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the mouth of the Mindanao river, sent a
party ashore to reconnolter. They did not
return after several days, and the general,
being alarmed at their safety, buckled on
his armor seized his sword and shield and
started in search of them. He never re-
turned to his ship. A native cleaved his
head in two with battle-aX ana ran
lance through his body; nor did the party
he was searching for ever appei IT, and, after
several disastrous attempts to avenge MS
death, the remnant of the expedition, ABOUT
one-fourth of the original number, returned
to Manila to report their failure, and from
that time on for three centuries, there was
continual warfare.
Expeditions against the Moros were fitted
out and dispatched for the southern lSianoS
by each succeeding Spanish governor gem
eral and it has been well SAID that rivers
of blood and gold have run 70 waste IN the
attempts at conquest The MussulmanS re-
talfated vigorously and became an inces-
SAINT scourge. Their war junks ravaged
the coasts of the islands, cities were sacked
and looted, commerce was disturbed, thou-
sands of inhabitants were massacreo, anu
thousands more were carried into SSlaVery.
THE Moslems were as eager for Christian
captives as the Spaniards were for con-
quest and Spanish priest was the cholo-
est prize that they could capture. o+bor
For many years the Jesults ana othel
Roman Catholic missionaries have given up
the efforts to Christianize adult Moros aha
have limited their labors to the education
of such children as came under theil
charge. and to the savage tribes In the
mountains who have always refused ~
acknowledge the authority of the ,Mo.o
chieftains and therefore nave peen tnei.
hereditary enemies. Several Proteslan.
clergymen have visited the Moro country
since the American occupation, put nay
not commenced serious missionary Woi N,
and 1t is the most dlscoufaslhs heio '-'
could possibly find.
The Bates Treaty.
In 1899 after American occupation, Deh-
eral Bates made treaty with the ouie'iii
of Sulu under which the latter recoehiZeo
the authority of the United states III 'i.e
Philippine archipelago. On the olher .i0iio
our government recognized him as so'-
ereign over certain territory, with authority
to punish the offenders of his own tripes'
to collect taxes, to grant franchises, 10 90
troll the fisheries and to exercise du.Loii. y
in other directions without interfering VIZ
the neighboring islands or the Jurlsolc. III
of other chiefs. That treaty mas peeh 'ie
subject of serious criticism.
Slavery has been abolished by proclama-
ton, but not by practice. IL is pecua1 naI
form of slavery, (which is difhcuit TO uea,
with without breaking up the ehtTe so.iei
and political system and destroying tns
tribal organiza tons. 1t is a compilca'eu 9.
problem and will require great ueaI " "
time and patience to work II ou., o nf ,be
the chief difficulties is the impotence ol tte
SnItan of Sulu to carry out his contracts
or even his own will. IL,
At the time of the Spanish conquest MS
dominion was of enormous area ana SUI
stantial fact but, for many reasons IL haS
been disintegrating from year TO year anu
while Mohamed Jumalul Hiram, the pres,
ent incumbent, is acknowledged py the ioca,
chiefs and -the people to be their true anu
| lawful sovereign, this recognition is purely
nominal and religious rather than pollticai
1t is apparent to everybody that ms power
has departed his ancient rights ana PRIV
leges are admitted, but are not enjoyed pS
him. The dattos, or petty chiefta1ns, re-
fuse to pay taxes or tribute to him, they
treat his orders with neglect ana contempt.
| and several of them have actualiy peen a'
war with him during the last Two years:
His revenues are very small, ana put toi
| the monthly subsidy allowed MIN ny ,he
American government he Woulo ne ailIios.
| destitute. The Chinese, who hsh ana 'raue
among the Sulu Islands, are ABOUT the ohiy
| ones who pay their taxes regularly; he at
i tempts to collect a royalty upon the pear
| fisheries, but it is evaded by nearly all ms
| subjects engaged in that business, any
! amounts to very little. The government ol
North Borneo is under treaty 10 pay nm
| an annuity of 5000 for compensation Ioi
| the REIMBURSEMENT of certain ancestrat
| rights and prerogatives in that lsiano, ~.
his predecessor anticipated the paynien. US
| for so many years that he has derived no
| revenue from that source, and CONNER,
| cal adventure undertaken by MIN several
| years ago failed so disastrousiy that ne Will
| never be able to settle his Obligations.
Therefore the Sultan of suiu is ohly an
| insignificant factor in the problem, anu pue
| for his ecclesiastical prestige, as the repre-
sentative of the Padishah OF 1s!am' ne
might be eliminated altogether.