Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-27

mai flockcd back 10 the islands, We're
warmly welcomed b1 the governor
general and proceeded to eet very
busy m government affairs ue lu stir
ring up sodiuon on unrest among The
natives IN order chat one of the
worst. Vicente Soto. might come back
a pardon was needed for a crime
which he had committed and of Whieh
he had been convicted In the islands
some Years before Apparently the
Royernor-genoral needed him. as he
pardoncd him and Welcomed him 10
Manila These men do not repre-
sent tho real Filipino people rather
they represent the worst element i'm
that people The Filipino people has
ID bad element, The same as any other
The governor general apparently lik-
cd them because they were AN VIZ
ciously anU-Amerlcan and lived ON
seditious work
Enemy Of Americans llonored.
cone Of the arch enemies of AM
erica than we nave always had to enc
/ durc Is native named lllustre. Tie
has never been banished and $50 far
as know has never committed q
crime, but he has hecn always mn UNI
compromising halter of America, am
uurelonung foe OF everything Amer
lean. There were not so very many
of his type, thank goodness
Given Great Authority
We'll hc was appointed TO high
a.
he was made member of the Phillip
pine commission, ana there was ass
signed to him personal supervision
over Christian tribes and non-
Christian territory. A more reckless
or insane act could not Wen be im-
agined The government of the wild
people is the most delicate job in the
Philippines. He began 10 interfere
at once and at every touch he lelt "a
'leprous spot ON wild tribe affairs He
has but started only am infinite God
viii ever know me misery and suffer-
ing and death these poor people must
endure at the hands of this man, who
should DE honestly sCoruCd and de-
spIsed by every decent Filipino and
American
For = time the secretary of tine inn
terror i'm measure Withstood he
Vaccinations al ulustre and his satel-
lites, but Just now tho secretary has
given up ana left the island Two
years ago 1 iourneyod among The
wild tribes and obtained from them
the first expressions they ever gave
relative to possible Filipino rule IN
f 20 friendly emphatic manner these
wild people mt every place demanded
that their government remain Amer
lean and That no Fllipnos ever be
placed over them There are sever
al times as many Of these wild people
as there ever were Indians IN tho
United states.
i Wild People in Despair
/ This summer I found them restless
+ and apprehensivc what they had de-
mandcd to bee free from was forced
upon them Their officials whom they
knew and trusted were taken from
them, killings again appeared and
heads had begun 10 fan The secre-
tary of the interior and his assistants
really tried 10 check the eyil move
ncnts ana planned many good things
for the Wild folks but To- me il was
plain that lllustre was too strong, and
with a plant governor general the
worst tho wild people feared would
soon be upon them
Pause here for a moment and rec
fleet, you whose guiding principle ls
the consent Of the governed Tie
Moros, some half million Of them,
come within the class Of non-chris-
taus and 10 some extent are under
llmstre's vicious power
Had Efficient Governor
"The Moros are fortunate in having
Ian excellent governor. Nh Carpenter
he is far and away The best iu the
Philippine service He has been there
ever since the Spanish flag came
down and no one knows The Filipino
better Ass governor, he has very con-
siderable power, 100. Whenever be-
has been allowed to work ON his own
judgment he has worked wisely and to I
the very great advantage Of thc Mo-
ros Some really inspiring things have
been accomplished there during the
last Two years But alas. he has been
obliged to yield 10 The paliticos In
many things some vital and every (
time with very serious injury 10 Inc
Moros.
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