Show SECRETARY TAFT he appeals to the porto ricans to be satish satisfied led san juan P R april lp secretary Secre tiry taft spent yesterday in consultation consul tatlo with various heads of 0 depar departments instituting a inquiry in an effort to ascertain the reasons for the peoples grievances tho the supreme court and its executive council entertained the secretary a at t luncheon in a x speech of welcome chief justice praised the visitor as a distinguished jurist and statesman senor expressed tho the hope that the porto rican children now growing up would receive from the united states no ho honor honarot hon of american citizenship secretary taft la a brief reply said porto lucon was crep from many of the difficulties existing in the philippines and cuba he ile called attention to the tact ft that trade with the united states had bad trough brough prosperity and contentment to the island referring to citizenship zen ship he said 1 I bee beg of you to think of these cheso things which you have let me call your attention to them you have what Is desired by the philippines Philippi neg namely the unsurpassed markets of the united states what I 1 am saying Is not intended to oppose citizenship but there ato at o difficulties in the way of re securing curing the passage of such laws through congress |