Show IN TH 1111 ij 14 MADE BY 11 1 1 lews LAs re hain dean C 0 vv worce oter in cuse citati actually ch orie II 11 ton the courts in Ial Pa nun VAS washington HINGTON D 0 aug 24 chattel elavery slavery ae as well an peonage ie Is flou bishing in tho the philippines this st artlin assertion la Is made in a special report by dean C worcester to tae governor general mr worcester describes de in grent great detail tue different forma fornis of traffic in human blengs the of suppress lag tho the bui buiu esa under tinder tho the present lawa laws and the futile efforts at new legislation which bave have been made from time to time since the ameri amerl can occupation of tho the philippines the citation covers the entire period own wn to the present prevent time mr air wor I 1 cester says j it laa las been and still la in a common thins for filipinos living in a aa territory adjacent to that inhabited ay negritos Negri tos congote or Ma magacs gaos flye fare the report to ob tain children childre ii by DY capture or purchase and to hold them aa an slA vt selling them to whenever it prove proves financially advantageous to do so such unfortunates are clearly chattel slaves and often are repeatedly t sold and resold 11 tae taso 14 1 cited the report cites the case of one a Tag batau of lasso waa was bought from one PL patrico ta bas bastatas baita tabas baa by pastor medino tor for foty pesos sold him to vincente tor for the iame same price and tn in 1912 Tabas tabas bought him back for or 45 46 peace pesos this year he sold him to benito marcolo marcelo for 65 5 pesos I 1 the case says the report actually came before the secretary of who la Is also justice of the P peace bace on account 0 of f some trouble 0 over t the h e I 1 lael a at baym e A tor for slaves ard it waa was in that way that the government got wind of the matter the or al 91 ent sent the unfortunate man back to hia his tribe and furnished me with a R stA of the facts a leea less rash than those of the class of slave traders just ra re forred to have mado made a claim that slavery doea does not exist and never liae has existed in the territory subject to the authority of the philippine legis lature ai as distinguished from that inhabited InhAbIt Pd by moroa and other non christian Chr lallan and subject to the authority of tho the philippine comm comale lii elon slon only on subject to the ans but la Is one of the provinces subject to the authority of the philippine it ts is possible that senor quezon the philippine delegate la in congress cong tess who denies the existence of slavery Is so ignorant of conditions thee the e as to be unaware of tho conditions I 1 have just described and of the fact that many moron of that place held slaves until compelled to giro give them up by the provincial government administered by me as an secretary of the interior but it if so he has hits no right to claim that ho he Is a filipino familiar with conditions I 1 isabella Is a province also subject to the authority of the philippine assembly but it differs from in that the largo large of its inhabitants are christians and in tho the further fact that it Is organized under the provincial al government act and is therefore not in any way subject to me as secretary of the interior yet slavery has been beer common in this province from the beginning of historic times and it Is common there today slaves sent to china al ambo ambos Cam artnes Is a regularly organized province under control of the philippine assembly et rot since the american occupation children have been bold sold into slavery there for deportation to china I 1 the commissioner a e report shows i atit it slavery Is carried on in ech each a manur mansor manu r as to make it cao cue ot of the most difficult pr grobler As that the in solar sular government has ha to face t washington D C aug 25 slavery in the full meaning of the i word exists throughout the philip j pines even in the cit city of manila and peonage Is general in the i ands according to a special report commissioner deun Worce worcester eter has made to tho the insular government it has not bom beom received by the war i department but copies are in the bands hands of other officials I 1 filipinos in parts of the island j commonly capture children and sell them into slavery for profit some are sent to china where they ae a e dressed in the native fashion sonn children have been enticed from their homes by slave agents on promises of scholarships in schools mr worcester cites tho the case of a I 1 13 year old girl bought for some pigs and a cloak the supreme court of the islands re leaned the t trader on the ground that no crime i bad had been committed because no phy i steal force bad had been used this one case mr worcester says has block ed other slavery the philippine assembly has blocked laws for the sup suppression of the traffic bo he says because many of its members colv o 0 from provI provinces noes where slavery flourishes |