New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
Advocates Ultimate Autonomy
tor the Islands, but Insists
They Are Not Ready Yet
for independence.
,ppl AUDED BY CLERGYMEN
Christianity Is Doing for the
little Brown Brother"
what 1t Has Done for
the Ocoident, He
Tells Them.

CHS 4ASiA@'
o,.Aon Charles II. Brent Of the Phil
-"our statesman Bishop, as
~. chairman OF the feast character
hir,-told about five hundred
~ clergymen yesterday just
- The Philippines stood. The
.sor,tv with which he spoke, his eio-
go 60 the great popular interest in
-. nersonality and the timeliness OF
-. .rbiect caused profound attention
- Maid 10 his every word. Those OF
-. hearers who applauded, early in the
80 If his address, his advocacy OF
,,,u,ots autonomy for the islands. re
~.,rss 10 applaud also his emphatic
.a.,s-stion that the islands were by no
~.sss ready now for independence
The Bishop spoke at luncheon given
=. the bishops and clerical deputies
..,.rs,ng the Episcopal General Con-
..,,,n nv the New York Churchmen's
,.,o.is,ion at the Hotel Marseilles,
,no, street and Broadway As Dr.
,,.rrv p. Nichols. president Of the as
-,,a,,on introduced him the entire
..or,fpl of clergy. representing every
.a,ns, Of the United States and its pos
,..s,ons. rose and offered vigorous ap-
,,oval for Bishop Brent is great
..vorite with his colleagues Of the
church.. as well as with laymen Of all
denominations.
Did YOU read about his coming over
in the steerage?" Hes the man VINO
-sflsed the diocese Of Washington.
Great chap, all right" Such remarks
az these passed between the clersymen
A. they rose to their feet.
Filipinos Long Awake.
Pshon Logan Herbert Roots, Of the
missionary district of Hankow, China
RAD inst sat down after discussing the
National Awakening" in his bailiwick'
Roth hishops. the only speakers at the
lurcheon. we're down TO speak on Ma
,jonal Awakenings in the Orient so
Bishop Brent began:
at is a mistake TO believe that be-
cause the Filipinos have been up ana
stirring since the American occupation
they were not awake before. While
China was still in bed and dreaming
they were awake. What the Ameri-
cans have done is TO get the Filinipos
out Of bed They are now insuucting
them how to dress themselves
The Bishop dwelt briefly upon Occl-
dental influences which the Philippines
had felt in successive waves and then
be asked what it was which permitted
the peoples Of the Western World, as
distinct from those Of the Orient, TO
develop and maintain their national
life Only the Occidental peoples had
histories, he said in the popular sense.
Those Oriental nations not depend
snces could point only to a history of
dynasties, Of successive despots Of
varying degrees of bloodthirstiness
and greed. The great mass of the peo-
pie lived obscure, inconsequential and
almost bestially happy lives, genera
ton succeeding generation and vanish
Ing from memory like the grass of the
fields
What is it," he asked. (which makes
hpossible for the peoples OF the West
srn world not only to build up their
nations but TO retain and develop their
national consciousness? 1t is the
Christ II is the Christ Even our
Wholly Inadequate conception Of His
spirit and His teachings has made 1t
possible for US TO build up and develop
our national life both in Europe and
America as il has never been built up
and developed by the Turks or the
Chlnese or their like.
Until Christ came. nations had to
wax and wane, but since He has come
mink We may look forward to
Ffpetuity Of national life. Right
mere In the Philippines can be found
striking illustration Of the fact that
christianity is the cornerstone Of ma
uohal consciousness. When we COM
pare the Filipinos with their brethren
The Federated Malay States, the
Hohametan Malays, we can hardly
*Aeve that they belong to the same
race.
What Christianity Has Done
With Christianity comes self-re-
'peet and with self-respect comes civic
pnoe 1t is amazing what that brand
Christianity 70 which we do not