Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-03-06

for carrying on missionary Work
in the Philippine Islands. The af-
feet of the public school education
has largely unsettled the rising
generation in the many superstition
of tt cir former belief, and unless
they are reached by Gospel work,
many of them will drift ON into
infid.ity as the people have i'm
Japan.
The PHILIPPINES are naturally in
clired to religious things and when
ever proper effo is are put forth |
tie people are glad to welcome the
efforts of tie M ssiomaries. The
Filipino is naturally an orator,
and some of the native preachers
are quite oratorical in their preach
ing. AT some of our meetings held
i'm tent there would be such an
overflow that they would stand
around eight or ten feet deep on
| the outside, and at the end of a
series of meetings lasting edg t
or n:ne e~ks the congregation wll
be as large as at the beginning
| Generally speaking the American
rule is we'll accepted by Philippine
people. Of course there are "a few
political agitators, but the majority
j of the people are we'll satisfied with
the liberties and the freedom that
has Leen given them by American
government, AMID as a general thing
the officers that have been sent
there have had the best interest
of tie Philippine at heart in up-
lifting him.
The American government i'm prom
lis ing them their independence when
they are able to govern themselves,
lis dong something that has never
been tried by any other nation I'M
the Orient. To show their sincerity
the governm emit officials have taken
the Philippine people into the lead
ling Offices and governmental bur-
eaus and are training them to carry
. onl "a government and today the lar
ger part of the employees of the gov
ernme emit are PHILIPPINES. The Amer
leans are at the head of the bur
D eaus, but it will be sometime be-
t fore the people generally are quail
fled to carry on representative
COVE nment. A few of the people
> are we'll educated, and should they
b be given their independence now
it would be a rule by these few
y and the people generally would not
have the liberties that they have
now. For tt e honor of the United
Stat and the good of the Philippine
people it would be better to wait
a lit lie VIII. lie yet before such a
b step is taken. There are two legis-
!, lat We bodies. T., 9 House of Repre-
5 sen .atives is composed entirely Of
Philip nos and are elected by the
ii native people. TIE commlssi on is
: compos ID partly of Americans. The
a chief judge is a native. M NY of
$ the Phi lipiros are very bright and
s quick to learn.
l. TIE ISLANDS du ing tie last few
years have been having a very enr
4 couras ing degree of pro perity.
/, Someway the general belief of most
). Americans here is that the PhilipinI
e government is costing Unc.e Sam
S a lot of money, but l wish to sta e
/. tt at this is a m stake. The fact
# is that the COVER ment eff the Phil
# ipincs does not cost tt e United
e Stat one cent. Tie running OF
v the go, eminent is paid from the
y reve: ues collected there.
p Manil is today one of the clean
est cities in the orient. They have
y all the modern convenfences, such
), as paved streets, trolley cars, auto
il mobiles, electric lights, ETC. Oul
t ice is del vered every morning IN
) mote cars. Acco ding to statistics
lc the death rate in Manila is not
e as h gh as in our lead ng American
# cit es. Tie American doctors have
cleaned out the flies and the mos
e qui os. Small poX which was car
e ryirg off its thousands, is practi
II caly stamped out. Even among
y the mountain tribes the physician:
a would teach the chiefs how to vac
y cinate. Tt e nat YES t. ought it {
! grea thing and would mot let one
r escape the experience. According [
IN reports. no ON has died from the
small pox that had been inoculatet
with the virus. The lepers have
j. been searched out and are vel
la cared for on one of the islands
rs The pague is also kept we'll unde
f. cont oil here, while just across thu
rs China sea ait Hong Kong they ar
1T diving hv the hundreds every week.