The evening times., 1899-09-13
FIGHf,NG ONE TRIBE ONLY.
Professor Schurmnn Talks of Amerf-
can Work Among FilipinOs.

can Work Among FflipinOs.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-The World" this
morning publishes an interview with Prof.
sion in the Philippine Islands, his impress
sions of the people, and their capacity for
government -
ITO begin with" said Mr.. Schurman,
there is no Filipino nation. There is no
Filipino nationality. II is, as find, gener-
ally understood in America that we are at
war with the Filipinos. This is not the fact.
We are at war with one tribe, the Tagalogs.
or Tagals as they are commonly called; out
! of sixty tribes which people the Philippine
archipelago. One tribe, mark you-now get
this point clearly-one tribe out of sixty in
the Philippine Islands.
This band, which now has Ag
| uinaldo at its head, has been. in
rebellion against the sovereignty OF
Spain for more than a century. 1t
has been the warning tribe of the islands.
When other tribes have been enjoying the
blessings of peace ii has been in revolt.
When the United States succeeded to. The
sovereignty of Spain, under the treatys7Of
Paris, it found the Tagalogs in revolution
in a state of chaos bordering closely upon
anarchy. That insurrectson,-~that> reyolt.
that uprising is what we have to contend
with today. That insurrection was inherited
| from Spain-was a legacy of the Spanish
American war
"Agunaldo, who was chosen,smayor .Gr
chief ruler of the town of Cavits--Ss&pr
ceeded to the leadership of ~rhe~ Tagatogs'
! insurrection, just as Jefferson Davis be-
| came the head of the Southern Confedera-
! cy Gathering about him some OF the
| men of his tribe, he rekindled the flame
of insurrection and started in to over.
i throw the authority of Spain. And the
| insurrection of that tribe today is merely
a continuation Of the revolt against the
authority of Spain, which was started
more than century ago. The Tagalogs.
numbering as they do, about l,oOO, 600,
are by no means the Filipinos as they are
spoken of in America. They are merely q
| tribe of Filipinos-the only tribe, as
asserted. in rebellion againt the Govern
ment of the United States.
The Pangasines, tribe of 300,0 peo-
| pie TO the north; the Ilicanos. another
| tribe of half million people, still further
| TO the north; the Pampangoes number
| ing SOC, 600 people, still further 10 the
north; the Visayas a tribe Of 2.500,e ,e0G tic
The south; the Vicols, numbering 100000,
! still further TO the south; the Sulus, AMI
| other tribes are not in revolt. They arf
| at peace with themselves and have not
| attempted 10 overthrow tRe authority~@ol
the United States
so it is, ! say, and | want to lay par
ticular stress upon this pointEthe Tasa
| logs are the only people in revolt. One
| tribe out of sixty. / repeat. The mutt Pic
ity and heterogeneity Of the tribes which
inhabit the Philippine Islands, all speak
| ing different languages, no one tribe un-
| derstanding the tongue of the other, Is
the crucial fact in the situation. II We
were to set up a government FOR the Tag
| aloss il would not be understood by the
other ffty-nine tribes. II We were TO SCI
UP government for the other hfty-nint
tribes, il would not be understood by tht
| Tagalogs Thus. the difficulty of not Civ
ing immediate independence TO the Taga-
logs, or indeed. TO any one of the sixt,
tribes, clearly presents itself.
| Il believe however, the time viii com
when under proper American tutelage
many of these multifarious tribes Will b.
| able to govern themselves | believe, FUR
ther. public school system established IL
the Philippines. fashioned after that whiel
we have in the United States today, in tn
course of a decade or would enable thes
| people to intelligently administer their owl
affairs Filipinos could be appointed o
chosen To govern municipal affairs, and, IL
| brler. they cOulQ De given lne lulltSl poS
sible measure of home rule.
But this one point is certain: 1t viii
ever be necessary for the United States L
exercise general and supreme jurisdiction
over the entire archipelago. There ar
many highly educated people in the Phil
ippine Islands. but the masses are Ignorant
Nevertheless / firmly believe the ignoran
are susceptible to enlightenment, and wit
the proper guardian with a Christian ma
tion like the United States to guide them
| believe they could be brought up to
high degree of intelligence.
LAS my public record will show, | wa
| originally opposed to taking the Philip
| pine Islands Having made a study of IN
Eastern question, and particularly with rel
erence to the people of the Philippine Isl
ands l was quick to conclude. when IN
question of taking the archipelago came VI
that it would not be the wise thing to dc
so expressed myself in a speech befoF
| the students of Cornell. In other publ
ways / questioned the wisdom OF acquirin
those distant lands. But many things hav
occurred within the past two years 10 max
my attitude of year ago untenable. Th
Senate of the United States has ratified
treaty which called for the relinquishmer
of Spains sovereignty over the Philippine
| and transfer of said sovereignty TO IN
Government of the United States. Thus W
had the Philippines handed teDus as IN
fortunes of war. Since We have assumed in
teInational obligations in those islands, W
must perform our duty a great Christia
e nation. to the great nations of the worl'
| We cannot leave the islands in anarchy an
| chaos II we were to haul down tt
! American flag and back out of Manila Han
Dor. withdraw our ships and our troops.
believe one of the greatest wars of III
century might be precipitated. Englan'
, | France, Russia, Germany. Japan, eac
\ would reach for slice of the islands, an
in the division Of the lands a conflict
' | arms would certainly follow