The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-12-23

,rs sax xe would still be short 10 tns
,~,ar, nv sighteen hundred THOUSAND
IONS every year. Dc you see even
eapse for fear on that score:
- vou hey ever read much ABOUT
tho PHILIPPINES you probably hev Won
dered why some writer's speak " '.e
moro Country" or the Moro peopis'
The word Moro Ia used to Distinguish
thu Mohamedan PHILIPPINES from INC
o,hers. The Mohammedans occupy
the large island ov Mipdano anu
few small islands near by. In oFoei
m meet this difficulty, mere re-
ligious matter. the United states VIZ
tualIy gives the country two forms
nv government. Civil government
nreyails in the northern ISLANDS ana
military government In the southern
islands. In time this will not be un-
necessary for the people will gradual
ly learn that a form ov civil govern
ment liz better than the best military
rule.
The Moors air a tough lot, and nit
may yet be necessary to snoot io'
nv civilization into them. A favorite
article ov food with the Moros IL
fried grasshoppers. Ov course that
lint any worse than terrapins an
mushrooms, a favorite dish among
the upper ten" in the United STATES
Some ov the Moros dress In fancy
style for holiday occasions. But they
usually wear nothing but preech-
cloth in warm weather when at WORK
ON their little farms. The men carry
ugly looking knives at awl times ana
they do not fail to use them at times.
But they air fond ov guns and pistols
and hev bin known to kill travellers
to get them.
There air many snakes on these
islands, includin' the boa constructor.
I'm told that a snake ov this variety
which wuz thirty-six feet long Wuz
killed near one ov our military camps
some time ergo. / am glad that
J didn't meet hit in the road. When
snakes grow to be more than twenty
, feet long they can't be friends oV
: mine.
In locatin' camps for the American
soldiers, special attention hez DIE
1 given to gettin' healthy locations, fol
l some naborhoods air not fit fol
Americans to live at. Camp Keith!
seems to be K. o. This camp i.
: located on the mountains 1890 fee
above sea level. To the north yo'
can look far over the ocean. To tn
e south IL mountain lake tWent.
C miles long. A full regiment ov sol
diers liz stationed here awl the time
Near this fort. in sight ov hit, live
hostile PHILIPPINES who would Civ
much trouble If they dared. On tn
other side ov the lake mentioned
Camp Vikars, located nearly az hig
above sea-level az IL Camp KeitnlI
In this region you can see monkey
climbing trees an jumpin' aroun
lively.
Near Camp Vikars 1 met Dat
Piang, friendly Moro, who has niue
influence. He liz a royal bum awl rit
an rides in a boat rowed by fort
oarsmen, havin' boy on either sid
ov him to hold an umbrella SO tn;
the sun may not tan hiz complexion
Datu Piang IL part Chinese a.
should not hev a place ov royal
among the PHILIPPINES. But he
smart in way an they allowed hi
Ito promote himself. The America
. authorities air pursuin' the san
~ policy.
IA At Jolo. the chief seaport ov Il
- Snlus, the moros air not allowed
- come into or remain in the city owe
night. The city IL walled. The Nor
- enter freely durin' the day, but a
- required to leave their weapons GU
. side.
Il The PHILIPPINES would enjoy ind
ii pendence, that IL, local self-gover
. ment. They air far from bein' sa
. land so would North Carolina)
. isfied. But hit IL certain that II
. United States will control the cou
. other plan would be foolish, serio
. misake o. the part ov the Unit,
. States, and hit would end in the d
. struction ov the PHILIPPINES for tn
= would put in the balance ov tin
. f1tin' each other. Anvil they need
- just treatment. Az the old ones d
. off and the recent past il forgotte
Ill az hit will be by the generation nc
- CROWN up. the people will soon b
- come reconciled. The PHILIPPINES q
hot-headed, proud. Such a poop
air slow to surrender. Az a lead
e Aguinaldo proved that. And "
after he reached the end of the rae
when he could go no further,
settled down and il now a guide eli
zen, that IL, a peaceable citizen, f
he WIZ guide one awl the time. H
b, influence will hev a guide effect up,
IT, the better class ov hiz countrym,
ed for they know and believe that
fought to the last ditch and foug
long after he wuz in the last ditto
The anti-imperialists who raised su,
row in the United States a fe
years ago were but political agitato
who were hardly loyal to their ov
flag and they ought to hev know
better; but for them the Phillipin
might hev bin pacified at a mu,
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