Excerpt from The Journal of International Relations, 1920, Vol. 10 One of the strongest objections to the independence of the Philippines has been the so-called non-christian problem. According to the census estimate of 1918, out of the population of Filipinos, there are inhabitants who belong to the so-called non Christian tribes. The most numerous of these non Christian people are the Moros, who inhabit the Sulu Archipelago and certain parts of Mindanao. The Moun tain Province and Nueva Vizcaya, in Luzon, contain also non-christian people. It was predicted that with the establishment of Philippine autonomy these Moros would revive their piratical life and war on their Chris tian brothers. Unlike' the backward peoples in other parts of the globe, the non-christian peeples of the Philippines have always received humanitarian treatment from the American government as well as from their Christian brothers. From 1913 to 1916 the non-christian peoples were under the exclusive control and jurisdiction of the Philippine Commission composed of a majority of Filipinos. Since the passage of the Jones law in 1916, the Philippine legis lature, composed entirely of Filipinos, assumed legislative control of the non-christian tribes. Since 1913, therefore, the representatives of the Christian Filipinos have dictated the policy pursued toward their non-christian brothers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.