Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-04
TuE MALAY CHARACTER.

Trustworthy information regarding
the inhabitants OF the Philippine
islands IL Interesting 10 the Amcrican
public. because the time ~ Mt hand
when the question Of how 10 deal with
them must be settled. The exlgcncica
arising from tho destruction Of the
spanish fleet at Manila. whether they
he aaorlbed TO "Dcstiny' or not. left
no other course than that pursued by
the government. and now the people Of
those islands must be provided for.
A gentleman. Mr.. q, W. Macklntlro.
who has long resided In those parts Of
the world. recently gave to an eastern
paper his impressions OF the Malay
character, lie says the Malay n
traetnblc, pleasant and on the whole
a rather nice person, lie II only half
civilized, but he In by no means "a cut
throat. M some people rccn TO think.
The MnlayH arr given 10 superstition.
but they are moral, although not All
that could be desired as 10 honesty.
SIN. d Malay servant viii often defend
tho propcr,y NJ his master with hla
life.
A oommcndablo trait Of the people II
ihelr care Tor the aged among them.
They are thrifty whenever they have
an opportunity 20 save some " their
cnrnings. Under spanish rule. and to
a certain extent under Dutch. there was
no inducement to Havo-in fact. good
reason why they shouldn't. as most of
thoir earnings were pretty certain Ia
tau a Prey to the tax-collcctop. un-
der tho English. however. where the
amount OF tho tax was nxed definitely.
they showed themselves the reverse ol
wastcul. ON the whole. MIR. Mnekin-
the thinks the peasant Malay u better
type than the peasant Hindu, the ono
point of infcriority being that ths
former has not tho Inherent ausceptlbll-
| ity to learning posrcuacd BY the lat
ter.
Tho gcnilomnn argues that what The
Malays need TO keen them peaceful 1.
a strong government ON this point
he says
II have had an Opportunity NJ Heo-
ms them under firm rule. tho Enriish
and under weak rule, that Of The Dutch
When ! was IN lava the war with Tho
| Atchlneso broke out, and rs the tniii,
| tnry base of the Dutch operations wns
! az hattvln, ! hud a chance u get some
idcn % the lighting. The Milava used
| guerilla tactics. and We're mover thor
| ouRhly Euhdued, as the Dutch wer0
dilatory ana conducted the campaign
but weakly, standing Joke among
! the Englifhmen In iiatavin was that
| the best way 10 end the difficulty would
have been 10 lot the Job out 10 SOME
| English contractor, who could haze
| finished inside ~ six months ~ "A rc-
suit ~ the Dutch listiessnosr. tho rebel.
Hon continued la an It's horror an the
| time that l was there, and ! am rot
sure but that u IL htill In progress. ID
would have been much better to stnup
! " out ut tho start than 10 let 10 con-
unue Tor an these years The English.
| on the other hand. adopted different
Tactics against their rcbeilious suhleets
| ON inc Malay peninsula. While / was
| M the East an inaurrection broke out
Va MalaccnI hut the English conducted
their campaign 10 vigorously that n
was soon stamped out. never 10 surlne
| up again, There N also "A rrcat con-
! tfnsi IN the way these two nntlons have
treated the Malays under their com
moi The English educate the Dutch
put nbslAcloa In the way OF advance.
ment For example, when | was in
british India I could get along with
English; In Java was obliged 10