The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14
Mrs. Lorillard Spencer Tells of Her Experiences in the
Smallest Walled Town and Explains the Differences
Between the Moro and Filipino

! TO leave a note Of instruction with
Mr.. Ellis. the banker. telling what
should be done in case we did not re-
turn. | remember the last sentence
was I'VE would both like TO have II
made clear to any inquiring friends
that we undertook the work In Jolo
understanding perfectly the existing
conditions. ard that none be held in
any way responsible for anything that
may happen. We would most ear
nestly beg that there be no reta.ia-
ton or revenge on our account vet
We did go out and nothing happened.
And after a few weeks both Miss
Young and myself went out quite
alone. When Miss Katherine Buffum.
also volunteer, Joined us. she tool;
charge of our Industrial class and
successfully carried 70 on TO the end
Mrs. Tryon, the trllned nurse, 81 artcd
In with a will to assist Mr. Thompson,
who had charge OF the dlspensary
under Lieut.-COl. Charles Lynch. BY
the way we were told before it started
th't We would be lucky = We had
three patients during a month The
first thirty days We treated uslrIr
600, many coming from tho other SIDE
Of the Island. This pleased ~ very
much. as IL meant that We had gained
the confidence and were getting hold
Of the mountain people who are quite
din and much more difficult to
get at than the natives OF Tulay.
To cut \ luns story short. with the
exception Of Miss Nounrs Illness and
return 20 the United States after a
fcw months OF very real work. during
which she and the Bishop Che was
win us the Hrs; teW WeeEsl laid the
foundation of that which has been
In H." Providence Of God most won
derful exhibition Of what the Golden
Rul" can accomplish even among the
most an1tt'al sav2Ees or the most
pirI ral Moros bu; even the Golden
Rule ~ sht have failed II We had not
been able to call into play that other
rul" without which no real sympathy
can be "lven. I mean TO put yourself
In the other mans place trying TO see
things rs he sees them and not as
we think he ought TO see them. We
proved as individuals what DR. Saleeby
would have us prove as a nation
when he says:
We have either TO be tolerant and
accept present conditions and Institu-
lions as they are and gradually re-
form them, or be into,erant and intro
duce radical changes from the start.
The fret course begins with amity
and proceeds with patience, and makes
slow but permanent progress. with
telling effect. The second course Is
bound to begin with enmity and pro-
coed with opposition every step OF
the way. The latter course has been
tried for over three hundred years.
History has declared It's failure and
humanity has condemned it's prin-
cipIes. The growth OF nations, like
that Of individuals, Is governed by
natural laws and cannot advance by
Temps and bounds. Reformation may
be fostCred by patient instruction and
good example. but Il cannot be forced
into being by commands and threats.
\ few evil national customs may have
to be checked by force. but force
applied as the sole agent OF national
reform IS cruel and harmful. 1t there
fore hoOves us to accept present
conditions "a they are and move