the fact that
be has followed closely reports about
conditions in the islands ever since
the day that he served there as a
soldier, and as the governor of a
province.
The Republican leaders here say
mat they know pretty we'll what the
matter is in the Philippines, but that
I they need the marshaling of circun-
stances and of facts in such ans ar
ray as to make the proof of bad con-
ditions manifest at once to the Amer
fcan people. There are a good many
Democrats in congress who hold with
the Republicans that conditions in the
Islands are bad, but there are other
Democrats, and with them some Re-
publicans, who believe that things
are right over there and that the di-
rect intimation by former President
Wilson that the islands We're ripe for
government was based on knOwl-
edge of the truth.
1t is not intended here to go into
discussion of the truth or lack of
truth of the reports concerning evil
conditions in the islands, but to
make it clear from personal knoWl-
edge of the methods of Gen. Leonard
Wood that he will find out the truth
and the proofs that attest it, and that
he will make report on conditions
which will not be biased in any way
by a desire or lack of desire to please
any particular American party to the
controversy, whether it be composed
Of Democrats, Republicans, or so
called imperialists or anti-imperial-
lists
Will Learn the Truth and Tell 1t.
had a close intimacy of ten
months duration with General Wood.
/ came to know his methods, his di-
rect way of finding out whether a
thing was so or not, and also his di-
rect way of dealing with subject
after he had learned the rights and
the wrongs in the case. He always
has been a gIutton for work, and he
is Just as much of a glutton for it to-
day as, ever ne was, for his sixty years
rest gently on him, and physically
he is the most powerful man Of his
years that l ever met. His power of
mentality is unquestioned by any of
his army or civilian adversaries.,
The main thing for the people of
the United States to understand in
this case. it seems to me, is that the
general will find out the truth about
the Philippines and tell it, whether
the truth is to the liking Of the Hard
ing administration or to its disliking,
or whether it is to the liking of the
former Wilson administration or to
its disIiking. What more can this
country ask?
Leonard Wood has studied oriental
and tropical peoples at close range.
He has had physicians interest in
them, plus the soldiers and the gov
ernor's interest, He knows all about
the religions of the Orient. He is
equipped to exchange Koran quota
tions with the Mohammedans to bcl-
ster up the American side Of the
case. He has done it.
The report on conditions in the
Philippines will not be ready for pub
LEGATION until some time next fall 1T
is probable that high officials Of the
present administration and Of the re-
cent Democratic administration will
read the report with an interest
which has in it something of. the
keenness Of anxiety. Wood and w.
Cameron Forbes, who is to accom-
pany him to the Philippines and to
take part in the investigation, are not
men to smother their meanings in a
featherbed of words.
Senate Has Improved.
There are many new faces today in
the United States senate, and also a
greatly increased majority of Repub-
lican faces, but it is the same old Uni
| ted States senate that it has been
for ten years.
Just what does one mean by this?
Well, the senate is composed of aver
age patriotic American citizens, of a
little more than average ability in
most cases, and in some cases of a
good deal more than average ability,
The senate always has been this way,
but in one sense the United States
senate has changed.
The question has been asked occa-
sionally if the direct election Of the
senators has changed the senate body
materially. The same type of Amer
lean is there today that was there in
the old days, although it is probable
that some men are in the upper house
today who would not be there if the
legislatures still had the right of selec-
ton. Thery were cases in the elder
/ day where rich men seemed to find
their way into the senate of the Uni
ted States when in some instances
poor men had no chance. The reason
may not be hard to guess
There. was a time in the history OF