Show TELLS HOW HOVY TAFT Mission Secretary Describes Incident of Administration in ill Philippines CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT DISCUSSED COLONIAL RELIGIOUS I WORK WITH MAGISTRATE A discussion of ot the Philippine ques question queston question tion ton as viewed by an American mis missionary missionary missionary who wM had been bean ben In the field feld for several years was 8 given last night at atthe atthe atthe the First Methodist Episcopal church by the Rev Kev Dr Homer C Stunts as assistant assistant secretary of the foreign mis mission mission sion ston board of the Methodist Episcopal church Dr Stunts entered upon his pis labors almost at the same time William Howard Taft Tar became bemo governor general generl Dr called cle on President Taft at atthe atthe atthe the Knutsford Saturday and enjoyed a half hours conversation converston during which conditions in the Islands were discussed quite quie freely frely The President told Dr that the soundest sund t advice the government got anywhere was from the thc n missionaries The question of whether the govern government government government ment had played playe fair fall also was dis discussed discussed cussed cUM and the address a of ot Dr Stunts last night indicated that he thought that been shown in the main perfect peret fairness fires had Dr address addre was devoted largely to t a discussion of what the government and the missionaries had done in the islands in the last eight years year He said sid he considered the re results suIts marvelous Among the incidents related by the missionary was the capture of a num number her ber br of ot supposed In one of the provinces province the officers arresting of ot the converts of ot the Amer American Amerlean lean ican missionaries Dr said sid he went at once to interview Governor Taft Tf in behalf of the prisoners and re results suIts were soon In forthcoming After Governor Taft Ta had hd listened to the recital reitl he sent out a lawyer lawer to make a personal pernal investigation tion ton His report was not satisfactory and a second investigator was sent out out Dismisses the Police As a result reul of title this thi investigation Gov Governor Governor eror Taft took tok threefold action acton the first step being the issuing of an order discharging the men front from custody the I second an order dismissing the police officer in Iu charge chr of the th town from the I civil service while in Uti the third place he wrote a homily which made matle the Filipinos understand no persecution I would be b tolerated I There Thre have been instances of un unfairness Unfairness fairness at times said sid the speaker on the part of ot some seine of the smaller saler of officials frial but it I frequently Is the case es that smaller officials in going over oer a list lint of figures get fet lost in the items Items and an never Iver I get to the totals In the main I can cansay cansay say fair that the officials have been very ver fai Dr opened his address by re referring erring ferring to an inter v with wih Bishop Thoburn in Calcutta Calcutt India Indi twenty one years yer ago in which the bishop told him to keep kep his hi eyes on o the Philip Philippines Philippines pines saying that It I WiS his Ids opinion that in iii II ten year yea the th cup cup of Gods Gos wrath against Spain Spi in the Philippines would be b full fun Dr Stunts or read rao reading ing in his newspaper in this country of the fall fal of ot Manila and he lie recalled rale at atone one the prophecy of th the bishop |