Show GEN GRANT EXPLAINS washington feb 26 major general frederick grant commanding the department ot of the east says sacs lie e did not criticise criticism critic ise the presidents attitude on the japanese question as he was reported to have done at a recent philadelphia delp hla dinner general grant while at the war department on matters connected with the jamestown exposition made an informal statement to secretary taft saying his philadelphia speech had been misquoted or misunderstood der stood gen grant also wrote a personal letter to president roosevelt explaining the matter from his hip own point of view |