Modern Review June 1924

The protest of the Filipino representsitifi* being of iro swell to prevent the ratificitiolii of the freaty before the Senate of-the Aateriran Congress tn mined clash hetwoen the American and Filipino soldiers which but a law days before had shared the glory of vanqiishing the 'Spnish forces in the Philippines ensued. [...] (8) Failure to attend when summoned by the punchayat The punishment awarded for Offences varies with the locality the status of the caste the! seriousness of the' offence and the position of the offender. [...] The worst charge ters are removed to the Reformatory Settlement the less criminal to the industrial and the welbehaved to the agricultural settlements. [...] It is evident that the trend of change in the treatment of criminals throughout Europe and America is in the mend direction of making punishment a system of industrial labour and education with disciplinary colonies for and permanent segregation of the most vicieus so as t► secure the elimination of their stock. [...] Much of the drunkenness and addiction to filthy habits on the part of these people is due to their wcial disesteem and nothing short of the scial uplift of these classes and recognition of the equality of their race will diminish crime which is practised because they fail to get what they are justly entitled to under the new conditions of life the satisfaction of the elemenary wants of lif