| Show GENERAL GENE AL WOOD IS I STORM CENT CENTER IN MANILA U J S CAPITAL MUST ACT IN N NISLAND ISLAND ROW RON Filipino i- i Says Dispute With Governor Is IsI I Welcomed NOT A CHALLENGE I Press Urges People to Remain Calm in Controversy MANILA MAXIL P I r July By 18 18 By ByTho Tho rho Press The Tho The n mo moe 0 In ih tho political crises that day sHipped si ripped tho the Philippine got gO of ot all Its leading 1111 rill rill-pino pino E Is expected to come front Irom It Is 18 C generally that a must come como from tho the national on the controversy ersy which h deH d ever ver Governor General Leonard Woods Wood's reinstatement ot of y y secret service agent cleared ot or charges of ot bribery and Which w t V mn n yesterday yc when tho the members o of the cabinet and members ot of the tha council or ot state all Filipinos re- re resigned signed r-signed signed InU EXCITEMENT I 1 Is quiet on the sur- sur sur surface taco face but lut undercurrents of ot bubbling today are aro toll following owing In Inthe the tho wake eake ake of yesterdays yesterday's events Manuel Manucl Quezon held he d ot of the tho new Ista party critic ot or the Wood administration ho T ho quit the tho presidency of ol the Philippine senate In tIn the general walkout made marie the tho following statement to Tho The Asso- Asso Asso dated Pres Press all or a portion ot of Is to have hate been em- em embodied embodied em embodied bodied in n II message cabled by t too e Filipino t-aders t to President Hard Hard- HardIng Hard Ing log Ing as aa a presentation of ot their side t or tho the case CRISIS WELCOMED we 0 welcome the tho present crisis because I l t will call the attention ot of cong congress rES rE'S to the need for tor a del del- definite nile nite status statu of ot government here In the ot of o members ot of the coi o of state and depart depart- departmental departmental departmental mental secretaries there Is s no at- at attack at attack tac tack on the thc sovereign power o of the tho United 1 ties nor a challenge to th authority of ito ita es esIn In th Islands It Is not even a protest ut against the adminis administration of ot President Harding nor Governor General Wood but It Is la a protest against the encroachment by the tho general on the constitutional tights eights already enjoyed by bytho bytho bytho tho Filipino people against usurpation usurpation I tion lion ut ul power In direct violation of existing lR laws lats s 1 HUM nn iBM STAND TAKEN Iu In taking this stand peacefully but firmly wo we feel that we only the principles of at do- do de democracy and good government So and already granted tho the Flu Flu- Filipino Fili Filipino pino people by the tho people of the United E tates Thi rho rh also Is consider consider- In In sending a 0 special delegate to toWa Wa Washington to lay before the prest president president dent tho 1 aldo sido of ot the case cue Governor General Wood has is- is issued issued Is Issued sued no statement however howo ho he has his version erslon of ot tho the affair di- di directly di directly to tu Secretary of ot War Weeks 1 0 0 O COLLISION WANTED WASTED Quezon today made a statement to the people generally urging them not to organize demo dem dem- dem demonstration here or In itt the pro Inces such might lead lond to col- col col collisions between Americans and Fill Fill- pinos pinos VI t ith the resignations Of ot the tho de- de paril de-paril secretaries the tile admin admin- admin of 01 the tho different govern govern- governmental mental devolved de deoh oh d on the tAnder who Iv lv Iv became acting chiefs and every every- everything everything thing thing- Is functioning The Tho press received the tho news rot th clAx quietly and united In appealIng to the people to o maintain maln l calm MANILA July 18 Dy By Th The As- As As Associated The Press Press The lne island bland and the Manila were wera without native e participation participation tion In the higher ot of theIr governments today as a result ot of the this resignation Tuesday o of four cabinet members member the president ot of the senate and the speaker of ot the house rot lot representatives TI set set- sec secretary ee- ee o ot of tho the Interior and 2nd the mayor ot of Manila had resigned Insular I administrative fairs were wholly In the tho hands ct of Gov Governor General Wood and hi his Amen Amer American loan ican appointive assistants Ha lie and his American ald aides s must assume sume the hoe who's hoe burden of It f g gov- gov gov government v- v until successors successor can CCO beI bet be I t 00 Continued on oil Page Pace TWO T j r SIX I Ix FILIPINOS QUIT IN ANGER Gov Gen Wood and His American Assistants Left To Rule Continued from Page Pace One found for tor the th resigned officials So Sotar far Governor General Wood has not officially indicated hON hoc ho v he ho will meet the th situation Tuesdays Tuesday's resignations fc followed lowed all night and all day sessions of members of the political group groups of ot the th council of state and of the legislative council at the governor generals general's residence palace palau Led by Manuel Quezon p president of the tho senate the officials marched Into the tho of office nee of tho the governor general and tendered their resignations resignations na nations lons In connection with frith which h thoy th read a a statement giving their reasons The officials official said they re- re resigned resigned rc signed jointly as members of the council of state and as department heads hads The Tho reasons given civen for tor th the thi resignation resignation nation consisted of objection to what the officials characterized characterised as 01 the gO generals general's policy and desire to Intervene and even to the tho smallest details our I government both Insular an ant ani t local In utter disregard of the authority and responsibility of the d depart depart- department ment ment heads and other officials concerned con con- concerned corned con and which policy recently culminated in an unfortunate In Incident In- In Incident which shook to its foundations foundations the public opinion of the I country when you by unduE Inter Inter- inter with the powers power and ju juris jurisdiction diction of ot lI the e secretary of ot tho In- In tenor In-tenor tenor and the mayor of Manila reo re reinstated instated a IL member of th the thu secret sen service Ice of the city v who aho ho hid had ben legally suspended front from office and whose resignation you ou subsequent subsequent- subsequently lj ly I accepted on your lour our own can initiative And to make matters worse you took too this action without nearing l the thc proper officials cr BY BV WOOD Replying to the statement lIt Gov Gov- Governor Gov- Gov Governor Governor General Wood accepted the resignation although he h amid Jd they came as a surprise and he h did so with He also declared the action was as not based on an any previous protest or complaint and th t It was W wa wholly uncalled for tor forThe The Tho resignations the governor general averred came In the Ute nn- nn nature na nature ture Lure of oC a threat and which he could not ignore adding It Il means an abandonment of your our posts pasts and obligations at a time of great creat and on alleged issues unsupported liy hy the thee he heI hee e and unworthy ot of the th at- at attention at attention of serious minded men I The resignation nation of ot Dr Jose Jos P Laurel secretary of the Interior and of ot Mayor Myor Ramon Fernandez F of Manila resulted from tic thc exon exon- exoneration e exoneration ration and reinstatement of Pay lay Conic Conley United States Slates secret service agent charged with bribery re- re referred re referred to In the tho statement I reI The members of the cabinet who resigned Tuesday are Alberto secretary of finance Jose Abad Santos SantO l secre secretary tary tury 10 ry of ot justice Rafael Ratael Corpus see sec secretary sec secretary retry of agriculture and Laguda secretary of coma coma- ree Manuel ranuel Quezon president of ot the th senate enate and Manuel Roxa Roxa-i speaker ot of the house hoube of were ere the thc legislative leaders who left leU their posts |
