The Gastonia OoTOUd to thn Protection ot Horn* Mid tk* Intntooto of tk Ooutp. Vol. XX.__Qaatonla, N. Febrnary 2* 1899. THE PHILIPPINES AND FILIPINOS. The Islands, Their People and Their Customs, as Seen by the Agent of the American Bible Society. Froa U» nitiki boelit, tUeord tor DoooaMr. UH. In September, 1898. ibe American Dlbte SocMU instructed lu Ageot for Ohio*, tbe Bev. John B. Ilykea, £>. IX, to taka anaaily opportunity to proceed to Manila, for the cake Of preliminary inqalrlea aboot tbe poeaible opening* theta tor tbe distribution of the Holy ; Scripture*. Hi* preliminary report concerning tbe condition of the Island*, tbe Inbab Itanta, the view* of Admiral Dewey, General Oti*. and other cfllolala, aud are nadetetood to form the first o Octal report presented to nuy nlsatonnry »o olety alncs tbe remarkable change nr j regime by w^kli that portion of the ; world, with IU nine or tan million* of people, waa made accessible to tboae who desire teoommuoloats the know ledge of the goipel of Jetua OhrUI to all their fellow men. Tbe report le •• fellows: . The Philippine group consist* of more than fourteen hundred Islands, the ma jority of which are mere talaU or rock* projecting oat of the **a. The total area is about equal to that of New England, New York, New Jeney.Dtlewar*, and Maryland. Tbe moat Important nf the Inhabited 1*1 aads are only eleven, namely Loaon, Mindanao, Samar. I’anay. Negros. Pal*on, Mindoro. Leyte. Cebu, Mas bate, and Bojol Tbe first two of these (Luton and Mindaoeo) are lar ger In area than all tbe other lilaoda In the archipelago put together. Luzon, the capital of whloh la Mmolla. 1* drat In ■!*• and Import*ecu. IU ares It cqnal to oae third of tbe anliro group. Tbe population I* variously a#vlma ted at from 8.000,000, to 10,000.000 of which number about on* half are do meet Hated native*. Tbe remainder la mad* op of the Independent bill tribal. Chinese Msetlsoe or half-breeds, Span iards aud a few other Europeans and Americana. liefore the war there were 00.0001 Spanish officials, frian sad soldier* lo the islands. The Chinese population it 86,000, besides over 800,000, Cbineae Meetlaoa or half-breads. Most at the Cblnsaa ImalgrauU oome from the city at Amoy, In tbs Fuhklen province; a very small proportion, only about Ore par cent., coming from Canton. There are sea real r aoy Chinese woman la the lelnada. In 1880 out of n population of 07,000 Ghlneee only 184 were women. The Chloeae men almost srilbout ex ception marry Thlllpploe women, a fact which accounts for the large num ber of Chlaese half-breeds. In Manila they form about one sixth of the popu lation. Aa a olaaa they are more can ning end treacherous than the pure native*. The Spanish half-breed ■ and ernolan fora a distinct class, aa wall as aa lafltMDtlal one. Formerly the Spanish government encouraged mar riage* between Spaniard* and native women, and such alUaooee are still common, Th* Spanish Mestlsos, like all Eurasians, are more shrewd aud in tellectual than the pure Aalatle. but they are more suspicious, vacillating, sod seem to have inherited the worst tratCi of both races Among the na tive population the Tag sit are the principal tribe fo Luzon, and the Visayaa of tha SootUarn Islands. in im BouniuN oi nearly every om of the Inhabited Islands, native raose art to be mat with which are supposed to hstbe aboriginal In habi lasts. They have not been enbdord by tbs 8panlah conquerors of tbs islands, ami even In Lnaon there are toms of these tribes vrblcti have never so muoh as beard of the Spaniards. Tha Negritos are to be found to moat of the Island* Thay art a vary low type, both Intellectually and physically, aod will probably dls ‘ ' ia advaooa of otvilixt roles are the eblef In Lnson. They are perhaps tbobest aboriginal races. Tney are very Isaaclous of their beliefs, and after repeated efforts, lbs 8poulard* abandoned the Ides of sohdnlng them as an Impossibility. Thera area uusn ot Jgorrote Chinese, who are supposed to be the deceadonU of Chinese sol diets abandoned by their abler, the re nowned Corsair, Id Ms Hoag, in bis unseaosssfnl *ttem)>t to eSecl the con quest of tbs Philippines