Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-02-18

mo, l am not.
am Filipino" he replied
"How's that?" asked the lady. Il
thought they were all savases living in
the woods
well, I'll tell you how | came he re, "
he said. "A month before Jeff the
Philippines l was living in the woods
but the American Governor decided 10
catch as many wild men as possible,
train them and send them over mere
So here l am, just as you see" And
the st. Louis lady actually believed
him.
That is what you would call fancies
about the Philippines. The fact is,
however, that the 100000 Filipinos
and their ancestors have been civilized
and Christians for 800 years that the
non-Christian population, according to
the census of 1918, is only $4,000. and
even these are not all uncivilized.
Another fancy is that not until the
coming Of the Americans were school
buildings seen in the Islands, roads
built, or Substantial houses erected.
~ 1Ch hAtSh tAAaI Aul uAIUEtflS pl
years the Fi.ipinos have had colleges
and schools and that the University Of
Santc Tomas is only twenty-five years
older than Harvard? That as carly as
1866. out of Formulation OF 1000 COO
people, there we're s 4 schools for bows
and S35 for girls. That in 1892, eight
years before the coming Of the Ameri-
cans, there were . 1877 schools?
ITO grant self-goyernment to Luzon
under Aguinaldo would be Ike grant
ing self-government to an Apache res
erYation under some local chief. Thus
spoke former President of the United
States during the Filipino-American
war. EEagceration could be an excuse
al time when the dignity Of tie An
erican people demanded the extinction
Of Filipino opposition, but do you know
that the Philippine Republic. before the
American occupation of the Islands.
had TIE approval of prominent Aeeri-
cans who were on the spOt--like John
Barrett, Director of the Pan-hmerican
Union, who compared ii favorab.y with
he japanese government? That Ad.
miral Dewey considered the Fllipinos
hei er fitted for self government Ian
he CuhanS? That they had drafted a
constitution nj Malalo> which e!.ci!ed
he appre- al Of distinguished Repub
iiaDs Ike tie late Senator George F
HoTr: THAT before tie CON ne II tie
? = ericans i!.ey had ProdUced NATIONAL
ier7cs ike he mart red Jose Rizul.
,'ro1oUgceC ~ a Rep..S'icHn coa.reSs
nan, Representative Cooper. as the
no.ies' viciTI that has ever fallen into
he clrlches II tyranny?
Md 10 yoI know hat the Filip!nos
ave not blG sor hundreds of years any
aate 5. stem Blood distinction or royal
.amil'eS. snd that. unlike their oriental
sister. they are the only Christian peo-
pie L ne orient?
Pc e have pictured an ignorant
mass Of NiHpinos. illiterate, poor. liv.
.ns "a he OF servitude for few
Yea ny lard owners and foreigners
with no hoaSes OF farms or property
OF their own. Do you know that 20
per cen. of the people above ten wears
- es~C s'i- lNab anu MEllc ana tllf ms
Green age of literacy is almost as high
so'.c 81 the states Of the Union
lat Il is higher than in any country
{ South AUe..oa higher than the lit.
'acy If HE Spanish people, and IN
;cst !"hiy above Tat of any of the
ew countries recognized in Europe?
% you know that there are mill on
nd half farms in the Philippines
nd thai % per cent of these farms
re Owned by Filiplnos In other words.
hat out of the 100000 Christian
iiip.nos 100000 of them at least live
n their own farms, with houses OF
..e.r oNn, independent of any absentee
andiord or foreign master? That 81
er cent. Of the urban property con
sting Of houses and lands is owned
the natives of the Philippines. and
| My 8 per cent. is in the hands of for.
| gners? Yet these are facts cabled by
| citing Governor Charles Emmett Yea
TO the War Department fr1.n the
'ent census estimates
Having Solemnly promised the Fill
mos their independence and having
one before the world as the champion
self-determination, the Filipino peo.
lie cannot understand how America
an consistently refuse to make good
| hese promises.