The Ocala evening star., 1908-12-02
MORE TROUBLE
WITH THE hOROS
A Campaign of Pacification or EH-
termination to be Entered on
in Mindanao

Manila. p. l., Dec. "A campaign
Iof pacification or exterminatlon Is 10
be inaugurated against the Wild Moro
tribesmen of the southern archipelago
bv the Philippine constabulary. sup
ported by a strong force of regular
troops. as soon as the rainy season
comes to an end in December. II Is
expected to be marked by even more
desperate engagements than the dra-
matte assault on the Moro cOttas on
Mount Dajo two years age, when
Sulu tribe Of these fanatical Moham-
Imedans was practically exterminated
| As the result OF a number of afro
| tcious murders Of American civilians
land soldiers and the increasing fire.
quency of the attacks on small out
posts the military authorities have
determined to disarm every Moro on
the island of Mindanao and the small
er islands of the Sulu archipelago.
Means Desperate Struggle
The Moro's one redeeming charac-
Iteristic is his courage and as fighting
linen these little red brown Mohamme-
Idans are superior 10 Ghourkas Of Eng
Hands Indian army.
To surrender the snaky bladed krise
or the murderous barong, which he
lreveres as a sacred endowment from
lMahomet. given unto him with the
pheasant understanding that it should
be kept busy slashing up the anatomy
of some despised Christian. means TO
the Moro a disgrace, which following
Ihim into eternity shuts out his shade
from celestial 'Mohammedan society
Iof the right sort
A game lot are these little fighting
linen and the American military au-
lthorities, realizing that they will not
lsubmit TO disarmament without q
desperate struggle. are preparing to
tplace the largest military force in the
field which has been modified since
the DAYS of the general insurrection
OF 1899
Talcum Powder and Soft Words
The troops will be mOoiized at
Zamboanga. Mindanao. and will be
commanded by either Gen. TaskeI
Bliss or Gen. Jack .Pershng. The
choice of the army for the command
ing officer is Maj. Glenn, of "CivilizinG
Samar'' fame, but as chat energetic
officer conducted such "a thorough
campaign in Samar that large areas
of that turbulent island bore more
than passing resemblance to a grave
yard, which resulted in genera
court martial being convened to sit as
a coroner's jury. it is feared by the
larlny the authorities will not request
Major Glenn to repeat his civiliZine
stunt on Mindanao.
The policy OF folly adopted BY
Washington, in attempting to subju
gate Oriental peoples, who recognize
and respect force alone, with talcun
ipowder and soft words, is response
BILE for the unrest which prevadcs th'
entire archipelago today.
So fearful was the war department
10 of adverse criticism of the pendin:
: lcampaign. which has for its objec
the prevention of murder and the pro
Itection of property from raiding band
lof fanatics, that explicit orders wer
ISSUED to the military authorities il
; the Philippines that no move Shoul'
J. be made until after the presidentia
II election.
81 The military authorities express
as their opinion that if Washington
does not negative their work by order
- of restriction that more will be ac
complished toward the paciticatiOn O
the rich inlands Of the South thi
winter than during the entire perio
OF American occupation.