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SHOULD KNOW
ACTUAL FACTS
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astonishing. over sixty different LAM
guages ue spoken ln the Archipelago.
and. though the aj0r.ty Ot the tribes are
small. there are at least half dozen
having a quarter of "a million members
The language of these people are as disc
uact from one another as French ana
Spanish on Italian $50 that the speech oi
any one tribe is uaiute.it-1e to ite
ue.ghhors.
These tribes are AN civilized and Chris
tianizeo hut small tribes among t1e l-o-
roles. seem best known lu America ln-
habit the mountains m Luzon. and form
"a large part OF the population of noun
tain land. ThaIe is also q MohammeIan
population. which is independent of The
MOhammcfaus in the Zulu archipelago.
Th'rd-Ihc Taea.os lnhabit some ot th'
province about Manila who are resisting
the authority OF the United States. othe.
civilized Tuoin0s are neutral exc p-
where they are Coc.ced oy armed bands
of Tagalos who seized upon the.r sot-
ernmcrts ouring the making and lhe it.l-
fcauou 0f orr peace treaty with dil.
Not OUR ALLIES.
20 would boz Incorrect t0 assume. how
ever that these tribes are allies off ours.
They are nor Indeed they are not with
ont suspicion of the white race. OF Wnl'A
they have had experience only through
spain. But there ar. men OF mte.N-encs
and property ANA the masses Wher not
stirred uu ly the I2-aos recognize me
advantage to them of American severe. sn-
D.. and I'D remain neutral although rowing
bonds from time CD time de Denl Ii,h
3d.. mountain. tl n.urUpr and burn the
.... ~ ..,. ,...,...f.,, i.I,4bitauts on the
.r t,,.. ,,... .o,oro-ca fn tho reoD'e
,.- ti,. 1r,i,....f,o Islands DO ha added. ..aud
,,....t. .,.,,..tf,. f.- fha.- aeoir4tiors. a
r,l. .r.urd be indeed bv DIS b.st pro-
duct anal au educated Filipino of whatever
f-.b. aad .aoh .Ity has frs educated mon.
wU bear comparison wish au educated
man of amy other race. Among tha
masses one often frd8 consciousness of
ignorance and strong des.-e for education.
The archipelago uA mot be revolution
lied in d. generation. as Japan bias been ln
..rre ro..a..e. but then Japan bad tl0u-
sands off y.ar. of national civilization be-
fmI BIER recent Transformation. Never
thaees considering the marked INTEL &C.
t.aI capacity ol tle iiip.a and those
admirable dome ttie a-1 personal N.ii-ei
luasi HatnH cannot elt SEQ -lt I.iHi- It'd
tH.r H,oate i-' -ne. ua'et 'i.
.r lra,ol OFT Ain. -..au t.'INlt .i'"' aI.i
wlIe American sofel -6Hly means ms
Do sing l1 ihe fllIiAl-, l i' N.f 'NI .il
doubt tae one thing when can save tn'
ARCH u-I'eo ir9m division anl approx
ucn hy ODE gre nations o- Laf pc. me
UrteI states Wil bold BE- together ana
Win American dem. cla-ii li'' ''''
and elevate the Neor.e io an ever lheieis
ing measure ot se.i-eoVa rnmeul
"Four-h-lhe insurfect1n, ,houen SCI
rious enough. ms experience has proven,
is not a national uprising. Indeed lhere
is no PHILIPPINE nation. As have already
said. there is mulularioLs c9-l-cion OF
tribes having only iAis ln common mat
they belong to the Malay race inc ln-
haoitanis OF the Arcnlpe-lso l9 more con
liute Il nation IMAM me ."'.-'--ii-'s VI
the continent or Europe 40
CANNOT TURN BACK.
-"o D-'.''
stunned by treaty of peace with spain.
sovereignty over the archipelago. became
responsible for the maintenance oi peace
and order. the admins tra-on o- justice.
tHe security ~ life and property anon- a-i
inc tribes ot the archipelago. This is an
obligation which intelis ut l'ip.n9s. n't
less than foreign nations. eEp' us to
Iu.nl Nor Viii the national nonot per-