Arizona republican., 1900-09-29

have rendered valuable service against 1 the insurrectos. mostly Tagalogs. Other tribes on the island of Luzon are the Pampangas. Niscayans, Pan gasinans. ZambIles and numerous oth- CT tribes. all bearing resemblance, in ! fact the only distinctive features being in the language. Of the bncivilized tribes. the Is2rrotes is perhaps the most prominent. In some respects the IgOrrotes remind me Of certain tribes of American Indians. though there the comparison ends. The stately dignity of the American Indians has not a counterpart in these savages. The ISorrCJos, or those that | have seen, are giants physically as compared with the natives Of the valleys and low lands. I may ba bold when I say that I think the average Filipino looks as fl on the point of decay. OF physical dece- rioration. although hear mat the pres e2t Filipino does not differ from prece- ding generations in this respect.
 There is also a curious tribe of pig rlizs inhabiting the mountains. They are the genuine Filipino negroes. and are called "EeSritos." The average height Cf the Negrft1s is from three to four feet. They are not war-like and prefer their own surroundings. In one of my trips in the eastern part of the islands ! was surprised to meet some representatives of a race of aIbmos that are said t1 inhabit the non arn part of the island. They presented curious sight. Their reddish halr was Tn mark ed contrast to pink eyes and yellow some almost blanlg-compleXo
 r ff.tl 1s-ff1 much t0 fnteree. and confusa him iu mastering th= many tongues. It is said that there are one hundrcG and one 1ir- fareut languages and dialects spok.r on the islands. all probably being of Ma iayan origin.
 It would seem tnat the stands. be- ;rg for SO many centuries uEda" span ssh rule. the language or -h. mother country would be as familiar -n lae na- tives as their own tongues. but in my travels I find in some or ;he remote Provinces a Woful lack Ce familiarity with the language by the natives. though in Manila and othar more i'm Fo-taut I,lces tAe natives ale fluent conversau uonalists in tho spanish tongue. The education Of tna provin- ciais seems 10 have been reelected. and I guess what li9.Ie some If them know vas taught them by the padres and friars. From my experience wi,n and observation of the more Iutelli@ent classeS. I find them anxious jo learn. and many who cannot speak a wor1 of spanish are showing a remarkable ap- tiJude in mastering English.
 The education problem .s ro doubt complex, and will require careful study before determining the proper method cf procedure in dealing with the mind Of the younG Filipino. Al these things VIII right themselves in time, and be fore many years tle Filipinos will be immeasurably superior Intellectually to what they are now.
 There is no doubt but that Spain was indifferent in the matter of cdu- cati9E her subjects. There are a few schools in the provinces, but the cur liculUm iS not extensive.
 ''Itvolution and progress are unknown words in the Filipino vocabulary. The struggle for an indcpenGeut govern ment shows evolution in H political way but there it ends. The condition of the people in the mater of the sciences and industrial progress was probably the same at the time of the landing If American troops as it was one hun dred years ago. To make a departure from the old time methods would be to establish an Unhearior precedent.
 Probably Spains indifference in keep ing up with the march Of progress may have Instiled a contempt in the people for advanced ideas. and thus they p1oi- d51 along the same lines their ante ceiants followed.
 Modern agricultural implements, machinery for mills and factories they W2t not of. and it would be a waste of energy to attemTt to induce the natives