The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-04-09
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
GEN. WOOD
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to interview him. but he Interview.
ed mo.
General Wood In en- route 20 the
Philippine islands az a special repre-
sentative Of President Harding 10 IN.
vestigats tho readiness Of tho Fiji.
pinos for self government. But. he
explains. ho In seeking Information.
not giving n. Iie prefers 70 inter.
view rather than be interviewed. Ho
wants the American people 20 know
that he goes with an absolutely open
mind and no projudIces. And. hs
points out. were he 20 talk In any
fashion regarding the islands Il
would seem 10 Indicate 10 soms that
no might have an opinion already
formed. This. he insisted. he does
not have.
CORRESPONDENT GRANTS =
HIM AN INTERVIEW
But whom he learned that I wss
but shortly returned from the Philip
pines. and had been over there for
a period Of years. he opened up on
me. And 40. on the observation car
OF the Overland Limited. on which
General Wood and his party were
travelling TO the Pacific Coast. pre-.
paratory 20 sailing. I granted him
an Interview.
lie asked me- how former Governor
General Harrison was liked. and re-
marked that the present acting gov.
ernor general seemed TO be pretty
good nan.
In the event OF Independence.
whom DO the Fiiipinos believe would
protect them from outside sggrcs.
sionr' he asked And considered
tho question significant n not
actually containing an intimation Of
how he was thinking.
why. tho United States. sup
pose" ] replied. TN the same man.
ner as she protects Cuba"
"Hpm-mm." was his comment.
VI suppose the Jones bill IL quite
popular among the Ffiiplnos. bu, un.
popular among the Americans
there he remarked. agreed.
And then he asked II a Filipino
had not been suggested for the post
OF vice governor. ] replied that Sen.
ate President Manual l.. Qusxon had
been recommended by Harrison for
thu post Of governar general. A
smile was his only comment. hut
later he remarked that he knew both
ouezon and Sergio osmena speaker
Of the house Of representative. and
that both were good men.
He seemed interested IN the new
coas,wise shipping Law and said that
he supposed u, was running Philip.
pine commerce.
told him that there was a consld.
cradle difference Of opinion a. 10
that.
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
lie became extremely interested In
. batch OF Newspaper clippings I had
brought from the isiands-many out.
wardiy unfrirndiy toward the admin.
issration--and requested copies OF
them.
told him that . recent pr~ss dis.
patch from Manila said both he and
w. Cameron Forbes former govern.
or general Of the Philippines. were
unpopular with the Fiilplnos. and
no, desired a. governors general. lie
appeared surprised.
Gen. Wood denied having tam al
with former President Taft while In
the East.
Wood dscisfea also he had nat con.
versed with members Of the congres.
sionAi iunkcs that Waited Manila last
July. and appeared deeply Interested
In reports concerning Il.
On the Japanese situation. Wood
remarked that he had said ali he In.
tended 10 say while campais ming FOR
the presidency. and that he believed
he had made his position In the mat.
ter quite clear at that time. In con.
necuon with recent press dispatches
that he would visit Japan on the ~.
turn trip. Wood said that while the
Invitation had not been officially
tend~red." he would sccep, N he got
one. His visit would have no con.
nection whatever with the Tap con.
trovcrsy. as that ''is a diplomatic az.
fair" no added.
From all rumors that can BE-
pieccd together here. compromise
with the Filipino independents advo-
Gates l. likely 10 be the outcome Of
the mission. n II not thought likely
that Independence will BE- granted
the Fillpinos. Instead. n territorial
form Of government viii result
which win rive the F'iiinnos the ut.
most liberty. At the same time grant.
ing the citizenship and incidental.
iy paving the way for ultimate self.
government In the future.
Accompanying Wood on the mis-.
sion are w. Cameron Forbes. Col. r.
T. Mccoy. Col. Gordon johnson.
Mai Edward Bowditch and Lieut.. q.
c. Wood. the generals son. besides q
corps Of secretaries.