The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-26

waters: the journey by way sf Msssllsn strsits wss both isd,ors essors sna sny one ever dreamed of Panama or Nicerague canals. or Tehuantepec ship rsitMays, tne nlns of Spain sent annually Feet rom ACa- as- ioaded with Spanish goods and precious metals and these were returned through friendly winds and ct rents Dy way oi the northwest coast or Amertca 70 Aca- Yellow yeiIy; and brown Orient. Here was the beginning of the yellow peril in Amer lea. and 1t is not new. one. as the crim- soned streets of Manila will bear wit
 The mixture of the yellow man with the brown wornan, and subsequently, Of the Mongrei spaniard with this compound. created the standard population of Lu- is Malay, but the mercantile and politi- cal standing. no less than the culture. comes through Asiatic and European Ia thers.
 The blood of the white man found its way into the Philippines by two meth- ods-steaith and force. Prof. Keane and other ethnologists believe that the early brown peoples, of whom mention has been made had the blood of the Caucasian Tn clements in their speech point in that di- rection. More probably the later brown invasions. with their alphabets and cults from India. beginning 20 years .,Is. 2, e, Copper images from India have been found in graves of British Columbia. deubtiess left there by the Spanish fleets.
 These triiiins ingredients n0wsysF, sr may may whose presence dates from the very be- ginning of the sixteenth century. first through the Portuguese. but largely ton 1t viii be advantaseous to read the lift of Magellan. but chiefly the volume of De Morga, in the Haklupt Society's . publications. 1t would far transcend the fling turmoil of races under Spanish rule for nearly four hundred years. It is con cerned here with kinship. with the mix ture of blood contained in the word Span- Basous. n: % Goth % and Vandai, Roman and Kelt, all are there. On the confusion Of breeds in Spain one must read Deniker. Ripley and Sergi.
 If there be q kind of white man from Europe or Northtrn Africa tkat the Span iards did not bring the United States has completed the tally and added him to the list.
 The Islamism of the sulu Islands is se- of Parthians, Medes, Elamites dwellers in Mesopotamia and Arabia. The name Moros. or Moors. is suggestive of BerbeF afilnities. One Hundred and Fifty Native
 Tribes.
 There are in the Philippines one hum dred and fifty native tribes with names. of the way areas. They never succumbed to Spanish rule or the Catholic religion. while others are vastly more numerous than all the Indians that were ever in the them all Filipinos. It will be impossible here to characterize them singiy. For this purpose the Smithsonian report of lsSS must be consulted. Just few na- newspapers may be noted
 Igorrotes-Head hunters of the Prov ince of Benguet in Northern Luxon. new CT tanned. But the name now applies to 'Injun.' The Christianized isIanders would say. There's no good Igorrote but
 Ilocanos- Christianised. civilized, iitera- Try. brown-yellow people of Northwestern
 -Christianized, civilized, brown people, about Lingayen Gulf, 1l2 miles north of Manila. They have just ten by the President under the hProvin- cial Organization Act"
 Tagala-C -Christlanlzed. civilized, literary, brown-yellow-white peoples, occupying all the provinces of Luzon about Manila Bay. They are the most numerous and powerful of all. Aguinaido is a TaKal.
 Vicols or Christianized, brown lands adjacent.
 VisayaB or Bisayss--Next to the TaRaIs the most numerous Filipino ethnic group, occupying all the central islands, Samar, Masbate. Panay, Escalante, Cebu, Bohoi, Leyte. as well as tho northern and east ern shores of Mindanao. It was in the midst of them that Magellan was mur- dered in 1621.
 The Moros have been previously con- sidered. An excellent map of the islands will be found in the new Century Atlas.
 Surely the. ends of the earth have come to us in blood, language, industry, social life. knowledge and religion fhroiirh this beautiful and teeming archipelaRo. The possibilities of infinite development and blessing to the missionary in every de- partment of cult and culture are there, where their good work may be prose- cuted without let or hindrance.