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Show Taft Criticizes Admmistation oMPhilippines Condemns Wholesale Removal of Americans. Attacks Lifting Embargo San Francisco, Sept. 0. Sovero criticism of tho administration of tho I'hllllpplncs of Governor General Harrison Har-rison was voiced hero to,day by William Wil-liam II . Taft In nn address boforo tho Commonwealth Club of California. Califor-nia. Mr. Taft, a formor governor general gen-eral of the Is'ands, said that Governor Gover-nor Harrison, whom ho designated ns n Tammany congressman of long standing, know nothing about tho Philippines, tholr peoplo or their prob loms, and that his first act In odlco wns to placo himself under tho virtual vir-tual control of Manuel Quezon, a delcgato to Congress from tho islands and n Filipino politician ot not the highest standing In tho Philippines. Tho wholcsalo removal of Important, Import-ant, able and oxporlonccd American offlclnlB of tho government, to make room for Filipino ofllco holders wns decided upon by Govornor Hnrrlson, sahl Mr. Taft, after counsel with Quezon nnd Mr Osmena, tho speaker speak-er ol tho National Assembly. "Tho effect on tho wholo service," continued Mr. Taft, "was so distressing distress-ing thnt Mr. Harrison felt obliged to nnnounco that ho was not going to bo ns radical as reported." In gcnoral tho Phlllpplno situation Is such, ho said that a continuation of their policy now being pursued in tho Islands, might ovcntually demand tho nttentlon of tho American government gov-ernment in much tho samo manner as tho present Mexican situation. Discuss Jones' Bill Tho passago of tho Jones bill whoso chief purpose Mr. Taft said was to mako a declaration that tho United Stntes Intended to glvo up tho Islands to an Independent government when a stablo government ls established, would mako tho work ot deterioration complete. "What is tho uso of fooling tho Filipinos by such a declaration?" ho asked, "I am In favor of turning tho Islands over to their pooplo when they nro reasonably fitted for self government; but this will not bo for two generations, until tho youth of tho islnnds aro educated In English nnd until tho present pernicious lack of self stralnt and sacrifice of public weal to political polf nnd preferment aro cured by n longer training in pnrtlal self government." Immcdlato development In tho Mexican Mex-ican situation claimed Mr. Taft's attention at-tention for n moment. "Our policy of so called but miscalled mis-called watchful waiting, has dragged on greatly to tho detriment of all concerned," he said. "Now tho anarchy anar-chy for which wo aro In Part responsible respon-sible has dovcloped raids into tho United States and tho killing of our own pooplo with tho very weapons of var which our unwise lifting of tho embargo ngalnst tho importation of arms into Mexico furnished our assailants. as-sailants. Warns Against Policy "I only refer to our Mexican policy pol-icy by way of Illustrating, in warning you that tho policy now being pursued in tho Philippines ot which wo hoar littlo In tho nolso and excitement of tho European war Is, In the end, likely to return to plague, us and command com-mand our attention much ns Mexican affair aro thrusting themselves upon us now." Mr. Taft traced tho progress of Phlllpplno affairs from tho taking over of a population of whom 90 por cent woro lllltornto In 189S through education, physical Improvements and readjustment of taxos with tho slogan slo-gan of tho Philippines for tho Filipinos, Filipi-nos, a stato of unpnrallolcd prosperity prosper-ity and content In 1913 with an oHl-clent oHl-clent civil sorvlco ndmlnUtratlon under un-der Cnmoron Forbes, governor general gen-eral who ho said, had no politics and was unceremoniously oustod. Then ho took up tho administration of Frank Harrison, whom ho charged with having announced at Honolulu a sardonic plcnsuro In ousting Republicans Repub-licans from ofllco and who painted a now ,orn to tho Filipinos upqn his arrival. |