Show MAY HURT CHANCES GENERAL GE URGED UGE NOT TO PRESS PRES CLAIM FOR FOB SEAT c President Predent Intends to t Secure Retire Retirement Rt Retirement ment For Kim R With Wih the Rank Ra of Brigadier General Gener Washington March 17 It is evident that an effort is being made by some sm of the ithe rhe administration officials to in induce duce duc General Geera Wheeler to withdraw his request for immediate action acton upon his Ws resignation It I is intimated that this thia thi effort is attributable solely to an a in interest terest in the personal person welfare of the general generl In this thi connection it is recalled that the president has had it in mind to t ask lt congress for special seal legislation em empowering empowering powering him to retire General Wheel Wheeler We er e General Genel Lee L and another brigadier i generals generl of volunteers with the rank r of brigadier general gea in the regular army amly any Some of the te persons who are ar inter interested inte ested eted in the success of this movement feel that by immediate resignation and the te prosecution proton of his present deter determination dete maton to attempt to secure his seat i in the house huse of representatives Gen Gem General I will antagonism I eral e Wheeler wi arouse ause which may ny make it difficult or impossible Imp impossible 1 sible thereafter to secure from the house the legislation needful to secure Sere his retirement General Generl Wheeler Wheler called cne at the navy department today toy to consult with See Sec Secretary Se Long and Assistant Secretary Allen Alen who is more directly direct in charge of the islands isla under unde the naval govern government goven government ment respecting ng the report he was charged to make upon the island of Guam and the administration of Cap Captain Captain tain tam Leary Lea the Ithe naval governor The I report itself is not yet quite complete but the general read extracts to t indi indicate ind cate ct cat its it character chater In I substance he found that the is island island land was well wel favored climatically that it was wa of strategic importance to te the United States was especially valuable vau valuable able as a midway coaling place in the thelong thelong long run from Honolulu to Manila MaIa and i i that the people were well wel satisfied I in their condition with the change They were of a docile docie pleasing dispo disposition diso and those of the inhabitants who I preserved the traits trat of the origins original I owners of the soil si were of fine phy pity physique physique ower Considering the extensive reforms Captain Leary Lar had ha been obliged to in inaugurate he had succeeded succeed very wet well wellin L in holding the regard of the majority r of the people of the Island c e |