ia 1474. These soldiers Usd h> the bills on the depart ure of their chief, aed tbelr Inlermtr rlags with the lrrogoto women has produced this peculiar raw, still distinguishable by their oblique eyes and Chinees features. There aro no Isas titan thirty different languagvs officially recognised. There sre four or Aw of tbaee spoken la Larue. The Tsgslo, the principal dialect spoken In Lnioo, is need by one end a bsif mil lions; the Vlsayu hy over two millions. Hpanlab la the language of Manila and of tbs principal purls of the Islands. The Philippines are among the rich est wands in the world. Their min eral rasooress are prsctloeUy ealooobed The soil Is rich as a garden, and ms os the Mod longest anilsr cultivation fHUOisn are not required. Not snore than one third of tbs arable land In the valleys of Lanoa has been brought seder cold rat Ion Tbs monotslaa art rich In the meet valuable timber to ha fused anywhere In the world. While some of the valleys have been denuded of the forests. Spanish official obstruc tion has affisetuallr spared the valuable tress la the iatortor. It le not a hod tMnf that It rvqalrsd aboet two years effort aod a large fee In order to get a lianas to tail a tingle (res, and a heavy date before It eosld be exported. •ft# stlmala Is oootlnoal sommer, sad U Is net on healthful for Koropseaa. The soM of dry season m front If owem bar to rshraary, toolaslvst the hot me too from March to June, and tbs wet •resell frees July to October- Or, so M aM resident raid: - We have fear •r,v* of rain, tear woe tha of dry, end flonr aootha of anything.” The »rerage temperature for the year Is •nil eighty-o«* d»grna Fahrenheit. Tbe most common disease* among Europeans are malarial fever. diarrhoea and dysentery. In obedience to Ute Instruction of tbe Board. 1 left Shanghai ou Satur day, tbs 10th or September, lu “visit Manila for the pnrpoee of loqolriog In to existing fact* and onndlllutx." arid particularly as to the opportunities for circulating tbe Scrlptureo lu the lalxod*. Dr. Buol’e letter was re ceived lo the afternoon, and [ em barked for Hongkong thaaame even ing by the steamer “Bmpret* of Japan." We did not get out of tbe Yang-tN until tbe following evening, because there was not MtfBeTent water on tbe outer bar. A very drllgblfut sail of sixty hours brought us to Hoag koo« on Wrdnnsday morning, tbe 14th. The United StnUs cruiser "Baltimore” was in lbs harbor, mud I visited Com mander Dyer before I went ashore. 1 learned from him notwithstanding 'tin alarming remora which were current In 6hangbalall waa quiet in Manila; business bad been resumed, and eom munteatlon with llie Islands restored. 1 found that no ileatntr would be leaving for Manila before the 10th, and so I tlerted the next morulas for Oantoo on til* steamer “Honan.” Iu six hour* wa were lu tbe “Oily of Bams," o ie of the mo*t wonderful cities In the whole empire. 1 spent three days In Canton. Among other mlstioaarlta 1 celled upon the venera abte Dr. Kerr of the Presbyterian Mission. He told me that he bad visited Manila twenty-live year* ago, tb# two thing* that ba waa out allowed to take ashore ware a Bible and u pistol. 1 suppose the notnoriti#* were m- ro concerned about the former lima the latter cunlrebaud article. I re turned to Hongkong Saturday night, nod went on board the “Yutu-aaug" Monday afternoon, Dm 19th. W* aid not »il until the following evening, sod arrived at Manila early ou the 23d. Tbe fart from tthangbat lo Hong kong Is, Mexican ISO, and from Hong kong to Manlln, Mexican, 475. The peanue to Canton, Including meals, oast 111 tech way. While pursing Lourgidor Inland 1 could not bat edmlro tbe coolness and bravery of tbe heroic Dewey In taking bl» .ships put tbe batteries and over the hidden mines to Qud and destroy tbe Spanish fleet In the bay, wa wero made aware that we were in an Ameri can port, and that It waa oodrr mill iary rule. An army surgeon boarded the ship u health officer, and tbe cos toms official waa a eoklkr In uniform. Ail baggage had to be taken to tbe custom house under a guard, and was examined by military men detailed for Ibis service' The offloo bad net gotten into