Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
FILTPINOS SHOW
EAGERNESS TO GET
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Winfred T. Denison Show,
That Natives Prefer the
Schools to Feasts-Amus-
ing Incidents Witnessed.

The Hon. Winfred T. Denison. s.or.
tary of the Interior of the PhiIinn,n.
Islands, has been called the "who.
Hope OF the islands. The exact Az
plicability of this term is not perfec,,,
clear at this distance. Mr.. Demise.
himself is on record as declaring hi,
oelief that 1t is meant to imply a 'yvb,,o
interest" In the Philippines as d,s,,,
guished from Filipino interest. Hs !,
also ON record as saying: II suppose
was called the White Hope becaus. ,
used to belong to the Republican psr,vn
| Denison as Is well-known, is tho p,u
Moose member of the present Philinn,r,
| Administration, and as such his exn..-
| iences of the last few months in ~.
Islands are of considerable interest, indI.
eating to a degree the hopefulness ,r
hopelessness of the Philippine situaton
| tion.
Mr.. Denison has sent to friends q,
this country copies of speech delivers,
by him at the City Club, Manila on
June 30 last. The speech is entitlsa
"Democracy's Mission in the Philn.
pines" The speech does not give Il,
authors opinion on the question OF
Philippine independence, but merely dis.
cusses some of the questions which da,,v
come before the Secretary of the 1nts,.
ior through the administration of nj,
own department.
One of the typical questions. Mr. D,,t.
son says, which come before him con.
tinually cropped up in the proposition
whether he should authorize the ey.
penditure of 800 pesos for the nboto.
graphing of mollusks. Now, il hapnen.
that have just returned from the
Mountain Province" declared tho Score,
tary, where I found the deep necessity
and 4 great demand for school teachers
and no money to provide them. I hal
this choice: Should l spent 500 pesos for
photographing those mollusks, or should
spend 1t for school teachers? | could
pay the whole share of the Insular Gov.
erhment In one teacher, and a half Of
the share of the Insular Government In
another teacher for the cost OF theso
photographs. I am not unaware that
the world outside the Philippines NAV
possibly prefer the photographs of tbe
mollusks to teachers In the Mountain
Province, but ran there ha anv douht in
the mind of any one that my duty is to
spViiu INV HioleS lot lne interest of the
Philippines, rather than to further what
may be considered the interest OF the
scientific world at large?"
On another occasion Mr.. Denison renor+,
that he had been to Palawan and hod
found there 10000 people without doctor
He discovered the same thing on still
larger scale in the Mountain Province. He
learned that the Moros in the southern
end of Palawan were eager for a school
teacher-"even grown men were petition.
Ing for leave themselves to 90 TO school"
AT the Culion Leper colony he was pet-
TONED by SIX sisters of the church who
were doing all the nursing for go hospital
patients to send them two more nurses
and some money for their work. Irpon
returning to Manila from this trip the first
thlng that was put up to the secretary
was an application for leave to spend H.
600 pesos for printing the results of eth
nological research into the habits of the
Bukidnoons and other non Christian
tribes!
For 14000 pesos" declared Denison, 81
could either cover the Mountain Province
with school teachers or cover Palawan
with doctors, or fill Culion with nurses;
while the outside world, if 1t finds itself
in peremptory need of this knowledge,
may possibly be able to find the money
some way except in the pockets of the
Filipino people"