The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-11-08
BIUNENTRITT ON TRIBES.

Inc Springfield RepuDllc"n mas TIE
following to say
Moortield Storeys exposure of tire fla.
grant deception contained in the repeat
ed assertion of the administration forces
that the Filipinos are an chronological
| hodge podge of 50 tribes or more was so
complete, that il really needs no further
evidence to sustain it. The testimony
of Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt, how
ever, is worth adding to Mr. Storeys eff
| fective statement of the case.
Prof. Blumentritt, whom Prof Brin-
ton has called the greatest scientific
authority ON the Philippines has IN in
teresting chapter on population, in
his brochure on the archipelago, from
which these passages are taken
On the coasts Luzon, the Nisayas and
north and east Mindanao dwell those
! Malay races who had already reached a
considerable degree of civilization at the
/ time Of the Spanish conquest and who
quickly accepted the Catholic religion
and adapted themselves to Spanish ideas
and culture.
The most prominent representa-
/ tiyes of this stage IF civilization are the
/ Tagals, the Ilocoan- aud the Nisayans:
the former on account Of their general
/ education, the second because Of their
enterprise and push and the third be-
cause they are the most numerous race
of the archipelago
We have in the Filipino coast
Malays highly gifted and ambitious
people, who deserve and will continue
to deserve the sympathy of civilized En-
ropeans. In number they run from
/ d, 300 900 to S,0ulu1o individuals and
some estimate them at still more. The
| Tagals constitute less than one-third
and more than one-fOurth. the Visayans
nearly one-h-f the Iocoans three
tenths.
That is to say. three tribes, which
are the highest civilized, number $500
900 or more ont Of total population in
the entire archipelago that few have
ever estimated ut much more than 5, O0C-
600 These are just the tribes that
have fought against alien domination,
yet the president speaks of them as "a
single trihe amt Of 50 or more or as a
"small minority III the islands and so
on. The Ta4aI- aud Nisayans alone
constitute large majority Of the popu-
lation
Gov. Roosevelt frequently speaks rath-
or CONTEMPORARY Of the population, as
composed to considerable extent of
Chinese half breeds Prof BIumentritt
says "Tha number Of Philippine Span
iards. q" treuI,s amounts to about 03
per cent ami that of both Spanish and
Chinese mo,tzo~ lhalf breads to about
81 per cent If the whole population.
/ OF these few Chinese halfbreeds, Prof
Blumoutritt writes:
The Chinese mcstizos form an interest
ing class Of the Philippine population
/ Raised in the t'atholic religion they are
simply Filipino~ They are as prcjudic-
ed against the race o. their fathers as
the other Filipinos, and the circle
Of culture to which they belong, and for
which they strive. is the Christian Eu-
ropean They are the most active and
enterprising class III the islands
once the 50 hibes' deceit is shatter-
ed, and the truth established as to the
overwhelmingly numerical predomin-
ancc Of the Christian portion Of the pop
uldtion, which can be correctly spoken
If rs the people, read the professor
still further in such passages as these
These Maavs include more cultured
people than the Servians aud Rulgarians,
the percentage Of persons who Wear Flu.
ropeaH dress is larger than among those
nations OF the Balkan peninsula which
enjoy Independence and elf-goyern.
mcut
4 resemblance TO the japanese type is
also frequent and it has happened that
Tagals liucrau1 and others Of TINS race
who travelled in Japan have been mis-
taken by the japanese themselves foi
fellow cuuutrymen.
Germans who have lived both in Jap
an and the Philippines assert that the
Filipino is the equal of the Japanese in
many respects and far his superior in q
sense of honesty and justice,
When testimony like this comes from
Z scientist who thoroughly knows hi
subject from long personal observation
the question arises why the Filipino
have been - misreI resented by the ad
ministratious servants and apologists
l. the explanation to be found in thu
advice given 10y the Greek sophist to tn,
Greek tyrant Never forget To slande
those yon have wronged
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