Show GENERAL GENERAL WOOD AND AN PHILIPPINES Arriving In Victoria B. B C. C Major t General Leonard Wood governor go general of ot the tho Philippine Islands declined to discuss the political situation Uon in the tho Islands Ho has been the object ot of at at- attack attack attack tack by tho the Filipino party ever er since he became governor general but notwithstanding that opposition tion t n. n lie he thinks well of or the peo peo- pie They arc are a peaceful prosperous and happy people throughout the Islands said the tho general There is a largo large balance in the treasury and md a heavy balance of ot trade In favor ra of ot the Islands I think they are the happiest people In the world They should be President President President dent Coolidge asked me to come home We will discuss the Philippine situation thorough thoroughly I must see the secretary ot of war as well No there is no sign of ot otred redS red agitation in the Islands are no labor troubles to speak of or either for tor labor Is well vell paid and well treated Discussing tho the agricultural de development development of ot the tho Islands General Wood pointed to the tremendous Increases In it rubber and an sugar de do- development Tin i the past few years Coffee CoHee tobacco and and hemp were thee of ot the tho major products and andall andall all ot or them showed sho ed marked in in- increase increate increase crease create In production There will be snore more m re money put Into rubber in the next nett few years much more said the general The sugar Industry yields something some some- something thing less than a million tons an an- annually now but Is on the up up- trend There are are big possibilities ties there There is no reason why hy the future of ot the tho Islands should not be bright and its peo peo- people people pie satisfied While General Wood was gh giving ghin givIn ing in that thaL interview in Victoria a alibel alibel alibel libel charge was directed against Major Orville M. M Johnson of ot the Philippine Constabulary for Cor hay hav having ha ing log called Sultan a mon moo key Major Johnson and the sul sul- sultan sultan sultan tan witnesses In a libel case against a newspaper of ot Cebu which accused Governor Go General Wood and Johnson of ot having pro pro- promoted I ro tooted unrest among the Moros of ot Lanao Johnson said the sultan had made a monkey of ot himself in his bis testimony In an effort to show that the people of or the Philippines were not united and therefore not ready for Independence General G Wood had pointed to the Moros as op 01 opposed opposed posed to Filipino dominance and responding to that suggestion the Moros began to assert themselves Then it was that the paper at Cebu accused General Wood and Governor Go Johnson of- of Mindanao island of ot having promoted unrest General Wood is most unpopular unpopular lar Jar with the Filipinos because of his constant opposition to their national aspirations It may be that the welfare of ot the people of ot the Philippines Is being best promoted by the gov gov- governor governor governor general The Tue steady de do- development development of or sugar rubber cot cof coffee fee Ceo and tobacco is due to the markets of ot the United States be be- being befog ing fog wide open to Philippine com corn merce If lf tomorrow the tI e islands were to be made Independent and i t. t to pay the duties im imposed irn- irn posed on foreign goods entering I this country there would bo be a abig abig abig big slump In the business of or tho the tho islands But tho the Filipinos would prefer Independence even en though they might suffer sutter an Industrial depres depres- sion aion |