San Francisco, Feb. 16.
Admiral Harry Yarnell, Commander of the United States Asiatic Fleet, has done a "grand job" in Shanghai in keeping the United States out of the Far Eastern conflict, Mr, Paul MeNutt, High Commissioner for the Philippines, declared here to-day on his arrival from Manila in the Mawalian Clipper.
Mr. MeNutt declined to comment further on the situation in the Far East or in the Philippines, until he had reported to President Roosevelt. United Press,
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