The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-16
Permanent Order.

reason TO suppose that orderly conditions
viii be otherwise than permanent The
pinos are SAID 10 be generally cordial
with steady ~TOwth or confidence and
good feeling between them.
An those who are .ustI- entitled to
ne called leaders OF public opinion among
re lilolnos- the report continues. have
detinitely cast their lot with the Ameri-
Regarding the Moros. the renort saws
the great area OF the Moro province
which includes practically all Of the IS
lands of &indanaO and the SuIu archf-
pelagO. except for $500 FHipinosS sooLen
of as descendants of coryicts- ~ent f-o, !,
the north by SpaTiards. is inhabited bv
Moros protesting Mohammeda nism and BY
otner non Christian tribes. The authority
70 the -U,tan Of SuI- was found anon
investigation. TO be rePudiated by dattos
much authority as he, although he was
the titular head of the MOros The re-
port says:
Moros Polyeamists
From time immemorial the Moros have
P-actfced DOiyEamy and have been ac-
cuStome1 to make raids upon other nom
Christian tribes to reolenish their stock
OF slaves as we'll as to engage in Mira rv
While the Arabs taught them the use Of
firearms. The nOn-ChriStian tribes of the
province, as soon as they understood the
Americans would protect them against
their ancient enemy. the Moros were only
/ TOO willing to recognize American an
thority and receive the benefits of nro-
lection. In a number Of instances they
have been induced to establish them
selves in villages and tin the adjacent
soil They are said not to be lacking in
In speaking of the abroeation Of the
treaty with the sultan of Suiu. the re-
while IT had never been recognized. as
vaafd and binding. and. indeed as to the
provision relating to slavery had heen
repudlated by the president. still it had
been lived up 10 by the Americans in
every particular including the payment
Of annual subsidies TO the sultan aud his
/ boC
them
Big Stick Necessary.
The report says that a pacific policy
toward the MorOs seemed to give them
the impression that the Americans We're
afraid of them. but short decisive am
paign gave them to understand that the
Americans had not only the purpose but
the power to support its authority and
enforce order There is no reason = il
Is added. to expect any further trouble
Referring 10 the conference with the
sultan of Sulu at Manila. the report says
nulment of the treaty left him without
means Of subsistence. he being deprived
commission thought II would be inequit-
able to permit this. and agreed to give
him and the members OF his household
1900 pesos annually. with the under
standing that he and they gave every aid
TO the governor. 1t was found that the
Sulu Moros have no General system of
laws. each tribe having an unwritten code
of its own. but all so Homogeneous as 20
make thew worthless as a basis uDon
which to build As illustration 81 is
stated that in some of the codes murder
is punishable by small fine. and in cases
Of adultery the man is fined and the
woman buried alive.
Friar Lands.
With reference to the friar lands the
commission, after repeating the state
ments made Of opposition on the part of
the. majority of the Filipinos to the
frairs. says:
The holy see. recognizing that the
Filipinos were. generally speaking. Ro-
man Catholics. and the wisdom Of sup
plying them with priests who would be
acceptable to them. has appointed an
American archbishop and bishops who
have taken the places formerly occupied
by Spauish churchmel, and has pursued
the wise and conciliatory policy OF de-
cHning 10 force obiecrional PRIESTS upon
-reiuctant parishioners and has' brought