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I VS GEN CHAFFEE OR CIVIL vs MIlITAR MILITARY ashington a Feb Fet 5 In In his e tate tate- tatem m it t before the Senate Committee on oni i th Philippines today odaY Gov Taft dealt I esp sally dally with Ith the he qu question of the there there- re- re lat lat between the civil and militar mill mill- tar authorities in the Philippines and and his was received with mu mun Interest by the committee The day session began with the under- under sta staging ing that there should be no na inter inter in- in ter lion Uon by the m members of ot th the con com co mit until t tie ie e pr presentation of this branch of the subject was com com- 14 I S SOfE E DIFFERENCES EXISTED Go Taft TaCt said that originally the civil nd military control of the island island is- is land ad been In the mands of the mil mil- and that naturally rallY there had bad been ome difference of ot opinion betwee betwee be- be twee the military authorities and the com sion as 83 to the method of pro pro- pro pro- This difference had arIsen arisen with sen ren en McArthur and U there ere had been re or less correspondence anthe on an the s eject Th The General had contended contend contend- ed t thi a authority over aver the l islands was v te n the military and the senta e of the Chief f Executive be because be- be cause te e islands islands' were In a state of war i I this view the commission did not CC ur This difference did not h howe we extend to the control of the of-the the I ties O 0 RED TO O COMPROMISE In 13 connection Gov Taft explain ex- ex explain plain t some length the the contention contention betwee the commission and Gen Chafe Chaffe had he be said arisen ov over r t habeas corpus provision in inthe inthe th the CO Issi ners ner's c code That provision pro pro- vision d been inserted he said to protect protective tive officers who surrendered and wj are subject to arrest on an charge crimes crimes' committed while in the ins lection service believed to be the rules of civilized war war- fare S Si char charges s against these men were co coon on and often they were unfounded unfounded un- un founded he provision had however a vever been in led ed In Jn the interest of an an enlisted en en- listed m serving In Cebu who who- was seeking secure his release from font I en-I the In an Indirect way Thus a filet had had- Arisen grisen risen and the question n d been referred to Washington Wash Wash- ington h the result that instructions instructions instructions ha ome ame back that the difference difference differ- differ ence e mu e a compromised FRI FIt L LY WIl CHAFFEE Gen and I are on the rid nd most he said a we had no difficulty In reaching reaching- understanding after a prolonged prolonged pro- pro longed Our compromise was rea rea on the understanding a that thata a writ corpus would not nat lay against nary officers a civilian employee employee em em- ohe obe military branch or a a. prisoner war war FAVO CIVIL AUTHORITIES Gov TJ also said that there had been so of opinion as to other mrs mars in the M of ad- ad and that naturally the natives V more favorably inclined toward civil ga government because they we pres presented by men of 01 their r rawn own awn nat ity In that branch of ot the service e e on op the other hand the army army a principally concerned in bringing 2 war war to an an end He thought Ever the ver the ry a authorities au au- e a coming to look with more fa the civil institutions In rep a question Gov Taft said thirty four organized I j and fifteen unorganized provinces l I w answer to a question by Senator Pa Paterson Paul terson Gov Taft laft said It was not tra trUel and that write a majority of ot the people can rea WOMEN BRAINS BRAINS OF ISLAND J 1 As to the position of at e women omen In tiff islands he said that the women of t th the Philippines hold a superior position They are the active actipe managers In eral affairs and the Spanish gen een op h b H said to ter him that if It was tended to confer any political in A ity Hy upon the Filipinos it should be con or r upon the female sex Is it not true Interrupted Senate Dietrich who has visited the Philip pines while the women are engage in conducting the affairs of the the men are generally gel engaged In a at at attending tending cock fights tights or going about tb h country with roosters under the th arms FILIPINOS NOT INDUSTRIOUS Gov Taft In answer read front from t th War department report to the that the are industrious cour Coin artistic quiet and orderly H He said that he had never met a who was not a musician and he added added All Filipino crowds are well behave and polite and the people are court ous The Filipino also shows capac ty for skilled labor but he Is negligent negil gent of ot machinery I wish It were tru that the Filipino is as industrious It Is claimed but he is not Ind j there are many of or them who might ti t cure work Who do not seek It Th condition leads to 10 a demand for fortha 1 bringing in of Chinese i PRESENCE OF CHINESE 4 This statement led Jed Senator Hale Bale make Inquiry concerning the prese of Chinese The witness replied t th tha the contractors and business men ge gel contend for tor the necessity a bringing in the Chinese labor The i Ira was however generally r by the natives not so much cause of the the- competition of the Chin Chine as laborers as because of their co coi petition as merchants The Chinam generally generally- saved their wages and Iq ip few months would establish a tHe tile establishment the result be belr be that the next next-do next lr neighbor a would be driven out aut He said furth that under the present regulations Chinese are admitted OWNERSHIP OF LANDS Replying to other questions Ga Taft stated that in the islands th the are arc about acres of land hei ha by private persons and that of t acres are owned by the Cat lie friars Of or these acres are the best lands in the Islan island As to tG the honesty of ot the native pino Gov Taft said that many era exa and extreme pictures been drawn I They were neither so b nor so good as they had been ed Many were arrested for theft a anji there also were charges of ot and duplicity That some are dishonest and others faced double-faced was true but that all prese presented these tics was not true Hence no general characterization was possible CONCENTRATION IN Referring to the order of ot conc tion Uon in Gov Taft said he be had been misunderstood yesterday in la saying that he had advised Gen GeD Ben Bell t Ilg against it He had recommended that 1 the the order should not be oe made so solid lid r l n Tho Its COP as s itS s. The committee adjourned to meet t id- id I morrow when Gov Taft at the re request request re re- quest quest of Senator Lodge will discuss fi the tariff question as applied d to the Philippines S Ia SIa |