The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-02-04
A PHILIPPINE SULTAN.
QUEER FACTS ABOUT THE RULER OF srLJ
AND HIS MOHAMMEpAN SUBJECTS.

fellow citizen.
/ His title is Sultan Of Sulu We have
annexed him, together with the Philip
pine Islands His subjects are all devnni
/ Mohammedaus
He Is eyerythiu. that a Sultan should
/ be lie has harem aud grand vizier.
! lie buwstrin.s his eneme, and friends,
aud Is in constant danger of assassination.
The Sulus are a small group Of Islands
stretching between Miudanao. the south
erumost of the Philippines, aud the north
east corner Of Borneo. the second largest
island in the world They have a lopu-
lation of 10, 000 people. and an area OF $50
! square miles.
The inhabitants of the Suiu> are called
Moro, 1, Is their chief peculrrliy 10 he
I Mohammedaus. The touudatioa of the
race i Malay, as in the Philippines bat
( tue Moro> have been strongly influenced
! by Arab blood
4 In the seventeenth century an Arab
named Said Ali conquered the Sulu Is
( lands and torcibly converted the natives to
2 lNtdtHl>tl- Ait dhR w 'tii'N''N tS''N
/ large numbers Of wives. aud thus added
AN Arabian strain 80 the Malay race
The Mora, are governed by >ultans and
by hereditary chiet, called dates The
I latter are often supreme in their own do
maiu- but are supposed to give homage to
I the Sultan Of Sulu
! The Sultan lives a, We expect a Saitau
ta do He ha> a great harem. replsui>hed
b, periodical raid, among all the Philip
/ pine Islands lie has grand yjtier and
+ % barber vho tell, him stories
( The Moro> are not particularly obeiicni
I ,o their sultan Sometimes they Kill him
and sometimes thcy set mp another IN his
I place
They ar, the hcr,>t and bayc>t # 81.
the races IN OF near the Philippines
Their skill in the use Of their curved knives.
W baroues. i marvellous They have de
feaicd the Spaniar,is again and again with
plain steel against firearms Spain made
uo sort Of effective occupation vt the i
lands until ISL
Dean G. Worcester ihc acknowledged
American authority su shc Philippines
acyHc, considerable attention g. the >ula
Island, then r,al Sultan, and the tja.-l
gur..liu. features Of life there
\ few years before the spanish Amer
can war. the Spauiaris dcE.g,,'d Mahmuui
thc u.htful Sultan Il Salu aud spl-,iuts,l
in hi- piac,, chief Hudcr the iItle oi
HI. Exccllcu,y raduga NaJs-au Ma
launs Am,nl Nauin5a Sultau HaTaU Mar
r4.id
The Spanish had invited the n-h,la
,~ssltan L. csme e. Manila and ., Invested
sith his crown Remembering that
pr,sis~,e--oz. wh,. received similar invita-
lion. had been kepl ~ prison fer life =,
the spanish the sultan djd NOT respond
rhcreupan the spanish pu, Harm m hi-
place
That diI nos Noryy the legitimate >al
Tan Haruu occupied the palaoc iu iitr
,,s, uf >nla carefully s4ariesi by spanish
.s4aier. Mahu,aad ocrapiesi ihc re>' oi
The i-tsuI with lu uop veil armed iaIlaa
rr~
The mssl interesting rh4gae.rr iu >aiu
/, the .lI Suli.sna mother IS Ehe >ul.ln
NshmalsJ A.sb-s-h t.u3 slave she
marrrl IRE, iau- ~uliAu She h1-truc,i
ht. departure frm this world vIth cirra-
,i,e sublimatc When liarn was sp-
pointed Sultan ,hc sent ham 40 offer 81
maryl4-c. but be declined ii a De- wished
o.. aly natural death Als Worcester
rra,as,, thar ID, ha- -ruus, tyr ar.su,
lt,lan. boot u4ra iar I..s,auln
Wilde ,,,persi Ar.is. uus a. the 'ev
,..mpc,cu, >p1uIari~ rIlvi lhc >ulu, they
y,clr tair, gaiei N Nbrn he lei, Li- site
oe>~g. thought he sy,ulj collect taxes ir,u
the Mrros Hsrau called them together
aad 4,kci their decision They prompt,
isciled not a. la. th- taN
ca th, las a.s-fs.-,l gur paying lhe
aS Iiarlu presented himself before the
t,acru,r With hr., uumi,eg IT follow
..r, The, were admitted llaruu pre-
-eute,i large ba- .f pearls Co tine Cover
usr. ~ hr soak them nsruu drew
har.n--,hc Nero -vur,l-aud -plj, the
Gu,erurr -Aull o. ibr chtu Th, either
Nars, frll au the Spanish >,.ldic'> and
slaughtered them al Then Jh-y H.
,,rtgei the town.
The Sulu Mon j, a born warrior lie
il,dains to work and expects hi, want, lo
be supplied by hi, wives and slaves He
ha, many eAcelIeu, qualities He gives
much time t. the care Of hi, arms and to
pcrfcu,iug himself in their use He trir~
tn ;errify an opponent by makia@ h'deous
face, uses hi, shield very skilliully and
keeps hl, les in constant motion -, that
a blow below the shield uiay not disable
them. la t.ule he is the hrayr,l It the
brave
.At.>ulute Indifference to hlnpd>hej +,
"ue oi IN iuy~J lromine'i; characteristics
lie wl, cat down slave merely lo try
the edge j.! q new baroug
Sometimes Moro goes head hunting.
Thi, Is considered very sporismaniike
proceeding The hunter takes with him
a big and handsomely worked basket.
which he slings over his shoulder as an
american would a fishing basket Ia uthi>
he puts the human heads which may iall
u his skill
The Moros believe that he who takes
the life Of a Christian thereb, increases his
chance of good time in the world to come.
He who dies taking the life of a Christian
l. sure to be transported AT once into the
seventh heaven
From time to time it happens that one
If them wearies OF his hfc and desiring to
take the shortest road 10 glory he bathc>
in sacred spring, shaves of his eyebrows,
dresses in white and presents himself be
fore a pandlta priest 10 take solemn oath
. (juramentar) 10 die killing Christians
lie i, then called jurameujaio He
hides barong, or kris about hi~ person
or in something that he c3irrie> and seeks
the nearest town II he can gain admi>
sion he snatches his weapon from its con
cealnent and runs amuck shaving every
human being in his path until he Is finally
himself dispatched. 81 long as the breath
Of life remains in him he fights ON
Eye witnesses informed Mr. Worcester
that they had seen juramentados seize the
barrel Of rifle on being bayoneted and
drive the steel further into themselves in