The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-10-24

Philippines today gave out the fol-
towing statement 80 the Associated
Press
In ansaer to General Funton's
starem@ns made An m address 90 the
students of sianford university that
of con xress would driye 90. the friars
( hnd conhscate every inch of church
( property. ehe bottom would drop out
/ of she insurremion within one seek.
/ The Inhabitants % Luon are complete
4 ~ che church. I deem u proper 70 make
I the following statement;
"Knoaan gwhat do from most re-
llabie Authority ~ General Funstou's
broad ininderese and sense u FAIRNESS
/ I De- not believe that he had been quot
81 correctly he may have stated that
h tho inmrgerts demand this az a condi-
ielon ~ peace but thst BE- gave them
az his own sentiments. x cannot be-
iiese. From ms own experience.
know hos easy lt is a. De- mlsquotcd
Al can SAY -. that " Generli Fun
stcn did make this star ement. ne man
tested "a dense ignorarce ~ the work
done by th- religious orders in this
archlpeiaRe ON the very face 81 g.
however it shows quite plainly THAI u
/ nSi cotne from one as Well posted as
General Funston should D. on aTairs
l IN Luzon Re Is quoted az saying The
I Inhabitants ~ Iuzon are completely
under the church Nov I would ask
\ how can shls be possible when every
prlesi (Hith the exception a. a frN ma /.
tiyesl in the island ~ Luzon outside
. fthe walled city of Manila IS a pria-
T oner 90 the Insurgents? For the past
eighteen months this STATE of affairs
has existed and during all this per-
} iod Tnore rh1n $50 friars have been un-
dergoing unheard ~ torture in insur-
gent dungeons This being q fact Il is
hari fer ne 81 see how tha Islands can
BE- under the friars.' u icoks 10 me a.
though Just the opposite We're the case.
That the Insurgents have asked a. one
~ their terms 81 peace the expulsion
~ the friar. ana the ccndscatlon 60
the Insurgents 0f all the church prop
erty is "a fact we'll known. hut we ace
told by u government vfhclai tund I
knoN a o. be- "a fact from other reliable
sourccs) that the insurgents represent
only one tribe out Of the 50 tribes 80 p
plng the archipelago. 80 the scnti-
ments ~ the great body 81 the natives
o. more than they can D. take mas the
sentiments ~ the natives toward our
people and government
Whatever the natives are or have
they owe O. the friars. By them they
we're lifted 0ut ~ savgcry and brought
unicr the blessed and rcdhn 7iuence
of chris,ianlty By them they we're ed
ucated. not only in the schools but In
the feldA .,sld workshops were taugh,
by them the very industries which ARE
nov the source of their prosperity Mr.
Peyton. the agent OF rhs Episcopal for.
eign mission association tells us that
the natives are tne most moral and ~
llgious people on the face of the globe.
Sow the men who taught Them 20 b,
so cannot hr such men 1s some narroe
minded people would try 90 have "a
believe Rev Dr Abhrl. a scotch pro
testaut missionary .aiFu tosilnes thai
nearly the whole population of gh,
Philippine ar,hIpeiago has teen cor.
veried r. the catholic faith by IN,
Spanish monks and 81 Wprderfll im
, proyement ir their social condition IA,
been thc utult Hc then goes nn (,
show thar lf ans one doubts this i'm
pr0yement Il can easily he made man
ifest hy comparing the christian ma
tive with h.s southern o. ,vh5or 10 lhN
same hiool thr fnnatlcii Norrl
As a. she connscatlpr ftne estates
son mlght az well tlk ~ connscatin,
ihr estates ~ the Nanderbilts the a.
. tnns. and other mlllonaive- Their
, would boz Just as much right and jus
. Twice ln the one ease az ln fhy other
, The statues 0f the religious estates ha
r horn acquired the usual way hy pur
. chase and 500 the cuurse ~ nearly fou
{ centuries they nave naturally growI
Z large hos ~ even unbiased witnesses
. are o. be- credited. large as they are
an ~ used f1r ihe hetterment and Up
Sfting of "a natives
"a former Brush consul "a protest
I, aal. Vrifing 800 This subject says. 1
4 Vat h5 means of these estates hat th
/. fran, introduced aer,uiiure aai set
!. iled hab'fs 90 lfr among irlucs rIgl
3 uaily u0psdic
: rs VAS et means ~ these estate
that they - them to llse in Vlllagc
ard rtrDiuceg anwurst them the art
0f clvi.sed i.fr
4 "it wnA by meAz4 os 'hssF esta' 3
7. ssaf gnes acquired is, power pf lndu
q ms gnem ta labor >HNh certtl
r agmaaue ~ Yeg9iartt ans mrth0d--ih
!, Srssat safeguard aglnst relapse AKA
d snao thsir orssinai state of s,snagery
"T'ae natives he says. are N'Nh com
rare excsngtaN la nesi oi lselaw'
A mfi@ut whlch shey would tam sac