Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-10-06
Peace and Order Succeed
Treachery and Savagery
Among M0r0s.
Send THEIR YOUNG TO SCHOOL
Marvellous Change Takes Place In
Three Years-"ReaIixing Our Mo-
tives, People Are Heart and
Soul With U.s." Says Traub.


troops were withdrawn from Mindanao
and Sulu, home of the MOros, the
only Mohammedans In the Philippines,
have been proved baseless by the new
regime In that region. Where FIVE
years ago fear of the Moro and his lust
er Id the Moro country one of con-
slant worry and apprehension, today
there is peace and the beginning of a
prosperity the like of which would
have seemed q fools dream In 1912.
The substituting of Filipino con-
stabulary for American troops began
soon after Governor General Harri-
sons arrival October 9, 1879. The
conciliating of the Moro was fastened
by the policies of Frank Carpenter,
formerly executive secretary of the
Philippine government, whom Mr.. Har-
rison made governor of Mindanao and
Sulu. Mr.. Carpenter was the first
civilian governor, succeeding General
Pershing, the last military governor.
Long Uphill Struggle.
Governor Carpenter and his assist
ants had long uphill struggle against
recalcitrant and superstitiOus people,
but little by little outlawry has been
stamped out by guns and rifles hid
den away In forest homes and noun
tain huts have been turned in. Here
and there school houses have sprung
up, to attract Moro children whose
parents, at first suspicious and I'M
friendly, finally moved to the settle
ment where the schools were, giving
up the nomadic life which for CEN
turtles had been the worst foe to Moro
prosperity.
The Sulu archipelago and Jolo is
land for years hotbed of violence In
MindanaO, can now claim to have seen
the end Of outlawry and bushwhack-
Ing. To the man who knows the Jolo
Of five years ago, to the soldier whose
recollection of Jolo is memory of
sleepless nights and anxious days,
when the slightest noise behind his
back meant the possibility of an at
tack by a murderOus Moro or one
made mad by Mohammedan fanatic
ism, the achievement seems incredible.
But the thing has been done, and Col.
Peter r. Traub of the constabulary Ga
lieutenant colonel In the regular army
on detached duty with the constabu-
lary) has brought about new era OF
Sulu peace and order, a matter Of Of
fetal record In an order congratulate
Ing the constabulary of MindanaO and
Sulu, as follows:
Not a Single Outlaw.
1.-THE district chief announces to the
district In general orders the fact that
In the Province Of Sulu there is not O
single known outlaw at large-all
have been either killed, captured or
have surrendered.
"When 1t is realized that this is the
first time in the history of the Phil
lippine islands that such statement
could be truthfully made its import
ance becomes apparent. The whole
Sulu archipelago Is In a state of law,
order and peaceful control.
"In October, 1914, when the under
signed assumed charge Of this district
outlawry was rampant In Sulu and 1t
was place Stunned by peaceful trav-
lers; but with the establishment of
stations In the heart of the affected
region and with the spirit that the
Sulu constabulary has invariably dis
played, every officer and man, regard
less of hardship and privation, regard
less of danger and death, did his full
duty toward the government, without
malice toward the misguided creatures
who with their progenitors had made
the name of Sulu a by-word In the an
nails of these islands.
'In the short space of 81 months
Alb outlaws were killed, captured or
forced to surrender, 1877 firearms were
captured or surrendered and 800
blade weapons were captured or sur
rendered. This was not accomplished
without loss to our brave men, or
whom ten were killed or died Of
covered. The greatest accomplish
ment of all, however, Is that these
things were done with a minimum of
hatred and heartburns on the part of
the population, which in gradually In
creasing numbers came to help us In
our work of roofing out the lawless
who were preying on the law-abiding.
until now all the people, realizing the
motives that actuate us In our work,
are heart and soul with u.s."