Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-03

demi-god; for the ruling people is largely
personal matter; they principles OF gov
eminent Give them a man who fairly with them.
Furnishes them when necessary, without malice but
without favor respects far possible
and works for the general good and they Will admire
that man and the government he stands for
All these phases of the American regime must be
spoken the tense but not because they are
history They happened in the twentieth century
some of them happened five and six years Today
head hunting has practically been stamped OUT the
wild tribes beginning to to school; tney are
cheerfully working days year on the roads, and
proud of wonderful system of trails they nave
built Century-old between hostile tribes have
adjusted, have come down from the treetops
to live in model villages agriculture mas Deen stu
lated among people, the guileless savage is get
ting fair price his produce and buying what he
needs reasonably at stores-in fact every
thing goes smoothly could be asked Yet in con-
sdering problem the nonChrstian tribes present
for the future is we'll remember their record in
the past and the record who reclaimed
them, the recent date of that reclamation
The non-Christians divided into three very dis
tinct classes. First is the Negro, the little black
Spaniards who has the proudest lineage of
ALL for remains of the aboriginal race Of
the islands Negrto is of the lowest types of
humanity by etnnologsts with the Australian
Bushman. little, black, woolyheaded individual,
who has capacity for receiving civilization There
only $4,000 of him in the islands. he does
not present problem, except he bears the much
discussed question of the existence of slavery in the
archipelago.
The bulk of the non-Chrstian peoples of Malay
descent Some of them have a slight admixture of
Malays who invaded the islands in ancient times
Many distinct tribes recognized them, nallf
the main island of Luzon alone. The pagans
Luzon inhabit the mountain province for the most
part northern of the island, where they for
meriy supreme sway. dwell the Ifugaos, the
Kalngas the Igorots the Apayaos and others OF the
head-huntng peoples 1t is hardly fair speak of such
people the Ifugaos, with their wonderfully
rice cnging to the sides of almost
perpendicular mountains but many Of their
old customs were savage to the last degree
Today It is possible for of of these tribes
go safely the territory
the first time in centuries. Their raids on
civilized neighbors altogether Educational
work is going forward among them they furnish
of the best recruits for the constabuary their
in all lines is highly satisfactory Baguo
great resort of the islands, is among
of the mountain province
On other islands the work among the pagan peoples
has naturally not progressed in Luzon but
perfect order prevails, and education beginning The
interior of the great island of Mindoro peoped by
pagan tribe known the Mangyans whose very number
is still matter of guesswor. estimated around
$4,000 These people live in isolated moving
place to place whenever member of the family dies
Their strain of Negrito blood makes them backward
but schools and villages have been estab.
lished.
Such tribes these may taken as typical of the
twenty-five or thirty peoples found the Phil.
ippines
The third race of non-Cnristans are the Moros of
Mndanao and Suu. The Moros represent a compara-
lively recent Malay invasion, as the highest
stage OF civilization the Malay ever reached
They devout Mohammedans men of immense per-
sonal courage, fierce fighters pirates VINO in the past
terrorzed the whole archipelago Their
mated all the way from 275,0OO to $4,000.
Such the peoples under the general head
of the non-Christan tribes spite of the fact thai
today there is disorder any part OF the islands
and progress toward civilization encoura
tits obvious that for many the equilibrium will
be delicate one and the situation will continually be
fraught with possibilities.