The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-29

Correspondent Simms Says
Wood Commission Won't
Favor independence

To>hp< CD{nr1<ei1n 70 tAaV t's"aANes
n. cml.aries OF President Hard
- nov touring the archipelago 70
sS,.sn flrst hand knowledge OF con
sssons and report hack to the
,s-,aent. win point with pride" to
~ rr~at strides made by FiNpinos
= sorne lines. but at the same time
nj ..ytew with alarm" the lack OF
,sc~rrss Observed In certain other
s~nsIk important directions
= SUGGEST HOLDING
fIE PHILIPPINES
80 result Of the Investigation will
:. testimony which win warrant
p,sud<nt Harding recommending TO
.,,-reu~ 10 hold on TO the Philip
49, for some time 10 come.
summed up, such Is the feeling
Aera
reoeral wood Is not responsible
a. This impression. Neither Is et-
covruor Forbes The general =
q. mod a soldier. and tho former
rsv~rnor general Of the philippines
~ experienced diplomat. 20 spill
- iusular beans before they report
b their chief
Il autos and on horse. afcot and
.oc.t Early ana late. the two men
- working ike beavers digging up
a. f,css upon which they will base
th>lr report And they are saying
nu1e q what they think
mt observers who have talked
I'M American old timers here. and
v3sh the Filipinos. and who have
~ ample opportunity to sc~ and
- nuchs Of what the commission
Z opeine and hearing. invariably are
- ID the above conclusion.
psrrupost among the factors which
influence the commission.
11rv here consider. is the general
1rnasional situation in the Far
End UP WITH
MIME or ORIENT
~ Philippines. they insist. can
- - treated A. a separate prob
- In their opinion the future OF
~ h1ands II tnextrfcably bound up
N ne future Of Asia and the
OHM generally.
II Americans in the islands are
- srtenfiopisss. but ! have yet TO
!. ~ with any really representative
unn><r Of the community who does
~ think that to turn the Philip
-, hose at this tuncturc, without
} NJ scanning showdown from the
psst powers with regard TO the Far
nnGern siuation. would be nat
unnai Disgrace.
Furthermore the most ardent Pat
ylek Henrys among the Filtpsnos
( tzenseiyes confess they rec no OBJ
teass 10 waiting for their independ-
noe until the present storm-ciouds
NJ By.
WOULD MEAN END OF
AnmRICAN PRESTIGE
Il has been put up to the Wood
yuFbes commission that diplomatic
~ ard miIltarily speaking. com
ptis Independence for the Philip
DInes will spell the finish OF Arncri-
an prestige and power not only IN
AdA but In the Far Eastern world
generally.
Similarly President Harding's In
vsstisators have been told that II
America clears out OF the islands
nou she will lose for good and all
her share Of trade In the Orient nj |
he very time when every other
pcxer II struggling. with no holds
harred. to get footing there.
III d not question Of just get
ing out Of the Philippines, one OF
he most influential Americans In
Manila told me. hut a question OF
acuEtiing from China and this whole
nt Of the globe" This American
pve the commission the benefit Of
hh views.
Meanwhile the Fiiipinos are not
hls. They are meeting such argu-
meats with consumnate skill.
We realize there IL some truth
~ all these things they answer.
But we are not demanding that you
aear out Of the islands completely"
Any honorable concession the
United States may ask" Manuel l..
@1szon. president OF the Filipino
~nate, declared. will willingly be
sFsnfed In exchange for our indie
pendence."
III IpINoc uunxr.on