The state herald., 1901-02-08

resentstiVe IN the Outteo Statee. Lopez
WIS forced TO fee from bis country nc
early - 1878 and since then has been
occupied ohisily in writing IN behalf Of
Filipino Independence. He 10 perhaps
nearer Asuinaido than sny Fiii,.ino out.
side OF Lnzon. it would he veil for
those who b-Iieve in the Filipino sAvagss
to ponder Mr.. Lop.z's statements.
GO Division Street,
Chicago, ILL.,,
10Th January, 1891.
Abram L. Mumper, Esg.,
| Greeley, Colo.
DEAR SIR have To thank YOU very
much for ynur letter. sm very pleased
10 answer ynur questions, aud should
ike, were my time not 40 fully occupied,
to give You sll the info, nation I posssss;
but as soon as my hook is published /
will send you n copy. In the meantime
| will enclose some printed watter which
may be Of service to .on.
The "puhlic' schoois were public IN
the same sfnse as in America and eiss.
whore. A few OF these schools w.re
provided by the Spanish su,hor,ties---at
Filipino expense. These were Tree to
ihose who wrr~ unable TO pay, bat the
maximum Zee was one (Mex,can) dollar
per month. Th- great N ,joriuy OF the
elementary schools we're provided by
the FilIpinos themselves by va,untary
contributions, nni we're absolutely free.
There WIRE. Tor instihc-, IN my own
town Of Balayan, fur teachers provided
by Spain (paid lur hy Fil,pinos) and %
Filipino voluntary free Achools. Ia each
province there were also Collegiate
schools and preparatory sch OILS, pro-
v'drd exclusively Ly the Filiplnos. In
thess schools are taught: Greek, Latin,
Spanish, sacred and univ. rsai history.
mathematics, Spanish literature and
geography. IN tie voluntary, free
schuols lbs ruciion i. grvsu in re,d,ug,
writing, arithmetic, GEOGRAPHY. religion.
and elementary Spsui.b (whsu tb- iai-
ter 10 not objected TO Ly the religion.
orders, when II mostly is.) There ee-
m-ntary aud collegiate sch hools Ars die.
tributsd Throughout the whole OF L,,zon
and the Visa, an Islands which embrace
about hins aud hall mhlions oi the ell.
tire population. The Duinisr Of Filip,.
nos who can read and write bss bs. q
variorsly estimated at from ~ to % PER
oent OF tho population. My own es,i-
msts would place 1t at about between 10
and 20 per c~nt. This contrasts fav.r-
ably with the conuition Of Spaiu itself
where. according TO the census oi 1851
the unmb-r Of ,hoss who could read and
write amounted 10 2SiS per crnt. The
PERCENTAGE is higher IN the Philippines
than 10 SPAN, l'al!. Russia, Kouman,H,
Bulgaria AID several other European
eountri~s, and is Yer, much higher thsu
10 any country in the Eva; higher nl.o
than IN any Of the Soutn' or CsStrul A.
msricao csau,riss. l shodid mention
that ~ per csst of our people Gao sp-sk
and sriis Spanish. NOT wittsisndisg the
opposition IL the religious orders.
an sncIosius = separate list u tho
Universities and c''leges IN Manila. /
cannot sivs you list of all the c.,ll.ses
IN tbs Philippians. The Jesuit coil,g-,
Ls., the "Msnils At-sso Mus,cips." Ia
whers you describe il. near the 90. wall,
etc. Ths Manila university i. also ns.r
the town wall snd cnss to the river
Pss'g and r-vsrus otic-.
The congrsss hsi elected representa-.
tivss from sll the provinces IN Luz,u
asd the V'sa,sn Islands. Many OF these
men we're professional ueu - lawyers,
doctors. etc. (some Of them educated iu
Europ-)
Our psopls will .cc-pt nothing les.
thss independence-whsth~r .ahsolu, ."
or otherwise would lie n matter for
friendly negotiation aud treaty. Although
ths Fiiiplpos would r-jec, Am.r,can
sovsreiss'y they might 10 prepared to
sccspt American sazsraioty. They .r-
prepared to yield America ever, thing
that sbs 10 new d.maniipg, but this
must be done by ir-ai, or ssr..m-ui;
rot by tsk,n. nwa. our Independence.
A far ~ ! know Asuins de- Devs, had
hssdqn"rtsrs P.rsnaqn-. H,s head.
quarisrs we're NJ Is Good (BsrcoorJ VI.
loios, SAT Fernando, aud IAflac.
With many ttsnks Tor ,our .ors.
Sincerely yours,
Sest" Lopez
P.S. My p-rmaneni n idis.- i., car.
Fiskv wnrrsn E.q, 8 Mt. y,rpou Plsc,.
Boston, Mass.
The following " Mr.. Lop,z'- ncipsri
list Of college,:
Royal un'vrrs'', oi M.u,la (Uu,.t.
sny of saSlo iom~.)
coLi.koEs
At-nsp Muhicipai Of anil. u SUI
Coli-a..)
Coiirs. Of San jam d- La'sran.
College IL v'pa" (>oo'b I'mc 81
College OF 'ss cacs~- tSop,h CIR
maIin-s,
coli-ss 10 Cav tcrbu i-lapi)
College In J.'o (llo 'o)
College 10 N-s,o, I.isod.
College 10 Dagnp.p provinces Of Pan.
gs'insu)
Al the shave college, hsi po.sr 10
copi~r III" y A. degree; tho high, de-.