The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-22

up his words. saying In an interrogative.
but significant. tone:
And them"
oh" said the admiral land then we
will settle II In some other way" Had
he uttered the threat he intended to make
England would probably have had war
on its hands from the loss of an admiral.
and the Sulu nation would probably have
been wiped out of existence.
Posuer and Income of the Sultan.
The present sultan looks to me very
weak but he Is a man Of great power
among the Moros and he could, II he
would, cause the United States no end OF
trouble. He has been very automatically
managed ia the first place by Gen. Bates,
and of late by Maj Owen ]. Sweet. He
Is. YOU know. the greatest of our Filipino
Mohammedans, being reverenced by than
not only because he Is the heir OF royal
line of sultans. but also because he has
made a pilgrimage to Mecca and Is sup
posed to have his Mohammedanism d.
rect from tbe fountain source He Is
tho ruler IN the Sulu. sglAnsis alone OF
about lioco9 sfOros, and Is also the head
of the Moros OF North Borneo. He has
some kind OF authority over the Moros
OF Mindanao and II Ia more nominal
than real. and such dattos as Mandi and
others hardly acknowledge him.
Here.in Snln he Is supposed 10 have the
power of life and death over his sub
tects His power Is limited. however.
somewhat like that OF the kings in the
DAYS of feudaism, Some OF the dattos
refuse to obey him and make war upon
him in case his demands do not suit their
Ideas and plans. He has always more
or less trouble with his people, depressing
them as far as he can without causing
rebellion.
A large part OF the income OF the sultan
comes from fines He has bis men watch
TO see which of his subjects are making
money. and az soon "a man gets some
thing ahead he il charged with some crime
and the result is fine, II man has
amassed 500 for instance. he win have
him accused OF some crime and sentence
him to pay into the royal treasury 1900.
Tho failure to pay means death in most
cases. and the mans friends have to make
mp the balance. The safest thing In case
Of trouble is to settle such matters your
self The other day a Moro In SLASH
had a. COW stolen. He accused the thief
to the sultan and hts maiesty's officers
caught him. The thief was sentenced
to pay si05 into the treasury, while the
sultan confiscated the COW.
The other day the sultan learned that
one Of his subjects had about t2.ooa. He
charged him with fishing for pearls with
out license and fined him 81 go straight
away. He sent his bodyEuard and the
crown prince 10 the village TO collect the
fine. asd the people rather than be at
tackled Join together and paid It,
According TO the laws here every pearl
which Is found of q value Of about 500
goes 10 the sultan. and am told that he
has a great fortune In pearls stored away
in his barn ~ palace just before he
went 80 Mecca he sold pearls to the
amount Of s100eo lie carried a lot OF
pearls with him. and turing his stay at
Singapore he was robbed OF about so .a0
worth of jeweiry- Some enc broke open
his box one night and stole bis crown
rings, some pearls and other Jewels.
Another source q the royal Income a
the tribute which the sultan receives
from the North Bofnso Company for the
lease 81 the lands about sanaakan. This
pays him f@o a year bat ! am noi sure
whether n 10 IN silver or gold We pay
him animal trlbute ~ $500 In silver.
The sHltan - like solomon n that re
has numerous wives, I arm told that h.
has IN the nesEhbarhond ~ dozen. iri
addition 20 the many females ~ hts royal
harsm- Ills nrsl wife, who ia a princess.
has lcft him cn account of.the aauitipa-