The sun., 1903-11-26
SULTAN OF SULU IMPLICATED.
GEN. WOODS ACCOUNT or mono
FIGHT SENT by GOV. TAFT.
lie Says. ~ the sultan's Men We're at the
Head and Front Of the Fighting lie
lntierstands That This Action OF the
NOros Abr0gates the Bates Treaty.

WAsBINoroH, Nov. 25.LGen. Wood has
advised the War Department that he UNDER
1t tands that the hostility OF the Sulu Moros
abrogat es the so called Bates treaty entered
into by Brig. Gen. Bates and the sultan OF
Suu several years ago.
It was discovered to-day that the de-
snatches from Gen. Wood coming from
Col. Simpson in Manila and as made pubic
in the Office of the acting Adjutant General
are not ident ical with the Wood dispatches
transmitted by Gov. Taft. Two sets OF
deepatches have been received at the War
Depart ment. As Col Simpson is acting
in Manila in the absence Of Gen. Wade,
he wired the Wood despat ches to the military
authorities here.
As Gen. Wood is also subordinate to the
civil authorities in Manila, Gov Taft also
cabled the text of Woods messages. The
military despat ches as made public contain
no mention of the completely Of the Sultan
Of Sulu with the fighting Moros, nor is there
any statement as to the abrogation of the
Bates treaty. Becauses Of the omissions
in the military dispatches. Gov. lait 8
despatch is given in full as follows,
Wood teegra phs from Jolo, via Ilollo. Nov
\, as follows:
Our movement against Panglme Hassen
has been entirely successful. Am now going
against the people in the mountain. OF Whoh
there are about 900 reported In the various
strongholds 1t will take probably Tour or
nve days to clean them out There are no
indications as yet OF the trouble spreading
10 other dattos The shooting OF MAJOR
Hugh L.. Scott was an act OF the most OUT
rareous treachery, as Hasscn had surren-
dered and Major Scott WAS going with hiln
10 get his family to take into Jolo. Instead
of taking him where his family was. he TOOK
him to place where u lot OF his men were
concealed and had him fired upon. at the same
time making his escape. Scott lost great
deal OF blood but is progressing favorubiy
now. We have had no men klIivd uh'i ohis
four or fye slightly wounded Moro losses
Sysr %oundsa. Sss killed and the Usual proportion
Gov. Taft added to this despatch that
Hsssan was one OF the Sultan's supporters
and had been threatening trouble for some
time. The next cable despatch from Gov.
Taft says:
Wood telesraphs from Zamboanga, Nov
~ forts and cottas in the mountain
ba. and At TasS Ss1e taken dSed an ana doG de
sbyy sbSTy mnnn aaGm Sere ked as couHtrH is heavily
timbered and the finding OF dead iI mnny any
ther Indications Of hostities Shall be here
for day or two pending deyelopInents j ne
"a 1fny "
~ npts XII dKStmS St % and understand that this
ol . tn,' @ ~ ~ .ho mart of the Noros abrogates
asio., ~ nal'aH on . Ea,es treaty. Evidence i'm
,Waatas ,ms The Sultnn'
p''ea'e9 '"o 'u .,.,.
That the movement in Jolo was the result
of the new policy inaugurated by Zen W ood
/. shown IN a letter from Ma ior Hugh l..
S,ntt 70 f,o, CLARENCE Edwards, chief of
SeoII 10 Soi: p. n, ~ W.r Denart
the lnsnar bureau ga oi ia lle ;or ras Scott dis.
ment, dated sept. 70 mayo! 2cIl' ~
cusses the situation in Jolo, OF whlch lsiahd
he had been appointed Governor, and
% va TINT the Moro province act which
Sayt yytamnlated , the aboiishment Of slavery,
Sohcont,ia.ou ~, ~ III tha not;vaa he
was sore po.t' uId mui ha @ n,nde to make
thought an enort shoula pe .'.aue Tf,Lini y
he added the time is now here In Gen.
Woods sctimation The letter says in
49, 49, N--.-I
ItesVrS -. ,,.. Ia,
The sultan w. man OF no poMer osei s, m,S
own and must depend on me chieiTi WI VINO III may a
or may not 90 what he wlshss, s infy @ nfe a., en-
surrounded by gangs 81 nh,iianS h Tnn roHorU ~ o
useful work. but who iive through IoODtIS
and by fining both sides in ease case. lrrespec,tika
OF who may b" guity; the iuli ni%isoull. % o. a tne
ne ls ensiateu ~ ,pn,',j, 70 ynnI, ,s those