The people of the Philippines, their religious progress and preparation for spiritual leadership in the Far East,

INTRODUCTORY
There is an unknown Philippines, unknown because writers
have not dared to pull the veil aside-into that unknown
country we venture now. From beginning to end we shall
traverse areas of the existence of which not one American
in five thousand has dreamed, although the Philippines are of
greater interest to Americans than any other part of the
Orient.
A gross misrepresentation of the Philippines was imposed upon the American public during the Philippine campaign of 1898-1900. The expeditionary forces, in their complete ignorance, were prepared to believe that a large part of
the people of the Pacific Islands were cannibals. They did
not know much about missionaries, but they did know that
John G. Paton and others had been eaten somewhere in this
part of the world. Soldiers were bantering each other, as
they entered Manila bay, about which of them should make
the first "steak" for the Filipinos-they have confessed it
Key to the Provinces of the Philippine Islands
See Map on Page X

I. Ilocos Norte
2. Ilocos Sur
3. Abra
4. Mountain Province
5. Cagayan
6. Isabela
7. Nueva Vizcaya
8. La Union
9. Pangasinan
o1. Zambales
II. Tarlac
12. Nueva Ecija
13. Tayabas
14. Bulacan

I5. Pampanga
I6. Bataan
I7. Rizal
18. Cavite
19. La Laguna
20. Batangas
21. Ambos Camarines
22. Albay
23. Sorsogon
24. Mindoro
25. Capiz
26. Antique
27. Iloilo
28. Negros Occidental
29. Negros Oriental
xi

30. Cebu
3I. Bohol
32. Leyte
33. Samar
34. Palawan
35. Surigao
36. Agusan
37. Misamis
38. Davao
39. Cotabato
40. Zamboanga
41. Sulu
42. Bukidnon
43. Lanao