Justice for the Filipinos

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 24, 1907

Justice for the Filipinos

Bishop Chas. H. Brent, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, speaking at the general convention at Richmond, Va., October 8, in reference to conditions in the Philippines, made an impassioned appeal for a change of policy on the part of this government toward the Filipino people. He said:—

I demand justice—only common justice—for the Filipinos; and I appeal, in the name of humanity, for fair treatment for these poor, oppressed people. Great corporate interests in the country, in order to secure gain for themselves, are making the Filipinos pay the most extravagant prices for everything, and the people, in consequence, are in the depths of poverty and despair. It is time to stop. Petition the people who sit in Congress. Christian people and Christian churches should demand that Congress give the Filipinos common justice. I demand that you will make an attempt to remedy the injustice that has been done by the country to the people of the Philippine Islands.

This is not a matter of politics, but of corporate greed, and the conditions against which he pleads are a striking sign of our times.