Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-14
HEAD HUNTING RESUMES
WITH j. S. WITHDRAWAL
Lieut.. Johns Sees Chaos When
Independence Is Given
to FiIipinos.

Men we'll acquainted with the Philip
pines have predicted, upon the with
drawal of the Americans. a resumption
OF head hunting. increased ladronism
pulajan attacks. intertribal fights and
a return of Moro piracy"
This is statement which Lieut.. Lind
say Pogue Johns of the Philippine con-
stabulary makes in letter to a friend
in Washington. in which he deals at
length with the question of the United
States allowing the Fil.pinos independence
in the near future. He discusses the prac-
teal side of the question at length.
1T is proposed TO give him indie
pendence in 1929. with qualified indie
pendence to begin within the coming
year" Lieut.. Johns declares. Maybe by
to govern himse.f-who can say? If such
thing were to happen. it would seem to
one who knows the Filipino as he is to-
day. that the day OF miracles was re-
turned.
United States Not Seeking Revenue.
I'm the first place it must be remem-
bered that the United States is not hold
ing the Philippines for revenue. While
the British. the Dutch, the French and
the other nations which have attempted
solely for the revenue to be gotten, the
United States has repeatedly proved that
the only stimulus which inciteS her is
the desire to educate the Filipinos up to
stage where they will be able to CO.
operate in the maintenance and preser-
walton of an autonomous government.
The purchase OF the famous friar lands,
the exclusion of foreign capital and the
consistent idea Philippines for the Fill
pinos have all operated for the good of
fh<. ,nti -l- l..- h.,
ceedinglE difficult one for reasons which
are readily apparent.
This is Il policy without parallel in
the history of the world and one which
was ridiculed and consigned to certain
failure by the other great nations. Can
we believe that this has proved the case?
First let consider what We have had
to overcome and why the work was.
from the outset, different from that
which the other western nations have
teen confronted with in this part of the
globe.
Many Wild Tribes.
There are, in the Philippines. eight dis
tinct Christian and eleven wild tribes,
the latter divided into III subtribes. each
with a different dialect From the head
hunters of APART, in the extreme north
ern part of this island. to the blood
craZed Mohammedan 'juramentados' of
the Sulu group, the Philippines represent
u heterogeneous mass of people and re-
ligons. The Igorot in the north has his
'anitos.. nearly all evil spirits. which he
appeases in prineval fashion.
''Of course. there have been mistakes
made. 1t was found that the average
Filipino-not over-active under any con-
ditions-after having spent a year or two
in an Americana school and having
learned to wear western clothes posi-
lively refused to contaminate himself
with manual labor. The one weak spot.
which has been noticed by some, was
becoming prominent The object least de-
SRA bic of all was being realized. The
schools We're turning out politicians, in
q country which was already ceing weak
ened by petty local politics. \ remedy
was instantly at hand. The bureau OF
agriculture was transferred from the de-
partment of the interior 10 the depart
ment of public instruction in the early
part Of 1aIG. and since that time the Fill
pino youth has been taught that the fu-
ture OF his country depends mainly on
the culture OF the soil. An increase of
the amount and value of exports leads
one to believe that the defect has been
eradicated