The Washington herald., 1910-10-02


one OF his followers In some remote part
of the ship talking with him as though
he were not I'VE feet away. 1t was in
credible and he looked In and over and
through the machine 10 see what devil
was hidden there, but, before his IN
vestigatlons were complete. another talk
ing machine was placed before him.
this time phonograph
Hears the Photograph.
The phonograph sang, It played, It talk
ed while hts royal highness looked and
looked for the human soul he believed
was imprisoned there. Finally he was
told that II he talked into IT. the machine
would repeat exactly what he said, but
this was TOO much He feared the evil
spirits who must preside over this magic
and refused. but allowed his prime min
lister 10 talk into the machine. The prime
minister said his little speech and in a
moment the little speech was said back
10 him
No wonder the royal brain after all this
magic was In such a whirl that the Sui
tan hardly knew what he was about and
was willing. especially after he had been
shown great piles OF Mexican dollars,
more money than he ever seen together
before in his life. and was told that the
government to which he was requested
10 swear allegiance had carloads more
of them, 10 do anything that was asked
Of him, and he did what was asked OF
him. swore allegiance 10 the government.
consented 10 govern hts subjects under
is direction and thought he had driven
a sharp bargain for, in return for what
he had surrendered he demanded. electric
fans monographs. electric lights and
telephone, two OF each, and many, many
Mexican dollars, all OF which were given
10 him and the CharlestOwn sailed away.
still leaving him Sultan OF sulu. but with
wings much clipped, clipped in fact be-
yond recognition.
They could stu flap. however. flap
enough 10 awe his subjects and the Sui
tan WIS content But when the first up
rising came and the bad Sulus committed
certain depredations. the United States
sent another battle ship and told the
Sultan Of Sulu that gince ne could not
| keep order In his own kingdom he must
/ submit 20 more clipping, so his wings
were clipped then and have been clipped
again and again. for the Sulus have mis-
| behaved again and again. and every time
they have misbehaved the government
has cut the Sultan's wings until now
there Is not enough Of the poor wings
left to flap and all Of his subjects. even
those in the far interior have come 10
understand that there is a greater man
/ than the Sultan. somewhere in the mys-
terious West. a greater man from whose
| clever officers they could not hide and so
order is coming to reign even in Sulu and
the Sultan. his Occupation about gone
has come out OF the East 10 see with his
own eyes and 70 hear with his own ears
the mysteries OF the West
Facts About the Sultan.
! The people OF this country know little
Of the Sultan OF sulu. who he is. where
he comes from. or the position he occu-
pies in the world; hence a fen facts, es-
peclally now while he is our guest, re-
garding him cannot be without interest
| John Foreman in his history Of the
| Philippine Islands gives the following ac-
| count Of the acquisition and settlement
OF the Suu Archipelago. simultaneously
with the Spanish conquest Of the Philip
pines. two Borneo chiefs. who We're
brothers, quarrelled about their respect
i've possessions, and one OF them had to
fee His partisans Joined him and they
emigrated to the island OF Basilan The
Moros, as they are called on the island,
/ - b..
Mussulman Dyaks OF Borneo.
They We're a valiant. warlike, piratical
people. who admired bravery IN others,
had a deep rooted contempt for poltoons
and lavished no mercy on the weak.
In the suite Of this chief. called Pagu-
ian Tindig came his cousin. Adasaplan.
who was captivated by the fertility Of
BasiIan Island and wished to remain
there. so Tindig left him in possession
and withdrew 10 Sulu Islands, where he
easily reduced the natives 10 vassalage,
for they had never yet had 10 encounter
so powerful a foe.
Proud of Their Descent.
So famous did Paguain Tindlg become.
that. for generations afterwards the Sui
tans Of sulu were proud OF their descent
from such celebrated hero. Paguian
Tindig was succeeded by Rajah Bongso.
who introduced the Mohammedan relig-
ion into Sulu. which had been introduced
into BorneO by Arabian missionary pro-
lphets. From this time on Mohammedan
pirates waged war on their Christian
neighbors, and for nearly three centuries
IMussulman war Junks spread death and
desOlation wherever they touched.
The Mohammedan pirates wrecked
whole colonies and put their inhabitants
to death, for did not the death Of every
Christian give TO the Mussulman who
slew him a higher place in heaven? The
Spanish. government spent millions TO sup.
press the horrid warfare without avail
and there are people still living in the
Philippines who have been in Musselmar
captivity This piracy finally developed
into religious war in which the Roman
Catholics were ranged against the Mos
Items. II was carried on with a fiendist
passion possible only In a religious war
and II was not entirely suppressed until
the latter part OF the last century, only
a few years, in fact. before the Sultan
became a subject of the United States.
Sultan in Name Only.
In name, az least. the Sultan OF Suit
is still a Sultan over a sultanate that in
cludes the island OF Sulu and 40 Other
islands, half of which are inhabited. The
Sultan is the stainless, the spotless one
the Majasari. chief of the church anC
state, the pontiff-king, but it is said tina
J he acknowledges. the Sultan Of Turkey
as the Padishah.
His Office is hereditary under the Sale
law, and he has cabinet composed o
three ministers. one OF whom acts a!
regent when he is out of the country
J besides the regent there is a minister o
war. and q minister Of justice. and mas