Show I TAFTS SPEECH AT MANILA Text of Governors Address on Occa sion of Reception Tendered Him on His Return to Islands Washington Sept 25The bureau of Insular nffajrs has furnished to the press copies of the speech made by Gov Taft on the occasion of the reception re-ception tendered him when he arrived In the Philippines In the course of the speech GO Taft said You can be very sure that It wIll only bo a matter of a year or two before the American duty on Philippine products will bo reduced to so small nllgurc as to mukc It practically free trade Delays In Congressional Con-gressional action on tho tariff and post joncmert o the time for a popular assembly as-sembly ilro only the outgrowth of n con sorvallsm due to a doubt on tho part of tho many ng to the r < ml conditions In tho ajanilo 1 a doubt I may say which nothing noth-ing will so qulckb dispel as a quiet prosecution prose-cution of agricultural and other pruoulta md an avoiding of useless political agitation agi-tation for tho nest year HIS VISIT TO ROMJ3 I The many questions requiring settlement I settle-ment between the Philippine government I and the church led the President andS and-S relun ol ar to direct mo to vhdl Rome for u conference with tho Pope tosco to-sco If a belt of jjcltlomont might not be notched After an audience with tho Pop the Instructions wore referred to a committee of cardlnolu and an answer was given mo ngrcclng generally with all tho iirpofcs stated In the Instructions which ncludcd among other things the purchase pur-chase of ihoFrfarB lands by the government govern-ment mcn t WHAT TAFT PROPOSED This ansvcr proponed that further negotiations ne-gotiations be had 1 twoerr nn apostolic dr > lpjntc and myself firMflttna WltH tho tope of having leas to do In Manila and bv tho authority of the Secretary I replied re-plied by 1 suggesting to t the Pope the form of a contract to bo signed In Rome submitting sub-mitting the qMcstlonn t IBSUO ton trlbu n1 l of arbitration to consist of two members mem-bers appointed by the Pope two by this government nnd the llfth to be appointed h h y the Viceroy of India Tho qucstlono were wef wereWHAT QUESTIONS WERE I First the price to b paId for tho Friars lands second the price to bo paid for I tho occupation of parish churches and convents by American troops third the disposition of educational and charitable trusts Including the San Jose cole case The contract Included a covenant hat the members of the four grout re lidoiiH orders who Were all Spaniards should leave tho Island In two years after ho llrst jyiyment was made for the lands and that only yccular priests or nonSpan ah members of tho regular clergy should ict as purluh priests OBJECTED TO LAST COVENANT The Vatican agreed to sign such a con tract fxcoptiug tlu lust covenant which ho declined to hn llrst because It related re-lated to tho administration of religious maters not tho proper subject Jf t commercial contract second because of signing such a covenant that would give lust t olfenHo to Spain whose subjects the Friars were and us auch were milled to remain In the Islands und r the treaty of Paris and because the Vatican did not wish to give countenance to what were regarded as the exaggerated charges aGainst thorn TO REORGANIZE CHURCH Instead of tola however time Pope said through Cardinal Riimoplla that he In Lendwl to reorganize jhe church In Iho Islands lo recall the Friars now In the olnnds from political Intermeddling to time Instliulrg of tholr order to provide cc cUslaatlcal education to the natives so that tho priesthood ultimately should be entirely native and to Inliodncc priests other nationalities than Spanish chiefly from the United States Into the Island 1 He said that the money for the land would go tp the church for tho benefit of tho church In the Philippines nnd not to the order andho llnally reiterated what hud been paid onrller In the correspondence corre-spondence that no priests would be sent to any parish In the lolnndaw horn i majority ma-jority of tho Catholics of the parish did hot wish to rccchc NEGOTIATIONS TO CONTINUE In view 1 of the unwllllnnnoaB of the Vnt Iran to outer a qontrirt for thc dpflnlto removal of the Spnnlflh Friars the Secretary Sec-retary o War vas unwilling to enter Into n contract oblIgating the Philippine pov ornmont and the American government to pay such Indefinite I sums without further fur-ther InvoatlKatlom and preferred to recur re-cur lo thC oilglnn mothod of negotiation proponed by tlu Vatican through on apostolic apos-tolic delegate who IB to visit 1 tho Islands with authority to aell tho lunds to nclllc the rentals due und to aproo upon the question of charitable and educational trUSts Thin hruis was nprerd to and ne c Kollnlloni nro to bo contlnmd hereafter 1 tho data necessary have been submitted sub-mitted with time approval of the church IN HANDS OF PEOPLE J will thus be neon that nepotlallonn upon many JHHUOH arc only begun though thC sale of tho land hfis been approved and that on the question of the return 0 the Friars to the pnrlshoH the matter mat-ter IH i completely I In tIme hands ot the p po Pie 0 each pariah for a iottlomont by a rjijlot poiicenblo and lawful expression of theIr desire to rocolv or not receive any priest |