The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-22
PHIL|PP|NOS SEEK MOODS' REMOVAL; HARDING WORRIED
Definite Colonial Policy Must Be Mapped Out By Ad-
 ministrati0n
By 'TBO>tA& l.. %TOkI1S

WASHINGTON, Juiy 2l.--settie- men; of definite future policy for the far flying dependencies of the United Satisfactorily ail ot them lately disturbed by administrative troubles--is seen here as :he ultimate outcome of the latest difficulty--t}1at in the Philippines.
 Local politicians in Porta Rico kept things at 6 fever heat for for iner Governor E. Mont Reilly. and his successor is not finding the sail ing easy--thc smild- hammered Gov ernor Towner, former congressman from the mid whose arrival was acclaimed so gladly few weeks ago.
 Cuba gave Major Genera. Enoch F. Crowder, rigid adninstrator of the draft act, some difficulty, though peace prevails there now, and Crow fer has been made an nm lbassador.
 And now General Leonard Wood rigid military leader, Is in conflict in the philippines. all stir ed up by a comparatively trivial incident, seized by native politicians for their purposes.
 Would oust Wood.
 Political observers here s-e two things back of the present Philippine tangle, both of which will have a bearing on the future government policy tAere as well as in other island dependencies.
 l. An effort to oust Governor Wood, whose strong :ule has aroused the ire of ambitious local politicians
 2. Another drive for Philippine in- dependence.
 Manuel Quezon, the ring leader among native leaders, is coming here President Harding and Secretary of War Weeks. Quezon was here last year with the mission which asked complete independence. He knows political methods here from service in Congress as a delegate from the Philippines, and is furthermore am- bilious for high place in an inde- pendence governm ent.
 His plea for independence will probably be repeated, and will very likely receive the same answer it met on his other visit. His request for the removal of Gov ernor Wood. however, while it will perhaps receive nos favor from the President and Weeks, will find sympathetic hearers on Capitol hill, where it will be seized as good anti-adminlstration ammunition.
 What kind of government should the islands have. That is the troublesome problem. Iron-handed such as General Wood and General Crowder have met difficulties, but so have milder Of ficials such as Reilly and Towner. Russian Question Up.
 The Philippine question will have its day ir Congress. Other matters, which are going to be storm centers at the capitol this -Inter, have also been brought closer to a head during the past week. Recognition of the Russian soviet government is one. Senator Brookhart, of Iowa, just re- turned from Russia, announced that he will push this question. sIe went to see Secretary O. otate Hughes as soon as he returned here. Other progressiveness have indicated they will join him.
 The Russian question will probably be one of the considerations at the progressive conference here in September, announced last week. Other senators will be back from Russia with their stories. The pro- gresslves will formulate their con gressional program at this meeting. taxes. and agricultural re- lief measures will be domestic mat ters that will have 8 prominent place on the agenda of this barley.