New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

cd Manila before Christmas !. "'l'
to them Of the great poss;s,,.. Spos
fered by Manila as great di...s 's 's
ing center in the Far East. cso..ss .i0sss
calIy it IS ideal. since it j., ~ S.s0as
way stop to India. China nv 'a's
ports. Several large new docL. ss'
ing constructed along the VOTE - BE-
by the city which will msteri.n ,l''''
lieve shipping congestion - r.
facilitating transportation r, %
munlcation addressed to II. ''a
branches Of the government c,,. '''
Governor Wood asked for co.oD..''e ..''''
in the following items: Redn,..' ,'s''''
costs Of navigation, excessiy. .a VI I"
(reducej, reduction Of the ,., a'''
coal, Manila port improven.r, ' q
Guiding administration and bn;,,; "
of Manila port area. dock, ~, s up
communication with deep watt, :. 's' ~
ton Of tonnage dues and ul., sS''
taxes. improvement Of custar,. :. 's ''
tles, free port area. docking taciIi.,.
to inter-island navigation ,rh,;s,
improvement Of government nav;.,s
service economical managemss. ''' =
railways, improvement Of trads 49,
gram and postal faciliues Wv
In addition to attracting o,.,,,.
terests with a view to inyestm.n. y !.
advertising the wonderful por. s,.,
ties, Governor Wood believe, .s..
natural resources should be .r,l.,.., m :, !,
to the fullest extent. One Of ~. - wv
important bills passed durin, n. :.
cent session Of the Legislature. r,,s
the Governor strongly advocated ,.r,,
for the appropriation Of soaas, ,',
pesos for the development Of y.r.,,
large irrigation projects.
Another interesting bill which n.,,.,
appropriated 18.500,Ooo peso, :, -
I On'Vefsi'y OF the Philippines to /.
u'iiized over a period Of ten ys,,,
Inc question Of university and s,
cation naturally leads toward the n,
cussion Of the dissemination Of es,.
ton, In this years bulge. mora .,r
u per cent Of the total ernsra;sr.
was for education. Governor Wood !.
heves that the newspapers and p,-.,
icals should play a large par. in =.
only stimulating the desire for ssr.,
ton but in addition to reporting t-.,
fully without coloration Of fact, Il.
events Of the day, should in sddisis
be molders Of public opinion shrop,
strong and pertinent editorials. +. n.
offered several recommendation 10 Il.
/ fostoffice Department whereby n.wt
pepers can receive wider disseminate
. throughout the provinces.
How greatly the Filipinos value !.
legislation instigated in their h..,.
by Governor Wood is shown in the a.
lowing editorial published Februar $
IN The Philippines Herald" tn. o.,
newspaper printed in English e,,.l
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Helping the Cause
Of elf-Government
Since arriving in the Philippians q
its chief executive, Governor Wood ta1
managed to say very little about irs
pendence. But impartial judgmen. VI
have 20 admit that he is doing mons
prepare the Philippines for conpaa
self government than is general
imagined.
Governor Wood is straighttorFsn
man who would not, We belieye
afraid to speak out the truth aboutsa
Philippines when the deciding momsEi
comes, and we can rest assured tar
much Of what he may have to say VII
greatly, if not exclusively. depend OIL
actual accomplishments during bis 'a-|
ministration.
( at should be clear to sill Elhpin@'
| b. this time that the success OF ees'
e-nors Woods administration depeao'
on the cooperation he receives lsoa'
] the people. At the same time y snos'a
be remembered that that success xouso
open the way 70 further political piOs'
ress. Until Governor Wood can fraas'
ly report that internal conditions =
the islands are such that there is n'sa'
| ing more for the United States 70 0s
but comply with her promise, p0ii''s.' :,
missions sent to Washington WOW.
meet with the usual obstacls-lack =
faith in information received from =
Philippines.
But in the case of Governor Gens.
Wood it is somewhat dinereh"
the time he is ready to 60 oae1 !
America his analysis Of the ioe.' Z
uatlon would have great
American public opinion. He has
confidence OF the people, ana wh4' s
recommends will, under Norman sss
tions, go through any Congress .s.d|
e,nor Wood is the most valuable nv. !.
tic Filipinos can have at TINS '
their political history
And, judged by what ha ls as .sa
accomplish during his admins's''ssjs u
Governor Wood is dong mas"
the Philippine cause
A Mysterious German : Nv
,-.s.r who had cons