The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-06

Manfia---Among the benefits that
have accrued to the FiIipfnos from the
American occupation Is the suppress
sion Of brf9andAge. When civil gov
eminent was established ladronism
had reduced the tao and many per-
sons Of the upper classes, TO terrorism.
and the "bosque" was infested With
puIajane. While there was differ-
ence, In method and intention, between
the ladrones and the puiajanes. both
the ladrone and the pulajan were dan
gerous outlaws. Both were survivors
Of the Spanish rule, under which bri-
gandage was never suppressed.
1t would be unfair to say that the
conditions OF the first few years after
the American occupation were normal.
but when reconstruction was marked
by an increase in outlawry, Filipinos
predicted the failure Of the American
attempt to tree, smoke out and dis
pose of the brigands As this letter IL
being written there are only two out
law chieftains in the bush. and they
will soon be captured. The rest are
another world where they were ush-
cred bv rifle shots or Manila hemp.
Respect for American law is the re-
suit. so
The pulajanes--pronounc It "pula-
hahnes," were so called because "puia"
means red Their insignia Included a
red badge. They were led by chief
tains who called themselves popes.
These leaders rallied restless spirits
to their Standards by pretending to
wage holy war against white oppres-
sors" Without regarding the ethics
Of civilized or savage warfare. they
murdered and pillaged whenever the
opportunity presented itself. Many
pulajan leaders pretended to hold
al HxrAc H.
proof" shirts'curiously ornamented with
meaningless pictures and Inscriptions
I'm bad Spanish. One who possessed a
powerful anting-anting that warned
him of the approach Of Americans, con-
fessed when captured that his charm
When he desired to ascertain whether
the enemy was near he pressed the
bulb between his hands II the wire
trembled violently the enemy was APP
preaching. Another was killed despite
his anting-anting. but his followers
said that this was because he had been
in the rain and water and destroyed
the charm.
One Pope" promised his adherents
Independence. He carried It about
with him In box. promising to dis
tribute II among the faithful at the
proper time. No one else, he said.
either Spanish or American. had ever
had any Independence to exhibit. The
box was properly labeled and was car
ried by three virgins selected for the
sacred duty. When 1t was opened, the
"deliverer" having CHANGED to be cap
tured by the Ame.icanos, It was full
of slips Of paper with independents"
written upon them. Most Of these pu-
>iajan leaders proclaimed themselves
Immortal. II killed, they declared they
would rise again Sometimes when
one was killed another outlaw arose.
pretending to be the resurrected chief
tain. This made the task of extermin-
ating puiajanism difiicult. because the
privates in the pulajan armies believ-
ed the second leader to be really the
first one resurrected.
Pulajan Popes sometimes performed
miracles. One OF them would disap-
pear for three days and upon his re-
turn assert that he had been to Ger
many comforting with the Emperor
who would soon send battleships and
an army to kill of the hated Ameri-
canos. Another astonished his follow
ers by appearing from the heart Of a
| fire under a tree. This miracle was
worked by building a large smudge
under a low hanging limb, dropping
| down into the dense smoke and step
ping quickly into the OPEN. .sss,<.,..,.
| Papa Pablo" whose real name was
Pablo Bulan, and who proclaimed him
self the leader OF ali pufaJanss was The
| head OF a sect called Dfos Dios dur
| ing Spanish times. Before the arrival
OF the Americans he was captured by
| insurgents. The insurgent leader Lux
| ban, gave him liberty and induced him
| to organize his followers under the
| name Of eel Battalion de Cazadores de
Samar " Leyte." He made much trout
BILE during the insurrection against
the Americans. When the insurrection
was crushed he preferred bushwhackA
| ing to peace and declined to come
in" He managed to create deal Of
trouble before he was killed.
In Bilibid prison may be seen mild
locking individual who was known as
Papa Islio" before he began to answer
to a number. Papa Isio" has had his
ups and downs. He was christened
Dfonisio Magbuela, and was one of a.
good Catholic family. When he grew
up he became q cattle herder upon the
MontiiIa estate near Magallon. In
personal difficulty he killed Spaniard
and rather than face the garrote he
fled to the bosque. AS II CHANGED that
q brigand leader had just died. he pro-