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

and this war was renewed at intervals
as the Moro power was broken until
Gen, Weyler of Cuban 'reconcentrado'
fame finally opened u road TO Lake
Lanao in 1891 from Iligan on the coast
He never, however, subjugated TINS
section or brought its chiefs even 10
the point of making treaties
PRIESTS HATED.
For three centuries the Jesuit priests
worked to convert the inhabitants OF
Mindinso. Then the American gov
eminent came to the task of giving
them protection under the law, guar
anteeing them religious liberty, and
combining the governments functions
to prevention OF fights for property
advantage, and the settlement OF dis
putes in which rivals figured not of tho
same tribe or class of people.
"Cmistianos' was a word TO be mated
in Mindinao. 1t meant fl'ocked Span
ish priest whose mission was to over
throw established creeds. I'VE are not
Christianos," explained General Bates
to the wary sultan of Sulu, Wnen ne
first called upon him. we are Pres
hyterians.
"Our American brothers are not
Christianos" was the word which went
from mouth TO mouth through inc ls-
land chains and across coral reefs To
Borneo. and It meant friendly well
comes. ready alliances, and suhlngal-
tion of the islands with hut very little
opposition.
General Bates Inherited task IN ms
Sulu expedition which had previously
been rendered To General Wheaton, WHO
had given IL up on account of import
ant Luzon expeditions, and to GEN
eral King, who had returned 10 Amer
lea after the taking OF Santa Cruz TO
recuperate from Illness. Lawton's death
on u slight scouting expedition near
Maniln brought sudden terminus TO
General Bates work in the southland,
and then for a while Col. Potut OF tho
| Thirty-first infantry COMMANDED what
had grown 10 be the MilitaiY plStiict
| OF Mindinao and Jolo, while stun later
when peace conditions had hcen ar
rived at i'm the northern islands General
| Kobbe. newly appointed from maJdr-
| shin of artillery. was named To com
| ,nard n departmcnt Troops were scat
| tered at the sea coast towns of Fam
| boanga, Davao, Gotta Baio, Pniang-
| Parang. Iligan ana Surlngao' "hll'
Ma lor John j. Pershing. adiuiunt gen
oral for Bates. Petit ana Cobbe, WAS
| goon 10 win aurcls that raised him to
| N posltiOu of commanding cmnencc in
| Tho army through his conmorlng OK
pedltion into the great Islands Interior
FIRST CALL OK SULTAN.
| II was on July is. 1899, that The
0rst intercourse began between
REPRESENTATIVE OF the United
/ states and tho Mohamnedan ruler
| az HE Sulus. Tho warship York
town on that date anehoreh on
| Jolo island and u verbal message
! was sent 10 the sultan, requesting u
| conference. This was his reply. and
| II was tho FIRST document passing be-
tween the two powers. ~,
"rhis lcttcr from the sultan iadji
| AIuhamad Jnmalul Hiram comes 70 my
| father the captain of the Americans
who have arrived az Ilhllgi tJol"J'
| ~ mike known 10 my rather that
n man came here bearing the nnmo of
| Anil saving that he came from you to
mako il known that my father ana
| friend had arrived from Manila anG
| that Tho same wanted Go soc me,
"Nowl ann asking whether this Is true
| or,not because he came without a let
| Tor II IA As true ! will send my brother,
| ,he Dato Rnjah Muda, ana my secro-
| ta,rv I'm my stoad to see my father anu
| Srlcnd becnrne l am unable TO come
/ hn,in,y very urgent work on hand for
| two or three days. After that my best
! commitments 10 my father
| REPLY SENT.
= frhts ,cttcr called for n reply ana ~
| ,,aa g,nt I'M the form OF "a notification
| 10 Tho sultan that Uncle sam had m
| tentlons upon tho group OF ISLANDS. a
NJ Shuck' son of a German sailor, who
bad bnon shlpwreokod on the island
hsic a century ago. and who was mar
riad "a N daughter of the sultan, did
no interpreting for these frst COM
,nnnIeatlons. and afterwards for verbal
| conference t.s..,,, ,,o,, d,
II have the honor 70 INFORM you,
,,,a,o cenepl Bates. that / have boon
~, te,a by the governor general of
,hn pbilippine Islands 10 represent the
sinvornmsnt " The United States ana
6es,,e to confer with you here az soon
ss nosslble There are matters OF mn
portance both to you ana your