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Show TAFT TALKS TO YALE MEN ON PHILIPPINES PXAIN BILL TAXT" HE STILL RTHffATTfS TO HIS COLLEGE MATES. . Otto T. Bannard of the class of 76 lu Introducing the Secretary of War, said: ' "I have the pleasure of present- in the Secretary of War, W. H. Taft. of the class of '78, who was 0 Judge Taft, then Governor Taft, Is now Secretary Taft. and President Taft that is to be. To many of m W he is, In addition to all that. Just plain Bill Taft." Reception to New Secretary Secre-tary of War by Yale Club of New York, His Fellow Students. NEW YORK, March 6. Secretary of War William H. Taft has been entertained enter-tained at a dinner and reception at the Yale club here. About fifty men were there, including several members of the Secretary's class, '78. No speeches were made and at the dinner's close Judge Taft was escorted to the library, where he shook hands with several hundred fellow graduates. . Secretary Taft was compelled to make a brief speech. He referred exclusively to the Philippine Islands, saying: "We are not there to treat the Filipinos Fili-pinos as a conquered people. Many of the 7,000,000 Fllipioos are Christians. Their religious ideals, however, crude they may be, are essentially Christian in character and in this respect they differ from all the other yellow races. "The natives are learning English rapidly and appreciate the value to them of their American teachers. It is a new experience for them. The Span-lards Span-lards objected to their learning Spanish even. ' "I want to make a strong plea for an open market. It will be better for them and for us. Even if it does not benefit us, we owe it to them. I hope we shall give them a great many tariff concessions. conces-sions. I want Yale men to take an interest in-terest In the Filipinos and give some of their best thought toward solving the problems incidental to our new possessions." |