smooth working order, but the kindness and courtesy of the offirhtla more than mads op for tbelr lack of experience In rnnoleg a one tom house. I secured tbs last room at tbe “Hotel ds Orients,” a commodious and fairly oomfortable Spanish hotel. This Is the hotel In which Lallave, a oo I porter cent to Manilla in 1880 by the British and Foreign Bible Society, was poisoned shortly after his arrival. Manila, tin capital of the Philippines la situated on tha loft bank uf the river Psalg, and near Its mouth. It U surrounded by walls which were built by Chinees labor about tha year 1M0. In it were the Spanish officials and gar rison, and tbe governiaeut buildings. Ttie business part ot Urn city la ou the opposite bank of tbe Pasig. The two places ere ooonected by u bridge. There are about 300,000 Inhabitant* lu tha city of Maolla and Us environs. Of this number SOO.OOOan)por« natives 40.00(1, Chinese half-breeds, 42,000 Chinese, 0,000 Spaniards and creole*. 37,000 Spanish half breeds, 800 for eigners. Span tail la the language of tbe oily and its vicinity. Tagalo I* tbs language of the native* lu tbe city and Its vicinity. Tagalo Is tbe lan guage of the natives In lire Manila and somiuodlng province*. I spent eight day* In Manila end vsololty. 1 devoted every moment of that time to studying like condition of the Meads, mure par ticularly the Spanish role and priestly domination In so far as they bear upon tba question of Protaatant missionary effort among the natives. I waa lad to Bod out what had beeo tbe effect of more then three aaolories of SpauleU rule In etvUlsing and enlightening the unlive raoor. what Spaalah Homan Ceiboiloism bad done tor them, and what waa Ukely to be their attitude to ward Protestant Christianity. 1 talked Willi etna ol all CIIIIW, some of Whom bad bean resident to tba Philippines tor mon than twenty In year*, aud I fael salt In saylof that sacerdotal dee potlaia and ofllolsJ rapacity are alone responsible for Um peasant rebellion, -'lot only baa Um venality of the ad ministration Urea notorious, but the oppression, tbo eroaity. the initiation of Danny of Um Hponiab officii is huva sailed to high B seven tor eeofeano*. They sowed lbo wind and era bow reaping tbo wbtrlwlnd. Moo, from tba UoTtroor-e«neral down, sought KoVrrnasat poaltlont In the PtUllplnee In ordor to rente their foitunes, nod It wa* a common saying that a governor who could not retire with a Bompatawcy waa b fool. The Hpaateh oAolal acted upon the advice given by the farmer to bl* son as ba left Me paternal boose to lu seek his fortune in the great metropolis. "Mate money, my mm. Make H boooaUy If yon oaa, bat make aeotf )" Every man had his prise, and It was almost Impossible to got goudi through tbo easterns without OcIMog Um i.diesis, a business man In Manila Imported some eoUoa good a. Its deotared them aorreatly at the aoMoma, hut could not got thorn Vo pore. After nearly two moats of vex atious delay* a cuelom’t officer said to him. "Bow would you Ilka to pay •910 or MOO to get yoer goods tli rough ?” This *m aa much pro St ■a ba e* pec led to make on tba satire eon algo nasi. H* mid, “I will not Kira you a cent.” Tba next day ba noalvad a uotloe from tba oostoms that hla goods bed been examined and faand to ba silk. aad be waa Hoad $5,000. Ha bad to appeal, of ooone, bat be would bare to bribe aome one In order to get It presented to tba higher autborTUea. and than then was no bupe of hi* vror getting baok a cant. A merchant told me that ba bad eome goods stolen out of tba eastern house (a not infrequent occurrence), and attar exhausting every effort lo cally to obtain reoisas be sent the olaim to tbe Foreign Office In London. They sent It to tba bpanisb govern ment through tba British Minister at Madrid, *od. finally, Ova yean after tba good bad bean stolen, lie received preas ooplas of Instructions from tba bpanisb government to the Manila customs to pay. Ha received tbeir decision, which was as follows. -Tbs government ordered A and Ji to pay conjointly. A fa dead and cannot pay, therefore It ie not renpoMlbte.” Just before tba war tbe steamer Esmeralda” took among other cargo to Manila 8.000 