New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-21
DAJO FIGHT REPORTS.
WILD STORIES FALSE.
Dir. Ide GiUe8 Facts-Major Scott
Tells of Conditions.

Washington. March 2O.-SeCretary Taft has re-
ceived the following cable dispatch from Gov
ernor General Ide at Manila, dated to-day, rela-
tive to the Mount Dajo fight;
Newspaper reports from Manila announcing
wanton slaughter of women and children at
Mount DajO extremely sensational and in al
essential details false. The situation occupied
by Moro outlaws on the crater of the volcano
100 feet high was exceedingly dlthcult ana re-
Quired great display of heroism on the part OF
the army, navy and Filipino and Moro conslaou-
larry, who rendered most valued service. some
women and children were killed or wounded by
preliminary Smelling 1t a distance. The MOros
were outlaws and fanatics and refused 10 sur
render to the last, attempting repeatedly 10
murder our forces who were rescuing wounded
Moros The Moro Sultan and leading dattos rem
dered great assistance, and the surrounding pop
ulation is in great sympathy with the course
taken to remove the gang or cutIhIoaIs WIIO
were preying upon the community, retreatlnS
as occasion required to what they supposed 10
he irnpenetrable Businesses There was no Kill
ing of any one except such as was Indispensable
to end an intolerable situation Attack not Or
dered until every resource looking TO possible
adjustment was exhausted. Troops ana oIuCeIs
deserving Of highest praise
MAJOR SCOTS REPORT.
Secretary Taft also has made public the fol-
lowing report from Major Hugh l. Scott VINO
WAS Governor of the Moro provinces just pre-
codjnp the engagement, respecting the habits OF
The last advices by mail from Joo were qa 15
January 90 and the Dajo question not 95S Quiet
at least until that date It Is presumed LhaI ~
cot ont of Joakanains control entlreIS dllSI
to depredate other Moros. ACCORDING 20 Ine he
custom and had be subdued or else II Wo1!o oe
necessary TO abandon the effort 10 preserve idW ~
or5sr in .JoIO The policy of General w ood IN Illat
srchipeiago has always been to bring about peace
and order as gently and with as uLLle Oss OF -
as Dossfble In every when II mas beeL 49, .Io
Sary IN arrest MOrOs charged with crime ana ~
Lav-e zone into their strOngholds and Cal.eu DIE
friends and relatives about them 10 resist arcs
every possibIe effort. extending in some cases oS
weeks and months, has been made to bring ABOUT
the arrest without blOOdshed. . .,.,.,.
II il not conceivable that this policy OF humanlIy
carried ont in every case in the last two years anu
half should now have beer changeu, 80 20 -
O. Several Wood was there in person, and no one
would take more trouble TO avoid unnecessary
bloodshed than he -- = A. ,.,.,5 ~
Sr1Iu and Is over two thousand rect HlsLI. lIt
the TOP is the crater OF volcano long extinct me
mountain Is five or six miles around the base Gov
cred with trees IN most parts and mas on is slS
nv lendslIdes the core IS OF rock, aIIeI tLe
soil has Fot a resting place on It's sides ana aLltlI
unusual Tainfals. the water Is sodheI Ip' ~. +e
facomes verv heavy and as the rock IS so sIe7;sp
- ae-+b falls breaking down trees below. IKE IKE
az ay-slsrche OF snow. It Is steep ana dlIuculS
70 CUo under most favorable clrcuI an.
20 ciir0b n successfully under fire IS undouoLeay
most gallant feat OF arms, ana unIeSS SLea a
had been used, many more Li'77 "O--~ -
lost among the troops.