Evening star., 1912-07-07

America to find the disposition Of the
people so kindly toward us. and l think
that sentiment will grow and we will be
granted our freedom. 1t will certainly
be vastly to the benefit of the United
States, for the Filipinos will then regard
them as their liberators from all subjec-
tion. not merely the exchangers from
Spanish to American domination. Such
course would greatly increase the COM
merce between the countries. 1t would.
to turn to the subject you are writing
on. result in great increase Of young
Filipino students in the United States,
especially in Washington.
L think Washington will always be the
principal seat Of education in America
for the Filipinos. It is the seat of gov
ernment, the heart Of the country, and
that Is the place in which the Filipino
student wants to live while In this c0un-
try. I must say that the quality of
American that We have had in the Phil
ippines is sadly different from that which
I have met here. They are SO infinitely
superior here in Washington in every
respect to those in Manila. i think that
unfortunately there were many persons
of the adventurer class who came to our
islands soon after the American occupa-
tion and prejudfced the natives by their
manners and actions against the Ameri-
can people. They have in many ways
misrepresented our people to the Ameri-
cans, too"
Next to- Mr.. La o in his philosophic
views of America and Washington. espe-
cially with the relation OF the latter city
toward the education of the Filipinos, is
Mr.. Maxine Kalaw. who is secretary for
Mr.. Quezon. He was born at Lpa. in
Batangas province, in the southern part
of Luzon, in 1891, being just turned
twenty-one years Of age now. He first
attended the public schools of the city OF
Manila, and later, after acquiring all that
these schools could give him, he attended
the University of the Philippines at Ma
Mia. In his second year there he was
elected as editor-in- chief of the university
publication and his own productions print
ed in the magazine were marked with SO
much ability that they attracted the
favorable attention of Mr.. Quezon. who,
although he had no previous acquaintance
with Mr.. Kalaw, forthwith employed him
to come to Washington as his secretary.
This step hardly interrupted Mr.. Kalaw' s
studies. He is now taking the law course
at the Georgetown University Law School,
and, when he graduates. will return to
Manila to. But Mr.. Kalaw did not
add to the above the expected words,
practice his profession" He said, Ito
devote myself and my time and education
to the promotion of the cause Of Filipino
independence among my people"
The students who come to finish their
education in Washington are all men
sprung from families of standing and in
fluence in the national affairs of the
Philippines. Perhaps the one who can
lay claim to relationship with the most
famous one Is a young native of the
province of Laguna. Alfredo Hidalgo
Rial. nephew Of the famous DR.. Rizal,
one of the greatest, II not the greatest
patriot of the islands. His tragic i'm
prisonment and execution by the tyran-
hioal Spanish government was probably
the single act that had more to do with
the final revolt Of the Fflipinos than any
other. for the embittered feeling aroused
in the bosoms Of the patriot Filipinos by
the cruel death of Rial is comparable
only to the feelings Of the people Of
America over the battle of Lexington.
DR.. Rizal is also noted as one of the
greatest OF native writer's, both in prose
and poetry. His nephew was born in Ca
lamba. Laguna, twenty-six years ago.
He was graduated as bachelor of science
from the Liceo Of Manila, one Of the