Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-09-04
GENE RAL WOOD 8
Administration
HIGHLY PRAISED
London Times Prints a Dis
patch From Its Manila
Correspondent Reviewing
His Achievements.
BY the Associated Press.

London, Sept S,-The London
Times has printed dispatch from
its Manila correspondent reviewing
the achievements of General Leon
ard Wood as chairman of the spe-
cial mission which President Hard
ing sent to the Philippines. only
the courage, patience, experience,
ability, forceful persuasiveness and
untarnished prestige of an admin
istrator like the great American
soldier-statesman," the dispatch
says, "can unravel the Philippine
tangle and guide the Philippine
people along the paths of true
progress to prosperity and political
security
within a very short time after
General Woods arrival in the is
lands" the correspondent contin-
ues, the influence of his forceful,
magnetic and singularly human
personality began to be felt with
tonic effect. All Americans and
foreigners and many Filipinos had
become seriously alarmed and dis
couraged by the economic col
lapse which threatened the is
lands. The outstanding achieve
ments of General Woods adminis-
tration have been the rehabilita-
tion of the currency system and
the downward revision Of the bud
get, whereby nearly 20,000,000 pc
SOS (normall ($10,00O,000 was
saved to the treasury and the dis
persal Of a strongly entrenched po-
litical oligarchy.
Cleansed the judiciary.
Wood cleansed the judiciary
and expedited the work of the
courts" the writer says, "and es-
tablished efficiency in the civil SER
vice. He made a searching inves-
tigation into the conduct Of the
San LaZaro asylum and the Culion
leper colony. resulting in compre-
hensive measures for the eventual
eradication of leprOsy from the is
lands. Through his initiative lib
eral and sympathetic support has
been given to the advancement of
science, particularly I'm those
branches bearing on sanitation and
hygiene, aud upon agriculture
The correspondent then says
that the establishment of the Ma
Mia port area commission by Gem
eral Wood has given an impetus
to harbor improvements, and has
facilitated the docking of ocean
going steamers and the loading and
unloading of cargoes, Measures
have been put through for extend
ing and co-ordinating the arteries
of commerce on land and water,
with a view to affordinG better
service with cheaper rates.
Credit Redeemed.
zone Of General Woods first
steps" the dispatch concludes,
was to prepare and put through
the legislature a series of measures
calculated to rehabiIitate the cur
rency system and reinstate the
peso to it's normal par value of SO
cents gold, AS a result of these
timely measures the credit of the
insular government was redeemed.
With the restoration of confidence
new capital has been imported, and
many private enterprises have been
given a new lease of life"
Commenting editorially upon
General Woods record in the Phil
ippines, the Times, under the cap
tion "a Great American Admins
TRAITOR" says; "To General Wood
are due the thanks not only of his
own countrymen, but Of the Brit
ish people, for his emphatic asser-
ton of the necessity for preserving
the white mans power and the
white mans prestige in the Pacific.
Curiously enough, Japan ana
China have both seen fit to honor
him. As true friend of Great
Britain, as one who has done wor-
thy service in time of war with our
great allies. and not the least as
the host OF the Prince of Wales
during his visit to Manila. General
Wood has assuredly merited such
recognition as the British govern
ment can bestow.