The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-13


chat with such mf-ruIe the resentment
ana hatred against the priesthood is
very bitter resulting III rae slaughter
OF many priests when aa uprising oc-
curse Tn consequence OF the gura-
strained power or the Catholic Church,
and Us very large spiritual lnau nee
over many OF the people. me e13-cA
BIAS immense estates .u rle Phlfpp ne5
'H "H" does NOS i0@- surprised at J1e
anguish displayed "F the Pope "aea
ON hearing OF t1e battle OF Manila ne
.N.a#meH- that he wished he had neN eF
been born. and mis- desire 5Aat SPAIN
should ask t5l peace. upou the OASIS
VI .o7IuE CUBA. aHi retaining tAe FI.t-
-pp-ne~ Is ootn reasonable and lnietI--
gems. tIom -le STANDPOINT OF iae
"aIr1- something mas oerh done ia
I1a interests 1r edHea.on 3ll "1en
compared with the progress Oh co4A-
tries under enlightened government
t1e progress oil three AaAaEeh years
is DilIiul indeed Very To-" o- lAe br9-
pie have amy knowledge OF reading or
writing and as consequence JaeE
are SUNK I'D Jhr =t'7-e~- anu moss
hopeless Ignorance. 0uoo conditions
are bound 10 react upon religious
teachers. and as consequence the
prjesrh0O is deplOrab.F Ignorant and
debased. One cannot wonder hat the
Archbishop OF Manila. n raIIEing his
flock against Americans last May
should have said. christians, defend
your faith against heretics who raise
an insuperabIe barrier TO immortal
souls enslaye the people. abolish
crosses from cemeteries, forbid pas
tors 10 perform baptism. marrim0ny
or funeral rites. or TO administer con
ISOLATION or grant absOlutiOn. Such
rrade could only be addressed to the
most ignorant and degraded. and il is
difficult to believe that the Archbishop
himself did not know his words We're
false yet. with il all, it should not
be forgotten that there are. even to-
dial. heroic missionary priests in that
benighted land, who take their lives
in their hands and penetrate to remote
sections, going fearlessly into the
midst of saVages whose acquaintance
with SPANS oppression has filled them
with the desire TO take the lives Of
every Spaniard. One of these noble
men, Father SaternInO UrloS, jesuit
is said TO have converted and bap-
tiZed over 5000 inhdels IN one year,
which IS probably OF less importance
IMAM the IdcL thaI ne O"uSII - On. gu
DetCeF neIhodS Oh II'IHs' SolLieOliiI9
OF the TlShIS Oh the "e3h d. dSo H01
the Stfong, ana IhaI me ldW oL lof
Is DeIler IMAM Ine Id" VI Hll5H'.
JhouSh Ihe philippines are hoIilIH nay
Catholic, yet there are millions To-Day
VINO are heaIheh OF the lowest ue
scrIptIon.
Ailnough out Oh position III d
OF TINS character, nave lelC any az
count OF the population OF the PhIIlp-
pines I'll the last because lndC IIG
discussion OF TINS SUBJECT uIiueI 9teiIu
IS to be OF the appiIcaIIoh OIL I'LL
airy effort 10 the lhhdDilahIS VI Ihi9
country, only now opening 20 ie0l
civilization ana enlightened ChrlSIldn-
Ity.
The original lnhaDiIahIS We're the
NegrltoS, VINO are very ShlaH' very
black and with WhOlly haIr growing
in isolated tufts. 1hey rarely attain
a greater helght IMAM loliF IeeI nine
inches. but IN TINS country as else
where, they nave Deen Overwhelmed
by stronger races, aIthough Iouhd 10
some extent IN the nOfIn. II IS De
lieVed that not more Jnan zO,ooO OF
them remain. Ihey i've IN the Ut
most degradation, very nearly allled
to animals in nearly every respect, ana
can hardly be called religious, their
rites consisting mainly of few at
tempts to appease offended deltles.
Next to these wretched beings are the
Manthras, a cross between Negritos
and the Malays, who first Overcame
and conquered them. These people are
about as degraded and wretched as the
Negritos Then come the IndOnesian
and Malay races who entered the cOun-
try from the south and west in the
great mfgrations of nations in the
past. They were originally Mahom-
medans or Buddhists, but today their
descendants, numbering not less than
six millions of people, are about equal
ly divided between the religions of
Rome and Mahomet In the Island
of LuzOn the natives are generally
called '"Tagals'' and "Visayans. The
former are occupants of the lOwlands
and generally build their houses upon
piles. to avoid the floods which so
often OVerwhelm the flats The VISA