bags uf American Hour. Tba cuatoma’ officers said that thirty hogs bad a different mark on them from tbe others, and a Ikia of $3,OU0 waa imposed upon the ship. It t« not neomsery to my that the •fine” would have gone Into tba pookets of the officials. tm natives Iim to par tax on every thing—the paper on wblob lie wrote a letter, tbe buffalo that plowed his Held, hi* eblokeua, aod even upon lb* eggs they laid. Tbe governor* moeop ohxM tba trade of their districts. They fixed their own purchasing prlee, and sold, of coarse, at current market rate*. No conscience waa shown by any oflloer In hi* rigorous rxsotlou from the estiva*. The exponas* of legal proceed logs arers so enormous that many a wealths man was ruined by a alngle ease of liti gation. Three times In tbe history of Manila have tbe Chloses been massacred. At one time more than 90,000 were bar barously murdered. Tbe slaughter only oeased whsu then were no more victims to be fonud. Many of the Oinnate have become nominally Chris tiana lu ordar to escape persecution. In tba peasant rebellion more that* 10.000 men. woman, and children were massacred by Uie Spaniard* if n,« history of the Spanish min In the rbll Ipplnes were fully known, It would be foand that atrocities have been com milted lu tbeae islands quite equal to those lu Cuba, which so horrified tits people of Hie United States. Filipino* have been arrested and Im prisoned on men* suspicion. The best and moat respected men were driven through tho street* like nettle, subject to erual torture, and coudemnM to death without trial. Dr. Jose KltslN. sole offense waa tils protest against tie exactions of Itw corruption of the offi cials, Tba exposure canted bin* to bo charged with high treason. He wav pardoned by tbe Spanish government and allowed to return to the Island*. Wlteu he went to the custom bouse to past his luggage he waa told by the olholals that they were boar sad that lie should return tbe next day. Dor lug the night a certain priest In Ma nila had treasonable does meets set up and printed off on a proas which ear* be seen to-day. Tbe*# were concealed among Biral’s baggage. When It waa opened he waa amaxed to find such things among hi* papers. H* waa arrested, and from that moment priest ly revenge and bate sealed bis fate. He eras taken to tbe Luneta, tbe fash ionable drive, where the military band played, aod there executed In Ibw presence of the wealth und the fashion of tba oily. Whan be waa allot tbe Span lab Indie* (?1 looked on and laughed and dapped their band*. Men and women arere arrested terra)y on aospiclou expressed by a single Indi vidual thrown into prison without even the formality of a hearing, and allowed to remain there for years with out a trial. Thera waa no aoch thing a* trial by Jury, no writ of habeas corpus, do right of appeal. Whan the United Stale* troop* took Manila there were 2,900 prisoners la the Jail. Many of then were political prisoners, con fined on a mere aaapteloa. An Inves tigation waa Instituted, and the rasa It was that 1,100 (24 at whom were wo men) were released. Doom of them had been more than ten years In prison without having bean brought up for is hearing aod without own a formal commitment. One of Uw women waa enceinte when the wee erreeted. A child wee bora In the prieon wblcb wee ten yearn old whew the wee re leased, end It hod never Men beyond the four welle or the eell. Another women went Into the jell with a little boy four yeere, eed when she came oat be wee e young men of enveutean. There wm one damp, dark oeU wbleh wm Infeoted with eye dleeeM, eed every prtoouer who wee eonCned lo It for any length of time became Mind Ooe poor wretch managed anmehow to get a eon pie of hundred empty eardlne tins, which be eereed ont on the damp mud Boor In order to relae him above the Bltb. le it any wonder that the Upon lards ere thoroughly holed by tint nallTM » The feeling agaloet them le ee etroug that the Ffllpleae don’t even went tbelr language. The cry on every heed, from net I ret end Chinese, le for books lo learn Eagllth rod uni one to teach It Spanish rale le the Philippines bee been Inst M etroeloae m It wm In (Jab*. If it wm ee sot of humanity (end who au duuht It) to relwta the Cohen* from flpeelsb oruelty end oppression. It la mistily an act of hnwenity to release the Fit iplooe. We here so a nation boon threat forward by Provide*oe. sod ap parently against oer mill, to amenolpni* the ten mTntone of people In th«M la lende from the onpreeelon of thieo eealarlae, end we dare not taro thorn book le Spate. To do to will he to make them fair (elands a veritable Shamble, end wa would bt responsible rer It, A ChHetlea man a long resi dent In Manila, Mid to me la afl rover earn: -if (be United States Urea thee# Meeds book to Spain, they wU become a wUaWe bell." If tb* peo ple of the United State* eoold me whet I sew ead bear what T bated while I wee In Lana, they weald set for A mof not eotirtun tht thou* tit of glylng back one Coot of tba territory ta Spain, tea base, la tba providence of God, aatamed a responsibility lu ranted to the Philippine* which we cannot ablrk. Under the Spaniel) rale the uartib prleeta wan tba virtual mien of the provlooaa, and by work ing upon tba eoparstmaaa fear at tea native# they often • fleeted a aabmls elcm to tha Spec tab crown which tba eeeular autborltta* could not eaaara bv a display of force. The elerjoel aad rfvelriee form oca of tba dlegraeaful pa*ae in tha litatory of tb* lataod*. The friers often oturpad civil author ity and openly defied the civil cow re ore. Krom provincial goeareori doan, Spantab ofllclala bold tbatr potation* by clerical Indneaor, aad maay of Uem were the tools, no will lag It may ba, of tba Man. To oppose tb* orieete, or refuse otmpHente with their demands, waa am* to make ana a viotim or their laulgae. A abort time ago t hen waa n imentor of ft province who waa n strictly b onset, houses hie mao. Ha took a rate taterest In tea welfare of tba people, aad apaot tb* taxes in public lmprawcaU. The priest did not get his natal "agnates." and when ba protested the governor told blm to mind his owe beta Beat. Immediately work on the made waa stopped by order of the prlaat. Tha native# ware celled up aod ordered to raanme work, bat they were afraid to disobey tbalr "ipiritaal father.” Tba governor had lbaa imprisoned. On* man in the Inst leg— of eooaeoption died. The prteet saw bleopportunity. He seal charge* to Manila, signed by every native In tba governor's eaploy. Mating that th* man bad bam beaten to death by tb* governor. He m removed from one* and eharnad with murder. Tb* taking of Manila baa probably saved bis life. Tba ezaeUooa sad iniquities of tb* friar* are the lubjecta of nim eoc earaatlon. Filially takaa from tba leweat ranks of society, with llU'a or «•* secular education, lotruatad with civil power over an ignorant, anpanU Uowa people la piaeoe wrbera tbay were practically iabject to no superior eu tfcerity, tb* system of saail moacdaial government which prevailed in tbe Philippine* waa on* of tb* greatest iniquities af modern liaise It gave tba anprloelpatrd friar* a rare oppor tunity of fleecing tba native* and en riching tba great corporation to which they belong; and more then *H of gratifying their leek. Every evaot in k man** life lambda aa Manse for getting a fee. “There la a tariff oo merriage feat, but tbe priest usually mu this aside sod Uses ble charge* according to tbe resources of the par ties. This abuse vf power aaa baldly be rail Med, a* tb* native* barn a rad ical aversion to being married else where than In tbe Tillage of lb* bride. The fees demanded are sometime* coo i mo Li», the common rceoH being that many sou plea manly cohabit un der mutual vow became they eewaoi pay tbe wedding npai iuh _ A f(moral it another oobaslm for exacting money from tbe ruperctl Uow* native*. A poor man baa a death In hi* family. He goea to tb* priest and rtqoerte him to conduct the fooenl tervloe. Ho demands an exorbitant fee, which tbe mu saye he I* utterly unable to pay, end burial la refuted. The Filipino* Ilk* te bery their d*ad within twenty-four boor*, and tb* aaan i* io great dlutrvs*. Tb* prleat band* him a email box sur mounud by ac image of a mint. He rube* through the street with this, puabm it into tbe face of every