Arizona republican., 1921-06-11

written. They have. according to the reports. debauched the courts. played hob with the finances. let roads and schools and public order slide. and grafted in a stern and merciless fashion that has seldom been eQua1led- There is no disposition to blame the Finpinos on the part of the writers referred to. They take the position that the Filipinos have not yet reached that stage of development which fits them for self government IL is too bad. but there you are Altitude Toward Harrison Governor General Harrison seems to have won the cordial detestation of most of the Americans In the fsIand according to these writers- He began. they say, by a cabled order that the reception committee meet him at the dock on his arrival dressed in the garb of ceremony. In Washington that means thick frock coat and . high, shiny hat In the Philippines. where the individual facilities for precipitation are rarely equal to the demands made upon them. the formal garb is something soft and fluffy. But the dock was lined with suffering of- lfice-holders wearing padded coats and glittering hats. while the sun shone
 alike on the just and the unjust.
 We will never forgive him for
 that" some of the victims say
 Then Harrison swept a scythe
 through the ranks of the American office holders No doubt some mere ly regretted the loss of the jobs Others had gone to the Philippines
 with a sincere desire to help. One of the wonders of the world is the
 American accomplishment in the
 Philippines Even the British. who
 sincerely hold that they are the only folk who really sabe how to handle
 colonies. were warm in praise. The
 men who had done these great thingz
 say what they had done almost liter ally swept away in a day.
 Court Conditions unwhoIesoms Cum shaw rules the courts" thu | writers write.
 Not every court, of course. Bu there seems to be a prevailing opin l ion that the fattest purse wins th
 most cases in the Filipino courts.
 The Filipino peso has gone ut
 terly plumb to smash- Once the Phil
 ippine finances were managed by tn Americana, the value of the peso va
 maintained. axes were properly col lected and the money properly ex pended Now one hears that Fflipin
 office holders have loaned the publi
 money to private enterprises. The,
 the enterprises went to bits. So al,
 the public treasury.
 Roads have been washed away an
 have not been repaired. Jungle ha grown up over some of them. Som , of the more warlike tribes. who ha
 remained at peace because they ha had experience of American fair pia \ are now thumbing their noses at tn , Fiiipinos. They do not rely on Fiji < ipino fair play and they have littl
 fear of Filipino fighters.
 Schools are being closed becaui ! Harrison sincerely believed that tn t white is out of place in the Philip g pines and wanted to give the nativ t teachers a chance. Wood and rorb<
 are hearing in public meetings ths . the Filipinos want independence Bs g between times they are hearing frol
 other Filipinos who do not trust the . brethren and who ask that the Uni t cd States maintain control. Not muc attention is being paid to either sid q the writers say.
 Examining Only Into Faets Wood and Forbes are examinir : into the facts. They are trying . find out just what happened und, Harrison's rule. and why.
 Tn everything but blood I am Filipino" Harrison is quoted as sa, ing at a banquet just before he le !, the islands. throwing his arm arour 'a the. shoulders of Manuel ouezon II other American was guest at tn |, banquet. The other banquete d cheered- But here in washingto n Manuel Quezon is we'll remembered {
 a delegate to congress from the 1 ,t lands. Everyone says he Is a brig " and we'll educated men. Yet it wou
 not be fair to say that Manuel Gu d, zon occupied while here a positi' e, comparable to that of Benjam IS Franklin at the Court of St. James le It would not be fair to Franklin re say that
 ID If the semi pflvate advfces are l. all to be relied upon. the report to
 written upon Philippine conditions pc General Wood and W. Gamer D. Forbes will keep many a read
 awake nights.