The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-28
PHILIPPINES NEEDS
Professor Sohurman Discusses Our
Eastern Possessions. ~
TIE HEED OF MISSIONARIES.

The NEED VI Al6SlVNAklbes
$1,000. ...-. r..,. m...
II Would De Mistake to Send Men
Of DaRerent Protestant Denomana-
-
New York, Dec. 28.-The Independ-
emit for the current week contains an
article by Jacob g. Schurman, presi-
dent Of Cornell university. chairman
OF the United States commission to the
Philippines, entitled Our Duty to the
Philippines" Following Ia an alb
stract:
I'VE have 40 to 30 tribes to civllise
and seven or eight of theae trihss Aave
some 100000 nemhsgs We ~ To
Island pf. one tribe OF
VINO speak OBS LAM
nss ~ totaiiy dn9ncs Eoln IL 49,:
languages as spanish - irom ~ susn'
Another tripe on tne same lsiahe, num-
Derlng ABOUT oVV,Voo, 10 az a's.ihc'
from the others IN language anu char-
acteristics as they are from inc opah.
iaras themselves. Ineh On ING erea.
Miano OF Mlnoanao there ars many
tribes tnat are entlreiy ainereht from
each other' IN the sun archipeiaso
we come 10 announcer CLASS OF natives.
ABOUT whose custom OF slavery 81
much mas Deeh sald recentiy. Ihese
are all Monammedans, wniie IN LuSoh
the natives are all Catnolc Units
tians.
THE priests have ruled In Luxon 80
I0nY WIQeSUTGHU.
and the natives know OF no otner form
OF Christlanity. Inc roman CathoiIc
church has been established there LOT
S00 years ana the archipelago was
really governed by the priests' ana not
by the Spanish civil or miiitary COM
manders. we must credit tne cnurcn
with having done great deal OF GOOD
work among the natives: we must
reckon with these lacts when we send
missionaries to the fniilppines:
missionaries are needed IN the ISL
ands, and l hope they Will be sent there
In large numbers. They must reaiize
that they are contending with Cath-
Ole educated population that KNOWS
nothing about the fne diherenees be-
tween Protestant sects and denom1na-
tons. therefore, II would De nlgniy
impolitic to send missionaries OF dif-
ferent denominations to confuse the
minds OF the people. l DO nope that
when we send the missionaries we VIII
decide beforehand on one form OF Pro-
testant Christianity. The Filipinos VIII
then have Catholic Christianity and
Protestant Christianity presented TO
them. so they can take their choice.
Il think the Island OF Mindanao Is
more promising field for missionaries
to begin their work in than Luzon.
The influence of the Catholic church
has not been extended to Mindanao,
and the simple natives would more
readily accept the type OF faith which
the Americans would teach them. 1t
is possible that IL would be dangerous
to send missionaries to the interior OF
| this island at present.
A simple government is what Is
| needed, ana every province snould
| have it, so they can learn the meaning
or our promises ana intentions.
Il regret that the Americans allowed
the saloon to get foothold on the ISL
| ands. That has hurt the Americans
more than anything else, and the spec
! tacle OF Americans drunk aWakens dis
| gust in the F1liplnos. we suppressed
| the cock fight there, and permitted the
tayerns to flourish. One emphasized
| the Filipino frailty and the other the
American vice. ! have never seen
| Filipino drunkard.
"1n Manila, which is really a cos
mopolitan city, in lloilo and other
cities of the islands, you will find
educated Filipinos who are bright and
| pleasing to meet socially. The great
masses, of course, are ignorant, but
one good thing in their favor is that
they thirst for knowledge.
| 81 do not say that all of the insur-
gent leaders were dishonest. ! believe
that many of those who fought against
the Americans were animated by the