New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-31
PHILIPPINE CONDITIONS.
What archbishop Harry Says as Re
suit of Three Years Observation.

Archbishop Harry. OF Manila the head Of the
Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines since
June. 1903. has been spending a few days IN
Washington. He gave the following account of the
present conditions In the islands 20 reporter for
The Washington Star:
The real. almost the only. danger to the pros
porous ana happy future OF these beautiful and
wonderfully fruitful islands is to be found among
the revoutonists, the professional revolutionists
resolute and aggressive groups here and there
oqt P pr IN ,5 or near ear Manila
Not one Of them has any property at stake The
worst excuses Of Central ana south American
anarchy which now and then disturb the world
these irresponsible men to rise to power ''''9
What have | to say about the Filipino feeling
among the better element of all classes. The
appreciated. All who have anything to lose ali
magnify 6s now ShG a th
really like the United States Whatever America
disappointed revolutionary leaders
"a TO too g Sq say ~ 16e @
conduct of the American soldiers in the islands
rounding conditions; from. eneral Leonard Wood
down to the hum6e sf,id private The rank and
as well as that OF the people of the islands, for
among strange people speaking strange lam
General Wood has developed a great deal His
grasp of the situation is. firm and broad. but his
Is be sode and Sih Gdst spirit h
wholesome impression his rule has made upon the
The Islands as whole, are making Strides in
dustraly and aGd W 10 eHe or
more as the country cOnlihuas to be opened up.
the land il under cultivation but all OF the land in
the islands is classed with the most fertile in the
world and capable OF raising TWO and three crops
Il ia not difficult for Americans who lead n nor
NAL and moral life to adapt themselves to the Gil
mate Vigorous dancing. late and sumptuOus par
ties heavy drnlSlng-i In fact. oil excuses. drains
and exacting indoor functiOns-must be 'cut out
Il may be permitted 70 use the term. in tho Phil
not strenuous For eight months the climate is
tica!Iy unknown The medical service in the cites
is admirable. The entire Archipelago is paradise
natives is remarkable; many live to very great age.
They are hsahy and Manila AM sewerage system
waters that formerly stood stagnant in the pockets
SHOW that the health Of the city is at least as good
as that of the District OF Columbia.
The intellectual capacity of the natives is good.
You must remember that, except in the interior.
not negritic It Is Malay. The Malay mind is
acute; 1t IS growing. Natives have attained 10
Sa erowo native priests Ws eentqTy @na
in Mexico and acquitted themselves we'll
The abandonment Of the islands by this country
WSn TO pc se thar Werd Il my opn Ss Rs the
brightest page IN american , history will be that
Philippines MY belief IS that in time the Filipinos
are the pearl Of the Orient Just thinE-sx million
Christians in we may say the heart OF Asia! Yes.
the FfliPnOs will finally convert the Japanese and
the Japanese win in due time convert Asia
Schools cost much; many things that are merely
seed planting operations cost too much az the mo
nent Of expenditure, in the minds OF those who
not or do not measure the fruitage of the
future. The government IS spending money for Inn
prOvements and the army but the mu1icipal
are already self-suppOTtlng and before long the
islands will not be burden to the United states.
While disclalmlng any proficiency in diplomacy
or statecraft. Archbishop Harry easily made II evil
dent that he did not think there could be any
danger OF war with japan. He thinks that the
japanese field OF exploitation is toward the East
on the continent OF Asia, aud not in America or
any other particularly restricted area