Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-15

1hat newspaper reports OF the war
like conditions on the Island OF Jolo
in the Philippines have not been ex-
aggerated and that. on the contrary.
practically all the Meros on Jolo are
up in arms against the rule of Ameri-
can authorities, are facts disclosed
this morning by First Lieutenants
w, G. Muldoon and T. c. Fain of the
Philippine Scouts, who are passengers
on the U. S. A. T. Sherman en- route
to Manila
OF all the efirst-class fighting men"
who have made martial regulations in
the Far East there are none who
have had more picturesque careers
or seen more active service in the
past half dozen years than Muldoon
and Fain. Fresh from service in
the Moro CONTEMPLATING spent only
a months vacation in the states
both men expressed themselves this
morning as anxious to get back to
the land of the bolo
In discussing the situation in the
southern islands, Lieutenant Fain
said that d big fight took place on the
% of last January between the Moros
and the u. s. troops. "At that time"
he said, "the Moros had fortified
themselves in the interior of the
country in such numbers that it was
found almost impossible to dislodge
them. The fight lasted several days
and was far from conclusive in its
results. The Moros, recently adopt
ing new tactics, are now making no
attempts to fortify themselves on Bud
Dajo, the big mountain that rises d.
rectly behind the city of Jolo. But
they have massed their forces at
places as impregnable in the interior.
Almost without single exception
every dato (chief) on the Island of
Jolo Is up in arms against the Ameri-
cans. 1t is doubtful if ever, since
the famous battle of Bud Dajo five
years ago. the revolt has been so.
WIDESPREAD ana so general.
Whatever censorship of the press
has been maintained by Brigadier
General Pershing has been necessary
for the reason that, If information as
to the movements were given out, the
Moros would be quick to take adj
vantage of the knowledge that would
certainly come to them"
Lieutenant Fain has been until re-
Gently stationed in the Moro country
and his company of Moro scouts is
known for its efficiency and for its
daredevil exploits from one end of
Jolo to the other. ~
The statements made by Lieuten-
ant Fain as to the seriousness of the
Moro Situation were borne out by.
Lieutenant Muldoon.T Muldoon, who
is big. outstanding, strauping sol
der, probably has inherited his great
stature from the famous "BilIy" Null
doom, his uncle. whose physical cul-
ture club, outside of New York City,
has been patronized by such notables
as ex-President Roosevelt, John d.
Rockefeller and the late j. Pierpont
Morgan
Yes" Muldoon said, there is
considerable fighting going on.
around the island OF Jolo and there
will be for some time. The
Moros are great scrappers and it is
beginning to be mooted question
as to whether or not they will ever
lay down their arms and give up the
liberty they have always priced SO
highly. Things are pretty quiet in
the Mindanao. district at this time,
but there is trouble enough in ,Jolo."
Muldoon, with his company of
Moro scouts, mas been in the field in
active service five out of the six
years he has spent in the Philip
pines. Returning from a vacation to
the States about year ago, Muldoon
found that in his absence a Moro
cato by the name of Prao had been
gaining strength in the Camp Keith
ley country. Not waiting for the ex-
petition against Prao that was or
ganizing, Muldoon hastily recruited
his company and, acting on his own
responsibility, plunged into the
jungle. He was not heard from for
ten days. Manila papers had given
him up for lost; officers who knew
his marvellous record best, shook
their heads and said that "Mul-
doom had pushed his luck too far
this time" A relief expedition was
setting out to his rescue when he
as suddenly as he had, dis
appeared. Marching ahead of the
scout company, the dato Prao and
about thirty of his right-hand men
were brought back captives by Null
doom.
There is scarcely any Moro dato
who has attained considerable emf
hence in the southern islands with
in the past six years but has felt the
big stick" swung by Muldoon Not
more than six months ago Muldoon
was responsible for the taking of
powerful dato who had