passer by, who kism* the mint, and for tba privilege drop* a coin la the box. Be return* with tbe caealt of ble day’s bagging to tb* priest. If be is satia 0*3, the burial taka* place; if net, tbe mao la Marled not again to oolirct more. The burial ttm demanded by the prleet during an epidemic of tmall-pox were something eoormoua. Aa many were unable to par. tba dead ware ly ing la tbe ohofobee aad in private houau in cneh number* aa to beooma a earlone meaaea to tba pablto bealtb. Tba thing waa m eoaadaloue that tba Oovernor-Oenaral interfered aad taeued order* for all tbe oorpaea ta be boried at onoa. Tbe pried* dtoregarded it aad telegraphed to tba govaromtat at Madrid, who icrerard tba order, I beard each a revolting atory about the Paco oemeury (P*eo la a suburb or Manila) tbet I decided to vieU the place to aaocrtaln tbe (aeta for myaaif. la the eenter of a plot ef ground oon Uiolag about two aerae la a mortuary obapaL Aronod thto la oonoeotrio oitolee, and with a epaoa of about twenty feet between, era three or four walla. Tbeee walla art from tea to eavea fact wide, aad about too fact high aad oontalo three Item of vauHa. one above tba other, aad at ndfcleat die to admit a oorto- The Pillplno lo charge told me that; there are 1474 vanlta for adaita aad 004 for children. Tba fata art oollagtad live yearly In advance, and art 433 for aa adult and 410 for a child. I aald ta tba attaad ant: "£appoee that at tba aad ef any period of See year* tba frlaade of the deoeaeert are unsble to my, what do you da k" “We remove (be eoMa, take out Um romaloe sod throw thorn oa the booepUa.” "Will yon shew ma tba boon-pile f" "Certainly." Be ooadnetnd mo to tbe rear at u.e eeme lery, np a flight of Mona dope to tba top or the atom wall. Tba receptacle fur the boaae waa a apaee bdweea two parallel walla, about thirty fbat long, by four wide, by eight deep, and H waa nearly full. Hear by ware two e*eui llo oofflua which bad evidently Jest been opened, aad oa top of tba boea ptla were two complete Metoteua. A dog waa mooching tba bow re. Tea aaa Imagine baw *ooh a eydam would work wHh aa Igaarant, euaerdlUaue people Ilka tba nettvae. All of Um vaolts azaept three were occupied. The fee* amount to mote then 480,001 every lea yearn. Tito Mae of a ehuroh mar to tba hotel ■* wkto* I waa Map ping « mo anted to 4100.04d per aaaam. It le not eurprtotog that the grvat wntihr.^aad tha^ttey ten i^mr •boated at tha atocte I «u toM te mm whan word Iaoald notdoatt, of tte flagrant Immorality of tte flpas tab man. Tte naa who mat tbaaa at alum na nid they wan prw pand to pi to aamta, data* aad piaeaa. ▲ writer oo the PtOUppton cape: “8a tana la tte party opposed to prtaatfr ioAueoaa ta tte aolooy that a •te taootte’ raaldaot would Mt Ml to tear of nan) lalpaltin with wMah tte Irian la paaaral an raprnteU, It la oaly oatoral, that anaap tte laraa body of than AiapfrA over tte Pfcliipptaaa, tten iboald te found a mamter of Uaeh iteap, aapaalally wtea It la tahaa lata aoaount Ite aandaid olan froa# which tte majority an re erattad. If aalModuipaooa la ta te oeootad a ala, ttaa taay an alafal iadaad. Aad It would te aaw feet, too, to prate od that tte than support ttefar qaaiated WU?^»*frot rrlieti and Iter offa •pitaof their tow afahaatitar; while aot It la a imaftor of oa that than la a half prowlop up la ana* i riarfor^whloh tte JiKS.-XZr? bet I am free to my that I ef tbo Man to be file bag_I ooo eeotloo. Vo aUraatlys goeag girt la ■an. Votbiag la sllswedtS stand between the priest aad thegreUienUoa of bia leak. I know a native who bed a beautiful daapblar. Tbo pariah priest naked bar father to aaod fidr to hw apartment*. He Indignantly re faaad. Thepriaat trsnpadlw ikargs •latest bias, aad ba waa baaltaed to a dtatsat proviare aad Me family latv I oao tabs you to aw a ebtaforpolio* from an Interior town who toM mo th.t ha bad Bordered an tbaa owe parson at tba order of tba priest. It ta not aa aaeommog tblag to mam per sona who boaet that am and aneh a priest la thatr tetter. Tbla matter ought to ba arpnaad." A gaatlamaa who baa baan twenty Ova yean In tha PhUtyptam told aw thnt it la lmpaarihle to snggarata tha