The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-30
PROBLEM
OF RACES

PHILADELPHIA. April i6.--"Amcri.
cas- Race Problem proved hard nut
20 crack for the learned members OF the
America Academy OF Political and go
cial Science ut their NTH annual CON
vention yesterday. but they tackled II
braveiy. and made fine Roadway toward
solving these problems. They first met
at the Manufacturers Club, and In
cluded In the days program an inform
nj luncheon, n late reception and after
noon and evening sessions, at which In
teresting papers were read on the races
of the Pacific and the annual address
on "The Causes OF Race Superiority"
Talcott williams presided over the in
augural sessions. and the speakers In
cluded the Academy's president Pro-
fessor Samuel McCune Lindsay: Rev.
Charles c. Pierce the noted army chap
lain from the Philippines; DR. Titus
Munson Coan OF New York, and Pro-
fessor Edward a. Ross of the Univer-
sity OF Nebraska.
At the afternoon session the physical,
geographic and climatic conditions in
the Oriental archipelago and their in
fiuence on racial conditions were touch
ed upon by DR.. Coan, who made the
the Hawaiian Islands, giving a forceful
review of the history, language, arts
and poetry of the Republics protege,
Many curious facts were brought out
by the speaker in regard to the popula-
ton of the islands.
INFANTICIDE IN HAWAII.
The natives, he said, formerly limited
the numbers of inhabitants to the sup
porting capacity of the land practical
ly by infanticide. There was no strug-
gle for sustenance, no destructive fam
ines, and the population was methodi-
cally kept down to the living limit, so
that, outside of this barbarous prac-
tice, life on the islands reached an ideal
condition. While not defending the
means by which this condition was at
tanned, DR.. Coan remarked that the
question to be met in over-populated
districts today was the limitation of
mere quantity and the Improvement OF
quality.
Chaplain Pierce. who was attached
to General Otis staff in the Philippines,
proceeded to undermine the arguments
of anti-imperialists in narration of
several years experience with the con-
ditions in the Philippines.
1.-The wopd Filipino as popularity ap-
piled, is a misnomer,' he said. 1T
does not designate a people, for there
are eighty tribes in the islands, and the
Tagals,, who are carrying on the insur-
rection. have no more right to it than
others. A Filipino people cannot be
said to exist, and without it, argu-
ments in favor of popular sovereignty
have no logical standing. Such argu-
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giving the Tagal tribe the right to gov
ern all the tribes on the islands"
FACTORS IN PAC1FICATIoN.
DR.. Pierce quoted history to prove
that the Tagalos were not the original
possessors of the land. Speaking OF
the tribes collectively he said that they
were a most hospitable people and had
strong family ties. The rumor that the
United States proposed to deport all
captured hostiles to Guam, he said,
would be an important factor in end
ing the fighting, so afraid was the ma
tive of being removed from his home.
The Tagalos are eager for education,
according to DR.. Pierce, and the liberal
provision for public schools will be an
other factor in the work of pacification.
Many amusing anecdotes were intro
duced to illustrate the phases of native
character
AL the evening session III lhe I've"
century drawing room. fresiuenl Llhu
say reviewed the work of the academy
during the past year me annual au
dress THE Causes OF Race superiority,
by Professor Ross, was followed by
reception to speakers and guests. Pro-
fessor Ross traced the superiority of
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histo.,, "a sofa t., nort.
go
CAUSES OF RACE SUPERIORITY.
Inc hrst cause OF race superiority 10
which l invite your attention Is
physiological trait, namely, climatic
adaptability. Just now 1t is a grave
question whether the f1ourishing and
teemine- Deonles Of the North temper-
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