. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. eaching any peacefvd settlement. Doubtless the American commission will make a report at no distantday which will throw considerable light on the situation. As it is, itspresident, Doctor Schurman, has given to the public some interesting factsconcerning the people of the islands, in which he points out the fact thatthe population is made up of many races. Over sixty different languagesare spoken in the Archipelago, and, though the majority of the tribe
. The Far East and the new America; a picturesque and historic account of these lands and peoples, with the following special articles: China. eaching any peacefvd settlement. Doubtless the American commission will make a report at no distantday which will throw considerable light on the situation. As it is, itspresident, Doctor Schurman, has given to the public some interesting factsconcerning the people of the islands, in which he points out the fact thatthe population is made up of many races. Over sixty different languagesare spoken in the Archipelago, and, though the majority of the tribes aresmall, there are at least a dozen each having over a quarter of a million 3()G THE FAK EAST. members. Tlu languages of these people are as distinct from one anotheras French and Spanish or Italian, so that the speech of any one tribe isunintelligible to its neighbours. He also shows that there are variousdegrees of so-called civilisation and Christianity, which will require a longtime of the inspiration of American civilisation to maintain its sov-ereignty. If the burden is heavier than was anticipated, it cannot well belaid V JAPAN. SWLC «r MlLCB / • u « s . N. ^^4^-M.
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