Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-12
PRESENT GENERAL STATUS
OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
is APPROVED BY REPORT

washington, Dec. 10.-The phillip
plne islands should remain in their
present general status until the
peopte there have had time to alb
sorp and thoroughly master the pow
er already in their hands" former
ma = General Leonard Wood, now
governor general, and w. Cameron
forpes,. former governor general, say
IN their report to President Harding,
a on their six months study of
conditions In the islands.
we are convinced" they say,
that It would be a betrayal of the
pnlllppine people, a misfortune to
the American people, a dist net step
in the path Of progress and
a ~discredftable neglect to u nation
duty were we withdraw from The
islands and terminate our relation
snip there without giving the Fill
>plnos the best chance possible to have
an orderly and permanently stable
government. y
We feel that with all Of their
many excellent qualities, the expert
ence OF the past eight years. during
Wnlch they have had practical auton-
omy, has not been such as to justify
the people of the United States in
re1nqush.ng supervision Of the CIV
ernment of the Philippine / stands,
withdrawing their army and navy and
leaving the Islands a prey to any pow
erful nation coveting their rich soil
and potential commercial advant-
ages.''
These observations Of the investi-
gators are contained in the general
CONCLUSIONS and Recommendations
made In the report, which was made
public today. The complete report,
covering 100 typewriter pages, will
be made public later. The general
conclusions are as follows:
Find People Happy.
We And the people happy, peace
full and in the main prosperous and
keenly apprec' alive of the benefits Of
American rule.
We find everywhere among the
Christian Filpinos the desire for in
dependence generally under the pro-
lection of the United States. The
non-Christians Inc Americans are for
continuance Of American control.
we find a general failure to ap-
preciate the fact that in~dependence
under the protection of another, ma
ton ts not true independence.
I'VE find that the government is
not reasonably free from these I'M
DERIVING cause which result in the
destruction Of government.
WE 1Hlu IIAdL d iodaONaOlS pIUPOE-
ton OF officials and employees are men
of good character and ability ana
reasonably faithful to the trust inn
posed upon them, but that the efhe-
iency Of the public services has fallen
of, and that they r now relatively
inef1cient due to lack Of inspections
and to the too rapid transfer Of con-
troll 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 gen
eration u full Of rromise; 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 in Courts.
We find there is a disquieting lack
of confidence in the administration OF
justice, to an extent which constitutes
a menace to the stability of the gov
eminent.
I'VE find that the people are MOI
~organtzet economically q from The
standpoint of national defense to
maintain al Independent government,
I'VE fud that5the, legislative cham
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