Negritos Alleged to Have Been Ill-Treated by Agents Manila, July 16.
Instead of working for the wel-faro of the primitive Negrito people whom they are employed to protect, Filipino "comisarios" are ex-plaiting their charges in the most unscrupulous fashion, according to a letter sent to the Secretary of tha Interior by Ludovico Hidrosollo, director of the bureau of non-
Christian tribes.
Hidrosollo asks for wholesale dismissal of these special agents, who are employed by the provincial governor of Batsun province where there are many Negrito settloments. The comisarios servo without salary, and are alleged by Nogrito chiefs to batten on the unfortunate Negritos in lieu of other pay.
Agent Faces Criminal Complaint Extortion and all manner abuse of authority by these special agents and secret service operatives wald to have been taking place. One agent faces a criminal complaint for injuring Negrito chieftain, Tt is declared that the agents serve no useful purpose, whatever, since the provincial commander of constabulary is in charge of all matters affecting welfare of non: Christians, tone of several primitive people: the Philippi are a dwarf negroid people offer: ing to the Philippines Government a problem not dissimilar to the Indian problem of the United States.
They are peaceable and timid. All the government over them are Christian a wholly different. people
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