The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-17


pine commission NAV know a great
deal about the islands. but he Il
very unfortunate in his choice VI ar
gument- IN >up port % onr new al
lance with the sultan ~ -glu. In
the first place he urges that II y
substantially repetition oi tn
agreement tina, the spanish had with
hese -ayase-. which he says wa
nothing mo than an external
protectJrate in the Sulu group, the
right 10 suppress piracy ia IL waters
and u prevent the periodic migra
tionS Of oath-b)und MOhammedanS
who went u tn. northern islands
under a VOW to kill Christians and
thus secure an ehtranc- IN o para
disc = He l. an authority on the
subject. an no doubt he J. right.
bui ii we can give tha, sort 81 terms
10 the >ulu-, what j. the matter
with giving the same T. The Filipno-
who are fairly civilized and Chris
tanned. VINO Do not inillga IN
piracy. ami who d. not kill people
in order Ia get into heaven And
what becomes Of our duty 81 a~-um-
ing 1.-THE white man, burden, anc
|"hfiing up" our new country nea
II We are To whip tn FIlipino- N
order To force them 70 consent y Os
fitted up. why this shameless aOan
.d5nmen, Of duty by letting the -rlu'
remain in "A state 81 savagery tina
suits them? II there l. any part o
the p,pi alton u these ISLANDS ina'
ne d. lifting uu. evidently the -llu
"a. aud ii Mr.. Sehurman i correc
lin h:- description Of them a p
. doubtless l.. il would Il be bAs
ching "a lift some ~ them up witn
rope and fa-,en the other end ~ IN
nope io a substantial tree. Bat IN
I reasons Tor adopting this cDuf~e ar
set forth by Pre-id ut Schurman
land they ar interesting tie
hnmiliatel by the popular "i4
-'norance about pO.ygamy an
slavery am lng the >ulu-. and says
{ The -u.u group proper contain
e about one hundred thousand inhat
iitants. They are all Mohammedan-
= A. are about one hundred an | tiit
I Thousand OF the residents Of MIR
llanao. directly east. To attempt
a Interfere with the religion ot the
D people would precipiiaie one oi II
; 'blooile-t wars IN which this cluf
4 try has ever beer engaged. The
! are a lin rent race physically an
il mentally fion the residents oi q
ltlVISavan isles powerful men and r
: e.iyiou. fanatics OF the mp-t pr
} ,-h.ouncei type. who care nothing {.
y death. and believe that the road
r rlheaven can b, attained by KILN
. Christians. Polygamy j. a part
their religion. aud -layerf. abp'
n which - much j. beng SAID lu
n now. is mild type o. iuedai bon
r age.
VI We sse thing in this coniral
Ioto the popular view Of the matte
islOf course po.ygamy i reilglo'
t. institution with the ~ulus. AZ
/ we can imagine what mild III
). cf fuedal bondage would be amoi
r a people who believe tina, ! the T =
toto heaven can be attained by kiilIr
le Christians. We can imagine IN
4. II President Schnrman We're huntlI
b. } lob a. a slave he would try 70 :
a master who revelei in such 2
10 lightenei sentiments. And q
N reason for allowing all this = tn
se the Sulus ale powerful men al
! religious fanatics" who viii ma
n desperate resistance II we try to i
Of them up. If this excuse i ~oln
how about our war on the r lIplno
A Who seem t. b. fanatics on the "a
affect OF Independence aud Seli-sp
~ ernment2 Why prosecute b.op'
ii war to get those absurd ideas OFT
,e their heads. when they would glad
n accept an external proiectofat'
li.if we would permit them e give
no themselves President >chGrm
of ought ro r. arrange hi facts a
a get fresh lot of arguments. IL
undermining his own position.
Ind. Sentinel.
no
.ly Hon. W. +. Cox. Of Jasper, he