The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-23

HAL SANS commissioners. Tow III
NVJ0 PARIS neg0t:at NJ a treaty OF
peace WIN Spain shall decide
n r.tsin possession OF the Philippine ~
lands Net orly viii the United States
have 10 take under It's wing some OF taa
mos. peculiar beings that tive bat some
who nae ~ led under The HACK flag II
The pirate. whose Expectations In that sec
lion OF the "or.5 are only equA'ed by those
Of the freebootcrs who once infested tha
spanlsn ma.n The inhabltants of these is
lands whlct occupy large space In 'he
sss,ern se3s ARE COMPOSED OF many diS-
fsfsnt tribes ana mixed races. waite there
Is little IN the history OF she people found
there b. the Spanish explorers I Is BE-
ueyed that they were ncstoes small IN
stature. BAT very powerful! Now nearly
every race Or kind OF people can be found
there. from the csTti2eo white man 10 iilc
savage wh1se traits and characteristics
are s.miia. TO the abof zines The islands
mere than i.2Jo Ia .nger avc stua cd
near the Hiamd 81 China : ar, and the
Ma,ay peninsula. While 10 }us tttJ ard
cas- are the Islands or .Ilra. Sss..ttra, Nc@
Guinea ana EUrneo. from Wt:.a flock i
adventu:ers ana tac lower class % crlmi-
nals and desit rsGocs IL SeArUu Of riches
that were s,uprosed 10 be siVrci IT, ahat.-
dance Ii the uilN ana mountains ol the
Philippines These people uuj only pil.a%td
the natives w.th.r Tie borders az their
70 prey Upon tie merchant marine of he
surrounding country.
Il may uc said tnat there Vas little work
ether than piracy among the tribes people
a. that tine and from what can ha
leaiIed O; them they also seized caca
others vessels ana destroyed each others
property The Islands have been the CEN
trG OF piracy ever since they we're know, n.
and records show that the dec6.a az dcs-
perate daring committed by some Of the
chiefs OF kings were only cqua.e0 ~ the
famous Hack Flags % On ma Isla@ #
whose members ana descendants are sup
posed 10 nave emsrttcd to me is;lu!Hl
the pirates OF ,he iiarbLry states on inc
north coast Of Africa and those o; he
Spanish main
ThoSl iards under Ma ,il9 discovered
teerta century. In t5a5 tuvr s.tc."d 10
establish colonies and Cun44cr the Nat.trs.
Their stfuSgi" 10 get control IS - well
known that i would hv useless II rhr0n.-
Gle X here. For mere than three centuries
Spain has been fighting 80 gcf rid Of the
piraies and Suaji" the uatlt e. % ulut
secton Of the wofli ana now that aFr
nomlni! Sovereignty al lcas. over some u
them 10 t. ceISe x mas be tru'hfa'ly stated
thar many Of the tr.@eS. especially those
In NJ ndanao. Tlw: taw' ana some Of tha
smaier islands are as independent % span
ISL ruie today thef were when Magellan
first SET foot on Zebu. the FIRST 81 me group
10 be discovered
There are nine large aud mora than t.2f0
small Islands. The large ores are T.uZor.
Pdnay Iebu T.eY;a. lionol Nreros Saunr.
MHdanao and Minioro There are pesr'v
ae many different tribes AS there are Is
lands. The Chinese and MaiAys next "a the
nat!Ye Tagais and NiSsayaS FREEDOM rate
Wild Malay tribes. from whom sprung
sofne OF the catly pirltcs are found 10
large numbers III the islands of iuTou. Ne
Eros ard Mindanao and in the Wouut1iu
regions ot panav ana Samar. Tie ;fie~s
IN RIS,lan Sulu and 13wi IGWi are II
dependent ana control the interior Of tHo%a