FILIPINOS PRESENT M MENACING PROBLEM ISSUE AGAIN HOVERS ON POLITICAL HORIZON SAVAGE of tho Philippine islands as the Americans find him (upper left) and as ho looks whon turned into an American soldier (upper right.) Note tho bare logs and feet of tho trooper, only the upper two-thirds of his body being dressed. In tho center, a native Filipino beauty of the upper class, She cornea of the dominant race, which considers itself highly civilised. Below, from left to right Francis Burton llarriscn, who recontly took charge as governor gov-ernor general of the Philippines; Dean 0. Worcester, deposed secretary of tho interior for tho Philippines and said to have the most comprehensive knowledge of the islands of any living man, and Aguinaldo, former leador of tho Filipino Fili-pino insurrectionists, whose adherents aro constantly plotting another uprising. Strong Arguments Advanced Against Administration Policy in Philippines. A GREAT political party once went Into eclipse many administrations following Its championship of slavery. Again, the issuo o human hu-man bondage hovers like a tiny, but menacing, cloud on the political horizon, for the strongest popular argument argu-ment against the new policy of turning the Philippines over to the Filipinos, will bo the prospect of encouraging the traffic In human flesh. The American people Is eentlmental. Seldom roused over a material point, It could be moved to enormous efforts by the spectacle of a miserable slave girl, lifting her pitiful shackled hands In the market place, herself one of- the articles offered for purchase by whoever can pay the price. When the campaign of 191C comes around that appealing little slave girl may stand beside every atump-orator critic of this administration'. And the Democrats will rear a counter-figure, counter-figure, the spectacle of the enljghtenedk civilized Filipino asking the world to free him from bondage to the United States, ! appealing for tho American right of a I free people to govern himself. This Is the situation totfay ae It appears to the experienced, unprejudiced observer, observ-er, ono who watches the fulmlnations. the counter-charges, the agitations, and looks beneath to1, their true meaning for the future. Above is used the phrase "turning the Philippines over to tho FllIpInBs." This Is Just what a large part of the native Inhabitants of the Islands are afraid will be done. Tho United States took over an empire fourteen years ago. It Is a great region of fertile land masses and easy Intercommunication, Btretchlng as far as the distance between Chicago and Mew Orleans. And In this enormous archipelago archi-pelago are many nations, many speeches, many modes of life. Variety of Nations. There Is the shy and Ignorant mountain moun-tain pigmy, tho rude and childish Igor-rote, Igor-rote, the Intractable Moro of Mindanao, and many others. But these aro not Filipinos. The Filipinos aro the civilized Inhabitants of certain sections of the Islands, notably Luzon, whoso leading men are polished and brilliant men. versed In cabal and Intrigue. Every other oth-er nation of the Philippines fears tho Filipinos. A recent Incident showB this In a striking way. When Francis Burton Harrison, tho new governor general of the Islands, reached ono of the Moro villages a number num-ber of Moro chieftains met him with a petition. What would one naturally suppose sup-pose they wero askinpr as their dearest boon? Freedom, tho withdrawal of the troops, tho restoration of things as they were before tho American occupation but no, theirs was a far different message. mes-sage. They pleaded that tho 'Americans stay! Americans Praised. "Remain with ub," ran the message. "The Americans have done wonders. Wo would have them here forever. Do not desert u. Do not leave us to the mercy of tho Filipinos. Do not put a Filipino governor over us." Mr. Harrison promised to protect the Moros fully, but the affair probably did not please him much. Another naety little Incident occurred a few weeks before this. enor Osmena, leader of the national assembly, appointed a certain popular Filipino politician a member of the reception sommlttec to welcomo Harrison as the new chief executive ex-ecutive of tho Islands. This politician had been a major In the army of Aguinaldo, Agui-naldo, tho Insurgent leader. Ho once undressed a nun and a friar, locked them In tho tame room, and took their clothes away. On another occasion he tortured a United States lieutenant to death. Tie' deprived tho soldier of food and water and when tho lieutenant betrged for them the politician had pieces of the soldier's own flesh lopped off and offered to him. Fled to Japan. Later he fled to Japan, returning to Manila after the amncstv hill had guaranteed guar-anteed Immunity from prosecution to all offenders. His accomplices were sentenced sen-tenced by tho courtH. however. ' The airing of this piece of history was one of the unpleasant sides of the comlntr of Mr. Harrison. A few weeks later Mr. Harrison was discharging from office several veteran American officials and putting In thflr places smiling Filipinos, veterans of tho ballroom and the oafe, courtiers of skill; pleasant fellows of great popularity. Among those who went was the secretary secre-tary of the Interior, Dcnn C. Worcester, n scientist. Ho had been acquainted with tho Philippines several years before con-cress con-cress declared war with Spain. Worcester Wor-cester l admitted to