THE BROWN RACE. The Malayan or Malayo Polynesian peoples are denied by many ethnolo gists the position of a race, and are regarded as merely the insular and oceanic divisions of the yellow race. Their primitive home was some where in the neighborhood of the peninsula of Malacca, the situation of which favored the dis tribution of the stock over the islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Physically the Malays of the continent stand nearer to the Tiheto-Chinese branch of the yellow race, while the Polynesians come closer to the Siberians. Linguistically, both Malays and Polynesians are connected with the Siberians, rather than with the Tiheto-Chinese. The brown race includes the Malays proper of Malacca, the Sundanese and Javanese of Java, the tribes of Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes. and Formosa. and the inhabit ants of the Philippines. where the most impo• tant family is that of the Tagals. Lastly, there are the Polynesians and the Micronesians. all
over the Pacific, and the Hovas of Madagascar. The presence of branches of the Malays in such widely scattered regions as the Philippines, Ha waii, Madagascar, and New Zealand evidences the wonderful power of expansion possessed by the race. Its capacities for eultu're have been dem onstrated in New Zealand, where it has attained its highest development. There the Maoris are on terms of equality in every way with their white fellow-citizens, enjoying representation in Parliament and a share in the Government. Malay elements are discernible in New Guinea, Northern Australia, the interior of Farther India, Southern Hindustan, and its adjacent islands, parts of China, and even Japan. Indeed, there is good reason to believe that it is the addition of the Malayan element that has made in great part the difference between the Japanese and the Chinese.