The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-28
GUNS WO8K ABOUT DONE
HE THINKS WE SHOULD NOW
SEND MISSIONARIES.
n HAVE MANY TRIBES TO CiVILiZE
>guinaIdo an Honest Mn, fiipinos Distrust
Us, believing us Like Spaniards, Drunken
Americans Awake Filipino Disgust.
nOile Cystero tomdpmnod
) polls System condemned.

spoils System condemned.
New York, Dec. 21.-The ILdcren
dent for the current week, will contain
an article by Jacob G. Schurmln, Press
sent CT Cornell University, chairman ~
he United States Commission t. the
l h.lirpineS, entitled Our Duty to the
'hl1ippines."
Following is an abstract:
I'VE have forty to fifty tribes to
uivilize and seven or eight of these tribes
lave some 100000 members each. On
,he island of I.uZon there is one tribe
If million and a half people who speak
Jile language as totally distinct from the
other languages as Spanish is from
English. Another tribe on the same is
and numbering about GOO. 1000, is as 0ls-
inct from the others in language and
characteristics as they are from the
olaniards themselves. Then on the
great island of AIindanuo there are
many tribes that are entirely different
rom each other. In the Sulu Archi-
pe4ago we come TO another class OF ma
.4ves, about whose custom OF slavery
20 much has been said recently. These
ire all Mohammeda4ls, while in LuzOn
che natives are all Catholic Christians.
The priests have ruled in Luzon 80
.ong that their influence is widespread
and the natives know of no other foran
Of Christianity. The Roman Catholic
Church has been established there for
three hundred years, ana the arcnlpel-
ago was really governed by the priests,
ind not by the Spanish civil or military
commanders. OF the $13, 100000 raised
IN the island annually about $1,500,0U0
vas used for the churches support.
Each small church would receive ahou
$50 for its support and the priest IN
allowance OF $500. We must credit
.he church with having done a great
dead of good work among the natives.
We must reckon with those facts when
we send missionaries to the Philippines.
MISSIONARIES NOW NEEDED.
missionaries are needed in the is
lands, and | hope they will be sent
here in large numbers. There is plenty
of work for them to do, and / hope they
will go, with a oon4plete UNDERSTANDING
+ the situation, to accomplish good.
they must realize that they are con-
ending with Catholic educated popu-
alton that knows nothing about the
ne differences between Protestant sects
nd denominations. Therefore. it would
je highly impolitic to send missionaries
Of different denominations to confuse the
minds Of the people. / do hope THAI
hen we send the missionaries we VIII
,ecide before hand ON enc form of Pro
testant Christianity. Send only enc
ype of missionary. The Fiiipinos viii
hen have Catholic Christianity ana
rotestant Christianity presented to
hem so they can make their choice
We have 10 adequate IDEA how confus-
ng to the simple niinGs of an unciviiiZed
PEOPLE the different forms of our Pro
testant faith appear. The Chinese who
ire perhaps more intelligent than the
g.iipnos regard our different denomina-
sons as so many different religions.
II think the island of Mindanao is
more promising field for missionaries to
begin thelr work in than Luzon. The
influence OF the Catholic Church has not
bgen extended to Mindanao, and the SIM
lie natives would more readily accepl
he tyre of faith which tne Americans
ould teach them. 1t is possible thai
t would be dangerous to send mission
feS 10 the interior of this island at
resent, but rs conditions become mere
ettled and the Americans are looked
non with a more friendly feeling, thu
riace viii be a rich field for the Amer1-
IN missionary. We owe it to the Fill
limos to give them the best in our rel
zion as well as in our education.
WHY THEY DISTRUST US.
Il believe the fighting in the Philip.
ines is nearly over and our armies now
ighting in Northern Luzon viii soon be
"equired only to keep down the bandits
I he organized army has disappeared
and with it we might say the whole in
surrection. Most Of the leaders OF tn
instruction have been won over to our
side.
Il Go not say that all of the insurgent
leaders were dishonest. | believe that
many of those who fought against t.
Americans were animated by the high
est idea Of Loyalty to Independence. |
think probably Aguinaldcsis one of this
lass and that he is an honest man.
"One reason for the stubborn oppos;-
ion to our occupation Of the islands wte
a legacy of suspicion and hatred for the
white man which Spain bequeathed to
rs. The Filipinos know the white ract
only by one specimen. Spain to them
"cpreserts the whole world Of Euro
pcans--the whole white race--and hof
Authorities made promises repeatedly
% them and broke them. They will moi
today trust Americans or Spaniards or
any other Europeans. Nor is it strange
hat they dirtrlSt the promises of the
Americans. This distrust Of the white
~ace is one Of the rroblems that viii r..
0lTire years of labor to overcome. Yen
cannot overcome it with words. 1T must
he dissipatcd by actual works; they
must have ocular demonstration that tne
word Of the Americans can be relied
upon. Not until then viii they begin tv
believe lis. Consequently | have urged
ii on Congress and the President to set
I'M civil government in the Philiprines
inst as soon as the military condition