The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-02-18

No. an not.
am Fniplno.r he replied
-Ha~'s fhs,t" asked The LADY,. =
theustt The. were al sayases living IN
Tie woods"
-Meii, III tell yon how ] came here. :
he said a rnoEfh before Jeff ths
Philippines I was living in the woods
but The American Governor decided q
catch - many wild men as possible,
train Thea. and send them over here
- here am. just IS you see Ard
the 81 Louis lady actually believed
him.
That Is What yon would call fancies
about the Philippines The fact IS
however. that The Il.eooon F5lip'nos
and ihslr ancestors have hcer Civilized
and Christians for 500 years: that the
non-Chrisiian population. according 20
The census az 1915. is only joo.0.se and
eren these are not al unciyilinea.
Another fancy IS that not Until the
coming az the Americans were school
buildings seen in TIE Islands. roads
built. or Substantial houses erected.
10 you know ihz, for hundreds of
Years the FIllninos have hsd colleges
ana schools and that the University ~
S4nto Tomas j. cnly twenty five years
older thza Harzards That as early as
istss oui 81 ropaiaiion q sanpyo
people. ihes~ were Ssl schools for boys
and Sss Tor girls. That in lS.s- ei-ht
years before The coming AZ Tie Amer
cans. there ~ere -.lS7 schools;
To graat self government 10 Luzcn
Under Aguinsido woaid be like grant
inr self-gcvernmeni 70 sn Apsche res.
erVsiion under some local chief" Thus
spoke q former Pre- sideni of the rniied
States during lie Filipino American
war Exsg-erzfion coni0 he en- excuse
si tine when The dignity of The Am
erican peopl. demanded the extinction
~ Filipino opposition. hut DO yon know
that the Philippine Republic. before tie
American occupslisn u The Islands
had he approval OK prominent Ameri-
cans who Nefe on ihe Srot--ilke John
Barrett. Director az the PAn-Anerican
Union. uho compared il favorahly with
the japanese government, That Ad-
ri-sl Dewey considered The Fnipinos
better fitted Cor self government than
ne Cutans. That they had drafted a
constitution al Mslsios which elicifed
re approval of distinguished Reprb
leans Ike he late Senator George Y.
Hos-, That before the coming ~ tie
Arnericsns they had prhsaced national
heroes Ike the msrTyred Jose Rial.
pronOunced by Republican congress
man. Representative Cooper. as the
noblesi victim that has ever fallen into
TIE clutches % tyranny,
And Do yeu know that fhe Filipincs
have not had fnr hundreds of years snr
caste system. blood distinction Or roysl
families and that. unlike their oriental
sisters. they are The only Christian PEG
PIE n the orSentf
Pecpia have pictured an ignorant
rnass 81 Fllsplnos. iiliiersfe, poor. liv-
ing a life Of serFif1de fer = few
wealthy hand owners and fore sners
with no houses or farms or property
). their own. Do you know that 30
per cent OF the people above ten years
of age can read and write and that this
perceniage Of liferzcy is almost as high
as some Of the states Of the Union
Thxt IL is higher than IN any country
of South America higher thsn the 1T
eracy OF The Spanish people. and tn
quessionsbly shove t.si Of any Of the
new countries recognized in Europe
De yes know that there are q million
and 9 half farms in the Phlip7.nes
and that es cer cent. Of these farms
are owned ~ FIlipinos- In other words.
that cut Of the 100000 Christian
FllipiDos. x.oea.oeo OF them az least live
On their own farms. with houses %
their cun. independent Of any ahsentee
landlord or foreign MASTER That Qlf
per cent Of the urban property con
sssfing of houses and lands Is owned
By ne natives of the Philippines. and
onir g per cent is in the hands o. for
eixnerss Yet these are escfs cabled hy
Acting Governor Charles Emmett Yea
Ter 70 The War Department from the
rer~n- census estimates.
Hzri-- solernnly promised the Fiii-
Yi3os their indepesdence and having
gene before the worid as the champion
ef seif-defesminsfion-f the Filipino peo
pas cxnnos understand how Arnerscs
can consistently refuse to make good
these promises