know more about fno Philippines than any other living nan. Some have called him tho natives' na-tives' CToatcst friend. Certainly ho has devoted hit; u lo them, lias icone Into Teat danger for them time and again, "nil haa accomplished marvels In many "nos. Attacks New Regime. Coming to this country. "Worcester at-nckt'd at-nckt'd the new regime ns endangering all that Ins been gained In the Islands.' Although many Americans In tho army, tho scouts or the constabulary have written home of slavery. It Is Worcester who has exposed the system with greatest great-est wealth of detail. Ho says the Filipinos obtain by theft or purchase the children of Negritos. Tagabanans, Eongots or Ifugaos and enslave en-slave them. Some children are sold to Chlnose lo receive a Chlneso hair cut, aro dressed In Chlneso clothes, and, perhaps. per-haps. Anally transported to China. If questioned, the Chinese say the children are "adopted." The Filipinos make a like reply. Tn Nueva Vlscaya conditions are very bad, women as well as children being bartered almost as freely as cattle. cat-tle. Girl Became Famous. Once In a while a slave girl becomes famous. There Is the thirteen-year-old child, for instance, whose mother sold her for somo pigs, chickens, rice and a cloak to Thomas Cabanag. a well-known slave trader. Cabanag. In turn, sold her to a man In Nueva Vlscaya, and the latter found a purchaser In a native of Isabella. Isa-bella. This thing became known by chance ajid Cabanag was lulled into court. He was charged with illegal detention, de-tention, for there was no prohibition of slavery by name In the law, He was convicted and appealed to a higher court. The higher court found him guiltless. He had not detained the girl by actual physical force. Me was turned loose and slavery immediately had a boom, a great increase in prosperity, for the case was followed all over tho islands as a precedent. prece-dent. This led to agitation by indignant Americans for a statute maklnc slavery illegal and punishable. The Philippine assembly refused to act. For years it put off taking cognizance of slavery, as sertlng that It did not exist, and therefore there-fore the request to penalize It was an Insult to Filipino civilization. Made Herself Heard. One day the slave jdrl of an assemblyman assembly-man made herself heard. She did not object to the system of slavery. She did not have any arguments about the rights of man. But she was being brutally treated. She asked a kinder master. Finally tho assembly did pass the prohibitive pro-hibitive law. This did not happen until after Dean Worcester had departed, carrying his message of denunciation of 6lavery to tho United States. Whether the law will be enforced so as to end the dealing In human chattels remains re-mains to he seen. The Filipinos themselves them-selves will have the statute to enforce and, accordlncr to some observers, they are not prone lo enforce anything, notably nota-bly the sanitary laws. As to the Filipinos' efficiency In government. gov-ernment. It Is apropos to note that none of tho governors Renral before Harrison believes in Independence for the Islands. These ex-governors general arc Luko E. Wright, James Smith, W. Cameron Forbes and William H. Taft. Statement by TaTf t. Ex-Prcsldcnt Taft, the first governor general, said recently: Aro we to let these Islands go and turn them over to an oligarchy of eloquent and attractive orators who really believe In aristocracy, and who have no real conception of civil and Individual liberty and certalnlv no capacity by training and education for successful popular government? Tho minute the slrong background of a powerful government Is withdrawn with-drawn the dllteroncce between them and tho Moros, who are mutinous and havo no sympathy with the Filipinos, and have a racial hatred for them, will at once develop. Those- who have the worst forebodings for the future of the" Philippines point to the example of Egypt. Hero three years of Sir Eldon Gorst. und an administration admin-istration of natives undid tho work of the earl of Cromer's thirty years. It took the Iron hand of Kitchener to replace chaos with order. Result of Sanitation. Not to enter Into details, what might be done in the Philippines Is shown strikingly striking-ly by a record of the work of one department, depart-ment, that of sanitation. Smallpox deaths havo dropped from 40.000 a year to 7(10; the terror of tho wandering leper has faded; cholera has fallen from S0.G32 deaths In 1902 to none In 1012; bubonic plague dropped from 427 In 1D01 to nono In tho period from 1007 to 1012 (then a slight outbreak, and ths invariably fatal pnoumonlc plasruo hnB invariably been stopped at the quarantine stations. Tho question Is a broad one. There Is Japan to bo taken Into consideration. There Is Aguinaldo and his friends. Tho latter havo an entire governmental organization. or-ganization. They have arms and ammunition. ammu-nition. They await but tho favorable moment to raise the standard of Insurrection Insur-rection agalnBt the Stars and Stripes. This condition Is an open secret In the Philippines. Tho American secret service men confine themselves, however, to keeping careful track of all the machinations machina-tions of the would.be rebels. Many of the secret service apents are enlisted In the robel ranks. What timo will bring forth no one can foretell, but undoubtedly undoubt-edly It will bo something interesting for the American people.