The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-03
President Schurmaa
and the Philippines.
Interesting Article on Amer.
toa's Large Respousi bilities.
CATHOLIC RULE IN LUzoN.


pendent for tho current week viii
contain an article by Jacob q Schur
man. PRECEDENT Of Cornell university
end chairman of the United States
oowmission - the Philippines, en-
titled "Our Duty to the Philippines u
Following 10 On sbstrsct: 1--WE
hsvs 40 TO 80 tribes to civiiize, and
ssvsu or eight Of these tribes have
some 100000 members each o.
che Islaad Of Lusoo there 10 one tribe
q . million aud half people Who
spssk one language % totally distinct
from the other languages % Spanish
b from Eoglish. Another tribe on
ohe same island. numbering sbous
900, 900. 10 % distinot from the others
in language aud chsrscteristios "a
they are from the Spaniards them
selves Then on the great islsnd ol
Miudsnso there are many tribes that
srs entirely different from each
other. In the Sulu archipelago We
come TO another class of natives,
about whose custom Of slavery 90
mreh hss been ssid recently These
ss' oil Mohsmmedsus. while in
Loson the natives are oil Catholic
Ohrissiaus.
"The priests have ruled 10 Luzou
% long that their influence 10 wide.
spread, aud the nstives know OF no
elhsr form Of Christianity The Ro
nan Catholic church hss been estab
lished there for 500 years, and the
archipelago was really governed BY
Ne priests end not by the Spanish
civil or military commanders OF
lhs 3l3. 500, 900 rsised on the leland
sonoslly. about 81 100000 wss used
Tor the churoh's support Each small
church would receive about $500 for
10 soppors aud the priest On allow.
snce Of $500 We must credit the
church With having done . great
deal Of good work among the ns
tives We muss reckon with those
ihoss when We send missioosries to
ths PhiIippiaes.
missionaries are needed In the
islsne,, snd I hope they will be cent
thel In large numbers. There 10
plenty Of work for them to do. and I
hope they will 60. with . complete
understanding OF the situation, TO
soeomplish good. They must realize
mat they are oontending with
Ostholic educated population that
knows nothing about the fine differ
enqes between protestant scots aud
denominations Therefore il would
b highly impolitio to send mission
aries Of different denominations to
confuse the minds of the people. l
do hope that when We send tho mis
sionaries we will decide beforehand
on one form Of Prot ,sisut Christian
isy Send oa!y one type Of mission
cry To- Filipinos will then have
Catholic Christianity and Protestant
Ohfistisoi'y presented TO them 90
they 90, make their choice We
have NO adequate idea how confusing
% the simple minds of sn unoivilized
people the different forms of Protest.
sns faith sppesr. The Chinese. who
ere pcrnsps more Intelligent than the
Tiiipinos. regard our different dsnom-
jssiions a. I'D many different reli
gions
Il think the Island Of Mindsuao
10 moro promisir e ield for mission
asiss to begin their work in than
Luxon The iD6uence Of the Catholic
ohusch hss not been extended to
Miudanso, end the simple natives
would more readily accept the type
Of faith which the Am-ricsus tesch
them Il is possible that Il would
bs dangerous TO send missionaries to
the interior Of THE leland ct present,
bot 40 conditions beoome more
settled sud the Americans are
looked upoo with q more
,fs;s"dIy feeling. this place will
be- Q rich Geld for the American mis-
siouary. We owe il to the Filipinos
20 give them The best in our religion
@ we'll ss In oar education
81 believe the fsh.iog 10 the
Philippines 10 nearly over. and our
armies NV Sighting in northern
Logon will soon be rquiied ouIy to
keep down the bandits The organ.
ised rwy has disappeared. and with
is we nigh, ssy the whole insured
siou Most Of the leaders of the
insurrectiou have been dispersed or
have been wUa over TO our side
Il DO 90, .ay that all 'be insurgeot
headers scre d,-boo,s. ! b,iisse ,ba,
osey ~ thos, sho fought ssains, tho
Amsfiesss were saiua'ed by the high
90, ise.s Of loyalty 10 iodepe odcoos I
think probably Aguiusido {" ooe Of this
slsss. and toe: he 10 "a homes, mso.