Show senator rawlins joins in attack on secretary root washington april S tho hearing by tho on alie philippines on the situation in tho philippine archipelago were resumed yesterday with major general arthur macarthur on the stand but before lie had begun his testimony senator cul barson one of alie democratic members of the committee took occasion to call attention to the of tho report of tho civil governor of ono of the philippine provinces from the record of gov tafts testimony this is the report referred to in the correspondence between gen miles and secretary hoot in which the secretary said the reference in the memorandum to the letter of gov taft to alio secretary of war dated february 2 1001 transmitting for the purpose of an invests gation of the military authorities a re port by hie civil governor of the province of containing in general terms and without specifications or names serious charges against the conduct of alie army generally in its relations to the civil government senator culberson quoted this paragraph saying that governor taft had promised to supply these report si of the civil government to the committee ai they should be received 1 I do not care about the controversy between gen miles and the secretary said mr culberson submit that the governor of the archipelago ought not to be allowed to violate the rules of the committee I 1 therefore urge that in accordance with the understanding biad with gov taft we should have this report and all others of a similar character he not to be allowed to withhold it lie added that alio report in question had been received by gov taft while he was before the committee it was evident that this report had reflected on the military administration of the philippines and he moved that alia chairman of the committee be requested to procure and present this report he understood the report had been withheld for the purpose of procuring a statement to bo presented with it calculated to parry it but he thought the report should be presented now and if there was countervailing testimony it could be received later he took occasion to object to what he characterized as the effort of the sec detary of war to direct and control the proceedings of a committee of the senate senator lodge replied eliat he had known nothing of tho report that had been withheld until he had rend the statement quoted and he had then learned that it had been referred to gen in order to secure ins comments upon it undoubtedly lie said tho had thought that the charges against army officers should not be sent out without an ex of them senator allison suggested that gov taft biad been ill since his appearance before the committee and that he should bo written to upon the subject senators and in alie position of senator culber eon mr pawling said eliat if the investigation waa to be more than a mere farce tho report should be called for lie took occasion to say the secretary of war had withheld other information which had been called for even by the senate and he instanced the report made by that official on the question of the transport service saying that the secretary had in his reply withheld the reports made by government inspectors spec tors which were on file in the department part ment he also stated that the civil governor of biad been major in the united states army and he said the press dispatches indicated that ha and other civil officers of the province had been placed under arrest last friday doubtless lie added because of the character of the report mr carmack expressed the opinion that the secretary of war had come into possession of information that did not suit hia views and is trying to suppress it until lie can cook up some thing to break the force of it senator culberson changed liis resolution so as to cali directly upon the secretary of war for the report with a request to forward any information he may have from gen chaffee and in this form the resolution was adopted gen macarthur then began his statement which he said would be a review of hia in the isi lands and opinions he had formed lie j said that after a complete study of tho situation he had concluded that permanent american occupation of the islands was advisable |