| Show THE MALAY RACE KACE daniel M tredwell of the american anthropological society in an article published inthe in the new york herald gives as opinion that the Malai malais malays ys the inhabitants of the philipp philippine ae islands belong to ito a race with a great past he says they were the sailors sa iloria the ancient world and their nautical exploits were much more remarkable than those of the ithe ancient Phoeni clana he takes the view that america Is a the oldest of continents and that b between b america and asia there is in A sunken continent of which the present pacific islands once were the mount mountain tops in america there was at that time a large inland sea and another in ilk europe drope and asia connecting the baltic alth alth the caspian sea pushed westward from america to the sunken continent and from thereto there to asia and the old world and the ma lays were the standard bearers of most ancient civilization they once had a greater empire than el elthor either thor Egypt Greece or rome but that ewt long ago fugn they first came caeg aa irk contact with europeans they were fa tt great deal more powerful than they are now they fought england angla holland spain and portugal to tor r years and gave those nat nations matio ioas aia huoh y trouble the malays balays have always been rop represented as a cruel treacherous ou s race rac et b mr tredwell says this is only the jbv side aide of the story atory he lie naas r fuyi fhe mallais malays the most moat polite people e 1 th 01 gentle kindly and cen gendrot ve lr jr afriat aristocratic oe rada descent is marked aay 5 1 in their that r forras forms and faces ancl na p A s more tn in h hands an t to alk and d A L hollow toot foot is said paid to 00 be a mark at aristocracy aard an 4 if this Is 9 true the thea WL lay is the mot moot man in hi world for his oot Is he ass ft 4 sailor sall orthe the malay is Incomparable in la 0 his own way brooke says bays t t bite would rather trust his life in a proa with a a malay exem crew than w with ith at funy other vessel afloat many a airn fl declares declare he has malay croaa b beail ing dw down the aaa lh iii ti the jtb west monsoon when not another dared venture out A malay prak was beat the beet I 1 Ai trica with the wind bai ax hie brikker f too to thase t tio bollei are faded as W to 16 bt 1 f brooke broo ke thi the maity llwis haughty brave aal artia 1 ti i t k iati nar w i he be to ia absolutely faith sul and hoc honest iest brooke said that he could lend money to a malay to carry aptt ou some commercial venture with the cert certainty certain aln y that the roan man would inday fopay it if he did nolt make enough ahe first fint season he would work a sec flodd season and not return until ready to jo pay his debt there are two or three millions of aws interesting and as it seems mis understood moderato od race in the ithe philippines centuries of misrule has jev eloped their bad traits rather than nob noble le qualities of which they may have been in powes possession slon but lf f the united states undertakes the responsibility for their future education ion the task should not be considered aa impossible one in view of the anted ante edmonts of got the race and particularly b view ot of the rapid progress of elvill bation in japan where also aloo undoubtedly ly malay blood largely prevails prevail |
