Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-10-05
SEVERE ON SOLDIERS.
Mr.. PeytOn Has Poor S2iniOn Of
Those in the Philippines.
MUST BE ALL BAD.
He says the United States Has Forty.
Five thousand Drunkards, Rakes
and Gamblers There and That
Manila Il a ''Ilell Hole"


Peytou Of the Brotherhood Of ST. An
drews. who has just returned from q
stay Of six months in the Philippines,
declares that the United States has 45,-
900 'drunkards. rakes and gamblers in
and around Manila, and that religious
progress is quite out Of the question
while Americans soldiers are there. He
says the Roman Catholic priests have
made up with the Tagals and are losing
no time and sparing no money to tell
the Filipinos that the Americans now In
Manila. who have made that city what
Mr.. Peyton calls hell hole. are fair
specimens Of protestant civilization.
Peyton went to the Philippines under
commission from Bishop Doane Of Al
bany. chairman Of the board Of domes-
tic and foreign missions Of the Protest
int Episcopal church, charging him to
examine conditions and return in time
20 report at the missionary council.
which will meet this month IN ST.
Louis Mr.. Peyton visited five Of the
islands and enjoyed exceptional oppor-
tunites Of observation. lie il an ex-sol'
der. having seen service In the Spanish
American war and having served at
Montauk while the conyelescent camp
was there. In the course Of an inter-
view he said.
Without any qualifying exceptions.
the Tagals are the most moral and the
most religious people ! ever saw, bus
they are mere children in ability 10 gov
ern themselves. Il would never do. IN
my judgment. for the United States Ia
abandon them. The Tagals could not
hope 10 control the other principal races
Of the islands, and there would result a
lot Of petty states too weak TO take care
Of themselves and too ignorant and too
prejudiced TO join in one united state
But the Tagals could not even govern
themselves. for with American power
gone. the friars would not let them do
90.
AT the present time there Is no chance
FOR Protestant effort IL Is practically
useless to undertake 10 do anything
there until the United States troops
depart or reform The United State
has in and around Manila. az this mo
ment, or had when left fewweeks ago
5000 dunkards. rakes and gamblers
OF course there are exceptions, but they
are not worth mentioning. The state
ment is sufficiently accurate. When
the American troops landed in Manila
there was only a saloon or two in the
whole place. Today Manila is he'll
hole. There are 43G or more saloons
typical places Of the western frontier OF
worse. and the saloons are more respect
able than are many OF the other places
within the city, which the Americans
have either planted or keep alive by
their support
when the instruction was at IL
height many Spanish priests were
driven out and left the island. With
the coming OF the Americans a common
danger has brought Tagals and Span
iards together and old sores have beer
healed. Today not only Luzon, bu
the islands in the west and south arr
covered with friars who are active a,
they never were before Everywhere
they ars preaching to the people thus
Behold those men, they are a sample o.
Americans. America Ia an inhdel, o.
what is the same thing, u Protestant,
nation. See the danger Of fighting III
mother church. An iniidel nation ha
sent the flower Of it, men here and be
, hold them Your lots may be hard
You may have had grievances in tn
past. We may have sinnad, but you
state is certainly better than that o
Americans You are moral You ar
religious.
Just as long as these priests hav
A., OOU Americans there and such Amer
cans as examples Of what they ar
pleased 10 call an infdel civilization, A
long is il useless for Pro'estants 10 IT.
10 convert Tagals and other FilipinOs
Lot the army do its work an got away
Then and no, until then will Methodists
Presbyterians and Episcopalians stan
any chance.