The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02

who Redeemed Philippine waters for sew
eral centuries. No admixture Of blood
could be more favorable to slave-holding
than that of Malay and Mohammedan
according to Prof Otis Mason. the noted
ethnologist. Among their slaves today
are found especially Malays captured
from Sumatra. Papuans from New Gui-
nea, Siamese. Javanese and Timorese
BY collecting them within their dominion
the Sulu masters have aided greatly in
producing the peculiar mixture OF stocks
which now bother anthropoiogists
Piratical expeditions are st.ll gathering
as many captives as they can safely at
tack In neighboring islands These war
like Moros OF Sulu and the islands there
abouts moreover adhere to the ancient
barbarous custom of casting into slavery
such Of their captIves of war who do not
suffer death. Their most ready custom
ers for able-bodied male slaves for many
years have been the Dutch planters In the
Island OF Borneo. to the southwest. More
criminal even than this piratical slave
gathering is the custom OF selling fnno-
cent children into bondage generally
practiced by the Mohammedan Malays.
The parent who Is in need of money
lends, or, rather. gives his child as secur-
ify for the loan and the little one is con-
demned to labor until the debt Is paid
which seldom, II ever, occurs Very few
children thus sold into slavery ever re-
gain their freedom.
Moro warriors try the edges OF their
weapons by striking down their slaves.
according 10 Prof. Worcester Moro
slaves in Sulu represent all phases OF
slavery practscea in ancient or modern
times~slayes by birth. slaves by capture
in war. or by piracy, bonded children and
fnsoivent debtors
Few. If any, white slaves are TO be
found in the Philippines The reason is
O. rr@rz -
uans by the Moros. and Christians must
pay penalty more serious than slavery
or, perhaps. LEGS ssrious-dea,h The
Moro believes that ne Increases his pleas
ure in the next world directly as tho
square Of the number OF Christian lives
dispatched by his hand. II he de siaugh-
tering Christians he insures himself
very cozy corner in the Nohammeiap
seventh heaven. Rather than commit
suicide. Moro. weariad Of life prefers
10 sneak 10 some Christian settlement and
massacre as many unsuspect.ng men wo-
men or children a. he can reach before
being shot All Of this sounds Ike a
Iairy fals, but II Is the testimony Of our
Philippine commissioner
John Foreman. fellow Of the p-,,,s,
Royal Geographical Society, recognized "a
the highest modern authority anon IN.
philippines. says that slaves in this nsw
territory ~ Uncle Sam do not APPEAL "a
law for their freedom. They are too tg
nnran'- for one thing. F'urt herrnora tha,-
nav" no money. ard none OF the solt~g.ors
under The Spanish regime was looking for
a case not fnTsirtng a fee. 4 friend az
Foreman. who hgs commenced clearing
an estate for cane growing on the Nagros
coast. vas SONS years ago seized ana So
creily carried of 20 SuIu. He remained a
save Tor several years. but some OF his
friends discovered him and paid a gener
Gus ransom. Now ne owns one ~ ,ha
finest sugar estates and factories in Ne
grUs
Uncle sam viii frd II his duty 20 br.ak
up tne slave business also In Tawf Tavt
wh8cA ties between suu and Rorrsy,
Upon tho north coast are s.yarei se,,,.-
snsnts OF Moro slave hunters. BaIlnp.ng