Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-28

people and to the United
States which should he considered.
Upon my arrival here l sent word
to you saying that | should like to see
you here. ] was pleased to learn from
| the commanding officer here That you
had expressed wish to see some
United States officer with moro author
ity to speak for the government, ana
| L hope to see you soon.'
TWO MORE LETTERS.
Two more letters passed in this in
terchange of greetings and commands
one was n BRIEF official notice from
General Bates to the sultan 4 nave
the honor 10 inform you that III con-
fornlty with the course ] have pre-
viously indicated, shall without delay
station troops at Siassl and Bongao,
! The letter was dated Sept. 9, and on the
10th the sultan replied: Il thank you
that Won have notified me. | think of
asking YOU for SLASH, because l want
| tn take out of SLASH the payments FOR
| my police. AS to the other islands,
wherever you like you can put your
| soldiers. because ! hold your word
| that YOU will not make me the loser;
now if YOU take Siassi where shall
make the money 10 pay my ponce WIN,
whom have TO pay monthly but /
| hold your promise that you would NOT
| make me Tho loser and the profits
| get out OF 1luSsi are cow a. iii'AlN'AF ''''N
| that IL what ] want you to tako INTO
| consideration. There should be some
| equivalent TO pay my police Win pc
| cause my salary is not Suiiiclent 10
| pay for my own living.
| Lest some fond reader wonder ~lLlt
II wore worth to Uncle Sam 60 have
n real live sultan on his hands 1t may
be we'll 10 state that he received $500
| per month. Mexican coin, to maintain
| The poace and dignity OF the United
States In his realm and not make trou-
bic. ..,.,,
| ONLY THE BEGINNING.
The matter OF bringing the sultan TO
| time and making him an American Of
| fetal was only the beginning of the
F! work that preceded the occupancy Of
! tho Lake Lanao district m the interior
of Tho great southern Philippine island.
on board the war3hip Manila, General
! Bates had much more work cut out Tor
him. ON December H. 1899. the dill
cuIt task OF distributing troops around
this island was completed. ana II was
"A moro important event In American
history than IL has been given credit
| far bciup "Thc inhabitants nf Colth
Batto. Pollolc. Davao ana Matt, wrote
General Bates, officially, to the chief OF
| staff Eighth army corps stationed ht
| Manila, appear anxious for the pres
| cntc ~ the United states troops ana
| clch OF these towns has voluntarily
raised the American iag.'
rho sultan OF Miudauau, destined la
| tor 90 lead an important expedition 10
visit the American governor al Fam
boanpa. was u visitor OF General bates
| an Gotta Batto. "ThG sultan wrote
! Grnelsll Bates was most cordial I'm his
attitude and placed his possess
! rious and himself at the dis
pnsition Of tho United states
asking ior nothing but Amer-
can lngs. Date Piang who be- proba-
| bly tho strongest ruler IN the section
| offered to furnish troops for any pur-
| nose for which our authorities might
! require them. This pntto Pans Is the
| rbisf 10 whom tho inhabitants OF cot
m Batto appealed, when they
! felt themselves unable 10 bear
~ under the burden OF TAX
es levied hy tho insuTocuonaiiy
| iunta of which Roman Nio was the
ieader. and which ala not hesitate to
! execute delinquent taSpayela' IN ans
,yor 10 this appeal Dutto liaug went
! 40 Gotta Butio ana falling 10 come 10
| peaceful terms ho eNecuied Hoinhll
! WHO and If of his officials upon sept
| 40 last: since which time haitu Ilung
| mas placed "a provisional government ~
| C.ottn Batto. tu await tho arrival Of
American forces. | have placed the
| headouartors of Brttts battalian, Thir-
| tv-nrst infantry, ana have directed
| troops TO be- sent Ia folluk' nhl Hlto lp
Parang, " upon examination 4 = round
advisable ', 70 ,ip, 'si V A. soon as rams,
oortation h available 10 place troops
AZ Dnvao and Mattl in addition 10 those
nj Gotta Datto. POlluk ana probably al
Parung ParduE
INSURGENTS EXECUTED.
The most sgnincani sentence NJ
This brief letter. from GEN. Bates was
The statement that patto PlanG had
boheaded n dozen nsurgent represent
atives. II meant mat from Mlhllg
Arulnaldo's government had spread
south ana 80 conducted itself that an