The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-26

general public Informed by army au-
thorfties that actual drunkenness not
much II any greater than at home.
Absence Of home influence and lack of
usual amusements would naturally In
crease III Marked improvement in this
regard since Improved political Sc0ndf-
ton in this city has permitted more at
tention to this subject; fifth. no, but
true that in November 1888, spread OF
diseases among soldiers led military au-
thorifies in order to maintain effective
ness of army, to subject certain women
to certified examination and c0nhne-
ment OF diseased in special hospital, ex-
pense of which paid from fund in Gus
tody Of army officer secured solely from
fees charged for examination of so cents
to two dollars according TO place or ex-
animation System has greatly reduced
per centage Of disability from this
cause. Purely army police measure out
side our Jurisdiction, military necessity.
Result better than futile attempts at
total suppression in Oriental city OF
800 600 producing greater evil Disorder
" women known not permitted to land.
Number deported- General moral condi-
ton OF city greatly mai1gned- Crimes or
violence now comparatively few Gam
bling greatly decreased. Native vino
shops in Manila in August, 1888, 1000.
Now. reduced to 400; American saloons,
including hotel and restaurants. reduced
from PA in February. 1900, to So now.
OF these only IS licensed to sell spirit
uous liquors. COMMISSION.
The report itself is a very voluminOus
production divided into many heads, ex-
hfbiting the progress made by the COM
Observation-Disclosures Of the islands a par
ticu1arlv interesting section of the report,
deals WITH military and political condi-
tons. the effect of the American elections
commission says that examinations of
many witnesses as TO the form Of govern
ment best adapted to these Islands and
satisfactory to the people show that the
masses of the people are ignorant, credu-
lous and childlike. and that under any
government the electoral FRANCHISE must
be more limited. because the large ma
5ority viii not for a long time be capable
Of .lntelligeln1tly exercising II -.
It seems clear that a great majority of
willing to accept the establishment of a
government under the supremacy OF the
strained ~ fear from taking any action
to assist the suppression of the rebellion
Anyone suspected Of giving information to
the Americans concerning the insurgents
is Immediately marked for assassination
The ramifcations of the conspiracy are
SO wide that It has effected the terrorism
Of an entire people 1t Is Mana on a
In southern I.uzon the conditions have
improved in the provinces Of Cavite, Ba-
tangas and La Guiana during the last
peaceful. In the Camarines and A1bay
the conditions are not so satisfactory. but
and Nindanao the conditions are much
the same as reported august 4 except
made.
ANY statement Of the conditions pre-
vailing in the islands during the last six
months which ignores the effect OF the
American election as controlling ele-
meat in the situation is necessarily made
quate. Since the result was announced
sne eF mas peen grsat decrease esq., IN 9nS1
felt by the insurgents before the election
in the issue and the intensest disappoint-
ment since. which will certainly ERECT the
collapse of the Instruction in the near
future From now on conditions in these
islands will grow steadily better
One of the longest chapters in the re-
port concerns the friars IN the Philip
sion of these friars from their places by
the rebels, and declares that the burning
question agltating the Filipinos IS whether
commission listened to all sides, including
the archbishop Of Manila, himself a friar.
and the churchmen brought forward by
him. Laymen. officers. newspaper CORE
sDondents and others had their chance to
testify upon this subject The commits
sion says that the friar was the embodi-
ment of all authority. governmental as
well az religious in his locality and not a
performed without his assistsT1ee ana mar
ticipation- As to the mooted question of
saws the evidence on this report IS so
strong that 1t seems to establish clearly
that there were enough instances in each
province to give considerable ground for
That such immortality should exist
among the friars it says is, however, not
came from the ignorant peasantry of An
dalusta and were not by training fitted
the part OF 1rlars. II IS said. was not the
principal ground for the hostility toward
it did not shock the common people or
arouse their indignation to see their
euIAte estAbllsH met Eeiallons with a
woman and become the father OF her
children. The woman did not lose caste
on that account, but often prided herself
on her relation to the chief authority in
the village OF course there may have
been instances in which a friar used his
autocrauc power to establish g relation
of this kind against the will of the woman
and her relatives. and these cases have
lent themselves to deepen the cOlors of
the lurid and somewhat overdrawn pic
lures painted by the anti-friar writer's
The report shows that the total amount
of land in the island owned by the Angus
tinians, the Dominicans. the Franciscans
and the Recolletos is approximately 400
900 acres. besides which they have large
property has been transferred bv the
Dorninicans to a man named Andrews
and by the Augustinians and by the Re
colletos to English corporations but the
commission saws these transfers are NOT
Ii declares however that the tinted
States government is bound bv treaty to
protect these interests and suggests that /
they be purchased for public lands out
of the island revenues and by condemna-
ton il need be. though the orders have |
expressed a willingness to sell at a salts |
factory price
Regarding the return Of the friars the
commission says that the deep-seated |
n4s[eo OF the people must De reckoned
American cause II the Catholic church |
were to substitute American priests but /
THIS IS question OF church policy with I
which the commission has nothing to do.
Says the report.
TT IS enough to say that the political
question will be eliminated If the friars /
are not sent back
Reference Is made to the subject Of
religious exercises in schools. which has /
been. decided in favor of the church basis |
on the FaribauIt plan.
me commission says:
1T is not certain that It would COM
pletely meet the views OF the Catholic |
hierarchy, but 1t IS likely IT will avoid
that active hostility to a public school
system which might be a formidable OBJ |
stacle in spreading education among these
The question of establishing adequate