The changes introduced in the twelve years since the establishment of civil government began are of a sweeping and radical nature. For reasons hereinafter fully set forth, I believe they have been somewhat too sweeping, and too radical. At all events, it is now certainly the part of wisdom carefully to analyze their results before going further.
I deem the subject of the establishment of civil governmental control over the non-Christian tribes of the Philippines worthy of special consideration.[28]
[1] P. 981.
[2] September 15, 1913.
[3] The building where the executive offices of the insular government have been located since the American occupation.
[4] Taylor, 18 HS.
[5] This name is applied to certain provinces organized under special acts because the majority of their inhabitants are non-Christians.
[6] Tayabas, Romblon, Masbate, Iloilo, Antique, Capiz, Cebú, Bohol, Occidental Negros, Oriental Negros, Leyte, Albay, Ambos, Camarines, Sorsogon, Marinduque, Batangas, Surigao, and Misamis.
[7] Obviously a misprint, perhaps, for “perusal of.”