The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-09
lKAlIS Ut tlLIpINUS.
Colonel A. c. Buell. Says They
Are an Unruiy Lot.
ALWAYS NEED TO BE WATCHED


ample-Broke n Dangerous Malay
Sailors Arm, over His Knee 20 Con-
ciiiate His Mates.
Speaking Of the Filipino natives and
the trouble the American troops are
having with them now, Colonel A. G
Buell. of Cramps talked most entertain.
ingly the other day. his observations
being drawn from personal experiences
and much study. He said
"The keynote of the singularly frank
and lucid speech Of the president at the
dinner Of the b 'ton Home Market club
was conciliation the Philippine ma
tivea Almost simn 'taneously an inter
view with General tNtis was published
at Philadelphia in which that able and
gallant soldier was represented as say.
ing. No one understands these natives
These two utterances. from suca wide.
ly different points of view and from
such sources of highest authority, sug.
gest problem to which but little at.
tention has yet been given-a at least,
but little attention based upon real
knowledge of the conditions which must
be met .,
"Unquestionably the presidents idea
of conciliation springs from humane
impulse and embodies hope based up.
on the application TO the Philippine ma
tives of optimist theories in anthropolo-
gy Equally unquestionable is the sin.
cerity Of General Otis who speaking
bluntly, from observation and expert.
ence on the spot and unincumbered by
theory of any kind, says No one un-
derstands these natives.
Judged by the standard Of any other
race of savages with which the forces
Of the United States have hitherto had
to deal. the curt remark Of General
Otis is true The Philippine natives
are partly Of the Malayan race and
partly Papuans or Negritos. the Malays
predominating numerically, physically
and mentally So far as our task in en-
forcing sovereignty over the islands is
concerned. it may be considered that the
Malays form the only serious factor
The one supreme and unvarying char
acteristic of the Malay. wherever found
OF under whatsoever conditions of exist
ence. is that he is savage, and net
only that. but always and everywhere
a gloomy. sullen, saturnine savage, ut.
terly insensible TO the logic of civiliza-
ton and wholly impervious to it's arts
During the four centuries of Span
ish occupation considerable amalgama-
tion has occurred, the result being, ac-
cording to standard authorities, that
about Is per cent Of the whole pOpula-
ton. say l.25O.0 are 'mestizo, or
mixed breeds, in which Spanish ia.
thers have given the names of that Ian
guage TO half breed offsprings of Malay
mothers the Spanish women seldom or
never allying themselves with Malay
men These half castles. or mestiZos, are
the real Filipinos, according to the
strict Spanish meaning, though the
word seems to have been adopted by the
American and English newspapers as
descriptive of the population as whole
1.-THE effect of this cross breeding of
the Spaniard with the Malay savage is
general type in which the notorious
national vices Of the former have been
ingrafted upon the racial, traditional
and hereditary savagery of the latter
If there ever was anything in the 80
called civilization of Spain that could
possibly improve. elevate or enlighten
a savage race By contact and admix-
ture, II has always been conspicuously
absent from any results apparent in the
Philippine Islands On the other hand,
the amalgamation has accomplished
nothing except TO add to the racial dis
trust. jealousy. treachery and murder
mania Of the Malay. the characteristic
bigotry, bombast and duplicity of the
Spaniard at his worst, the net result
Being beyond doubt the worst develop.
snent of the human species on the face
of the earth,
"The American Indian. the African
the Mongolian. even the fierce nomads
Of central Asia, have been known TO
respond in some degree to the arts Of
civilization and to yield somewhat to
the precepts Of enlightenment But in
all the history of his contact with the
white man not one instance Is recorded
Of the civilization Of the Malay, either
as pure blood or as half caste. He
has at times been subdued or tempora.
rily held in check, but it has been done
only when the white man succeeded in
'outsavaging him at his own savagery.
as the English do in the Straits Settle.
ments and India, and the Dutch In
Sumatra, Java and the Timorean group
But. though sometimes subdued or
held in check, the Malay has never been
conciliated by anybody in the proper
sense Of the term No matter what
means have been employed to COW him
or constrain him, to repress his fero'
cious instincts. he remains at bottom
the same wild animal. the same untam
able beast of prey in human shape,
ready for a new outbreak the instant
he thinks the vigilance Of his oonqueror
relaxed.
"The English system Of blowing orr
eptai fanatics from the muzzles of can
non and the Dutch system of emasculat-
ing them are based, not upon refine.
ment Of cruelty, as is often supposed.
but upon deliberate selection Of ex-
emplary punishment. calculated TO ap-
peal most effectively to the superstition
and sense of horror of those with whom
they have to deal In all the oriental
creeds. Mussulman and pagan alike,
the doctrine Is universal that no man
whose organs have been mutilated can
snter the kingdom of heaven. This ef.
feet is produced by both the English
process Of blowing from the cannon,
month and by the simpler and more d.