immorality of tha bpeolafa Irian. . Ho ■aid a wealthy native had two daawh ten of wboni 1m arm very fond. Ho aant them to Manila to bo adaeatad, and whan they returned he dnmed them in European style. The priaW eat bia luatfoTeya agon them, aad beeauw tha father would not oonwat to tlMlr rain he ww Myatarioeety made away with. “Daad man tail no Lataa.” Tbo mutt of tbla Inquiry It that tha Span tab priaata an thoroughly hated by the Fillpinoa. They hadthree hun dred of thorn working ia tba l rase baa. U la sugaaotlvr- that a number of thorn tabao prwoowp by tba losargenta have bun •maaeulatM. U la not plaawot to write then things, but It ta naeawary ta order that you May understand the ooodi Uoce ta them Maada. I am ear* that tha Bowen Catholics of the United estates would ba aa mnoh ■hocked w anybody at the lmaaorallty of thaw friers. 1 aa aware that this ia aot Bomao Catholicism aa It la la ba found in Eariaadiaod the United States to-day, aad it la aemawry that this ■hould ba indwaiwd ia order to oom ptebaad tha raUglog* aond Ilian of tba people, and to ndanoatoly rwllw thatr spiritual needs. They have hod non than tium oanturica of Catbolla Chris tianity; oammodiona ebnrohw an to bo found all over tha Mauds, and they an well attended, but ptasUoslty uothlng baa baan done to educate and enlighten tbaa. Tba Spanish govern meat passed a law that tba Mpaaiah language should ba taught ta all the parochial aoboeis, bat the order ww disregarded becaaw the priaata pre ferred to keep tba people lo ignorance. It is astonishing tha a lower standard of moral* don not exist among tbo people when we ooeaidar the ohamotsr of their spiritual taaahan. It ta gen erally oonoeded that the riUglae priaeta are vastly son moral than the 9p*at*h friars, aad itiaparhnpa this ini Umir lohtrtnl idptratitfMi that bw prevented tba people from abandoning an rsilglos. frith the na Uvw religion ia * men form end no* n ■ptntaal life. Tba aymbota of tha taitb and tha abwrvaaoa of rallgtow rite* nra about aM ha knew* of religion. Tbo Man boss long taw lasing thatr held apea the people. They see Dot mnoh longer ba beta ta mantel nod spiritual thraUdom. I think from what I have written above thnt them can be little doabt of their greet need of the gaepei, and that tha ovarthwn ef H pen tab rata and prtwtly domination bare, la tbo providence of Qod, aaada tbla the Coomb's opportualty to enter thaw Maada with pun, spiritual rsitg ien. Bang furnlabed with letters af In trodooUon tram our aneallaot Ocoaal General at flbaoghiu, tha Ho*. Mm Good now, 1 called upon tha moot promlaent of our officlalalo ICaalla, aad wne gratified to lad that thatr ad* tltuda »u moat frieadly to all forma efaWomry wort. Uaaaral (Xia, tbe military aad olrtl governor, aaltl than oat) ha ao daub) af tho gnat need at oar wort. Thedpea lab prtoati an thoroughly hatod by tha PUlpmoo, aad thatr bald opaa the peo ple fa goae, Ha woald walooma tha Amerieta Bible Society, aad aay other miaaioaaiy organisation, and ha woald have maoh ydnian loglelog at tar help to bta power. Ha ihoaght that oar wort woald prehebiy t* dteooarngtog at the suit hat taan aoald ha ao dWonnn of opiBloa oa to thla hataotho Ohanh*a gnat apportoatty in tho rhUlpptnM. Admiral Dewey raadeod no Meat eordUNy, aad apata moat fraaty aad asthaMOtlaady aboat opaalag mlmlea wort. Hand bo waa ear tone fug tho ahonhaa aad tho Mtle NaoMy to mmo la aad MfUt wort at aaa*. We oe«M not aoaaa tea aaoo. TUa Is tho Ubueab'a apgmtaolty, aad bo hiHino the ooedltma an oatfiwrstli to tha lotrodaattaa at Prelaalaat Ghfte* Uawtty. Tho pat*!# an wad dtapotod, aad tho door ta wfieepaa. Ha wight v Coughs, Croup, Hoarseness, La Grippe, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, _ J H. nXTCDT * at toaapt nay alaloo work. If tto AyainaMo gwvara®aHa laaaflU. and tba PhHIpaaa® toeoaa Inilnpaa drat, I think U oxtraoaly doubtful K aonblaw aaa to doaa. tooalry toto* atrao* raatoa^wbytla Ualto«*ttatM atowa bold onto It. Wo havo, m a mtloo. bHB utoWibftUftohf mmhmJ tor a crval nl®iou oot only to to®* Maada, bat to tba tor Boat. Ood baa put a mat roaoooatblUtr aooa aa. aad FuaouSat wowiUawatorato to It ijrasssMEjs