FILIPINO GRIEVANCES AGAINST GOVERNOR WOOD

FILIPINO GRIEVANCES AGAINST GOVERNOR WOOD

Drafted by Jose Abad Santos and Jorge Bocobo

Gregorio Zaide

FILIPINO GRIEVANCES AGAINST GOVERNOR WOOD was authored by

Gregorio Zaide

Known as the "Dean of Filipino Historiographers".

1971 to 1975

As a politician, zaide served as the mayor of his hometown

of Pagsanjan from

November 10 1926

document FILIPINO GRIEVANCES AGAINST GOVERNOR WOOD was written on ???

independence

From the arrival of the Americans, Filipinos continue to

demand ??

Pres. Woodrow Wilson

Jones Law or the Philippine Autonomy Law (1916) was signed by ??

Warren G. Harding

- Wood & Forbes Mission was to elect ?? became president of USA

corruption

Philippines is not ready for independence due to issues of ???? and patronage system

Leonard Wood

- a United States Army major general, physician, and

public official.

- Governor General

- Military Governor of Cuba

1921

Leonard wood became Governor General on ???

Case of Ray Conley

- Chief, Vice Squad, Manila Police

- Receiving Money from Gambling Lords

"go to court"

Mayor Ramon Fernandez presented the case to

Gen. Wood =

REJECTED

Mayor Ramon Fernandez asked to investigate =

ACQUITTED

- Created a Board composed of government officials

picked by Gen. Wood =

Cabinet Crisis of 1923

the Filipino members of the cabinet, Jose P. Laurel among them, relinquished their posts to protest Governor-General Wood's handling of the Conley Case

Jones Law

Under the administration of President Woodrow

Wilson, the ???? categorically expressed that

America would give the Filipinos independence once a

stable government is established.

- Leonard Wood

- William Cameron Forbes

After Republican President Warren Harding took office,

he sent ???? (Wood-Forbes mission) to the Philippines to observe if ever the Filipinos have already complied with the

conditions of the Jones law.

Wood-Forbes mission

- Sent by US President WARREN G. HARDING for his desire to know the true state of the Philippines

48 and 449

The wood-Forbes mission conducted an exhaustive investigation visiting ??? provinces and ??? municipalities.

corruption

The report Exposed the ??? and patronage system that

became prevalent in government-owned and controlled

corporations during the Harrison era.

bankruptcy

It singled out particularly the anomalous transactions in the administration of public lands and the banking

malpractices that resulted to the ??? of the Philippine National Bank (P.N.B.)

Leonard Wood

After ??? retired from the U.S. Army in 1921, President Harding appointed him Governor General of the Philippines.

October 15, 1921

When he was sworn into office in ???, Filipino

politicians did not oppose his appointment because they were led to believe that he would go back to the U.S. after a year to assume the presidency of University of Pennsylvania.

misconducts.

During his governorship, he monitored closely the activities of the local politicians and corrected some of their ???

vetoed

He also ??? numerous bills that the Philippine legislature passed and appointed American military men in key positions under the executive branch

strengthened

On top of these, he ???? the powers and jurisdiction

of the governor general which were significantly reduced during the Harrison era.

Cabinet Crisis of 1923.

As years went on the situation went from bad to worse and ultimately catapulted in the ???

Ray Conley

The anti-Wood sentiment of Filipino politicians ruptured on July 21, 1923 and the event that triggered it was the decision of Wood to reinstate ???

faked telephone

The case was spearheaded by Mr. Almario, the secretary of the City Mayor, who presented a ???? conversation between Conley and some gamblers.

American

As a countermeasure, they explained to the people that Conley was acquitted not because he was innocent but because he was an ???

resignations

The events that happened caused the ??? of Filipino Secretaries of the Council State.

General Wood

arbitrary, oppressive and undemocratic."

Manuel L. Quezon

SENATE PRES.

Manuel Roxas

HOUSE SPEAKER

Jose Abad Santos

JUSTICE SECRETARY

Jose Laurel

UNDERSECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

Ernesto Laguda

COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY

Alberto Barredo

FINANCE SECRETARY

Rafael Corpus

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL

RESOURCES SECRETARY

Robert Bacon

- Interviewed Governor Wood

- Asked what Gov. Wood thinks will happen if he left

the Philippines?

"Strife, disorder, and bloodshed"

- what Gov. Wood thinks will happen if he left

the Philippines?

(E.O. NO. 37)

21 ARBITRARY ACTS

reversed