The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-21

put a crop of rice and sweet potatoes inside the crater and had plenty of wa ter there all the year round. They said they did not want to fight and only wished to cultivate and reap their crops. A demand was made on their dattos for the guns of the ringleaders, which were surrendered, and they were told to come down and settle below, but could cultivate their crops above so as not to lose all their food They promised to refrain from depredating and to prevent anybody from using the mountain as a stronghold for thieves"
 Major Scott says that during his ab- sence last November report was cir culated that the governor would at- tack the Dajo people at daylight on November 30, and that on his return he found that they considered that state ! of war was on. There were some dep relations, and General Wood ordered two companies of the Nineteenth in- | fantry to Jolo.
 "Joakanain, the datto, was able to prevent any further depredations, and said that if he was allowed time he would succeed in getting all the Moros off the mountain.
 All during the month of December | he kept them quiet, and brought in Ahko, who was the most prominent man there. Ahko did his utmost to make the others come eff the noun tain. The sultan and his two brothers, Raja Muda and Dato Attick, also Ma jarajah, Opaus and sawajain, all infiu- ential Moros, went to the mountain and used their utmost endeavors.
 II saw General Wood last about the 18th of December, and told him the two companiese of the Nineteenth infantry would not be needed for the present, as the Moros were being kept down by Joakanain, and the order sending them to Jolo was revoked. While the ele- ments of troubles were still there (the elements of trouble are always some- where, in Jolo), 1t was thought I could leave them as we'll as at any other time, and accordingly l started on leave of absence January 1.
 "The last adviees by mail from Jolo were dated January 20, and, the Dajo question not being mentioned, 1t was ! supposed the Moros remained quiet, at least until that date. It is presumed that they got out of Joakanain's control entirely and began to depredate on oth- CT Moros, according to the Moro GUS tom, and had to be subdued, or else it would be necessary to abandon the eff fort to preserve law and order in Jolo. The policy of General Wood in that archipelago has always been to bring about peace and order as gently and with as little loss of life as possible. In every case when it has been neces- sary to arrest Moros charged with crime, and they have gone into their strongholds and called their friends and relatives about them to resist arrest, every possible effort, extending in some cases over weeks and months, has been made to bring about the arrest without bloodshed."
 Major Scott cites a number of in- stances in illustration and gives the names of several chiefs who have sur rendered, after long negotiations, with out any fighting. These men are now strongly in favor of American rule. One illustration by Major Scott fol- lows:
 'Laksmana Usap failed, because an Arab from Mecca sold him charms to make him and his fort invulnerable which he believed in. He was called upon to surrender, but answered with bullets, When the fort had been bom- barded for half a day he was called upon again to surrender, and replied:
 You cowardly Americans may know
 what it is to surrender but we Moros
 do not understand what it means.'
 After he had been killed and two wall'
 of the fort had been taken the survi
 vors put up a white flag, The soldiers
 knowing well the feelings of the off