The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-10-24
DEFENDING THE PRlARS
Archbishop ohappelle on Church
Work in the Philippines.
FRIARS CIVILIZED THE SAVAGES.

no AFCnDlbnOp DloCreu1U3 inc ISopOrs
That General Funston Urged Confis-
eating Church Property. and Asserts
That Troops Looted No Churches.
Washington, Oct: 24.-Archbishop
Chappelle, Of New Orlans, apostolic
delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico and tho
Philippines. yesterday gave out tho
following statement to the press:
I'm answer to General Funston's
statement made in an address to the
students Of Stamford university that
ii congress would drive out the
friars and confiscate every inch OF
church property the bottom would
drop out of the insurrection within
one week; the inhabitants of Luson
are completely under the church. l
deem 1t proper to make the following
public statement:
Knowing what do from most re-
liable authority of General Funston's
broad mindedness and sense Of fair
ness, do not believe that he has been
quoted correctly. He may have stated
that the insurgents demand this as a
condition of peace, but that he gave
them as his own sentiments I cannot
credit. From my own experience
know how easily it Is to be mis-
quoted. All can say is. IL General
Funston did make this statement, he
manifested dense ignorance Of the
work done by the religious orders in
this archipelago. On the very face of
1t, however. it shows quite plainly
that it did not come from one as veil
posted as General Funston should be
on affairs in Luzon. He is quoted as
saying, The inhabitants of Luzon are
completely under the church. Now,
| would ask how can this be possible
when every priest with the exception
of a few natives) In the Island OF
Luzon outside of the walled city of
Manila is a prisoner Of the insurgents?
"rhat the insurgents haXe. asked as
one of their terms Of peac0eHR ex-
pulsion Of the friars and the c0hsea-
ton to the insurgents Of all the chuNA
property is fact well known, but we
are told by the government officials
(and know it to be fact from other
reliable sources) that the insurgents
represent only one tribe out Of the SIS
tribes peopling the archipelago, SO the
sentiments voiced by the insurgents
about the friars and church property
cannot be taken as the sentiments Of
the great body ofthe natives no more
than they can be taken as the senti-
ments of the natives towards our peo-
pie and government.
Whatever the natives are or have
m v mo- bau
were lifted out of savagery and
brought under the blessed and refining
influences Of Christianity. By them
they were educated, not only in the
schools, but In the fields and the work
shops were taught by them the very
industries which are now the source
OF their prosperity"
Archbishop Chapelle then quotes
many Professionals in support Of the
above statement. and continues:
"As to the confscation of the es-
tates, You might as we'll talk of con-
fscating the estates of the Wander
bilts, the Astors and other million
aires whose estates have, in the course
of years, grown SO wonderfully. There
would be just as much right and JUS
tice in one case as in the other. The
estates of the religious orders have
been acquired in the usual way by pur-
chase, and in the course of nearly four
centuries have naturally grown large,
but If even unbiased Protestant wit
nesses are to be credited, large as they
are, all are used for the betterment
and uplifting of the natives.
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