The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-28
SULU ISLANDERS
FAVOR LEARNING
Peace and Order Succeed
Treachery and Savagery
Among M0r0S.
SEND THEIR YOUNG TO SCHOOL
Marvellous Change Takes Place in
Three Years-"Realizing Our Mo-
tlves, People Are Heart and
Soul With U.s." Says Traub.


Manila, P. I.-Misgivings felt sew
eral years ago when all American
troops were withdrawn from Mindanat
and Sulu, home of the Moros, thu
only Mohammedans in the Philippines
have been proved baseless by the new
regime In that region. Where fiv'
years ago fear of the Moro and his lus
for blood made the life Of the foreign
er in the Moro country one Of con
slant worry and apprehension, tOda!
there is peace and the beginning OF {
prosperity the like of which would
have seemed a FOOLS dream In 1912.
The substituting Of Filipino con
stabulary for American troops begar
soon after Governor General Harri
sons arrival October 6, 1879. The
conc;liating of the Moro was hastenec
by the policies Of Frank Carpenter
formerly executive secretary OF the
Philippine government, whom Mr.. Har
rison made governor Of Mindanao ano
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 un'
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 a 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 e. Traub of the constabulary "a
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 q
single known outlaw at large-all
have been either killed, captured OF
have surrendered.
"When it is realized that this is the
first time in the history Of the Phil
lippine islands that such statement
could be truthfully made it's import
ance becomes apparent. The whole
Sulu archipelago is in 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 II
was a 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 by-word In the an
nails of these islands.
"In the short space Of 81 months
Alb outlaws were killed, captured OF
forced to surrender, 1877 firearms were
captured or surrendered and 5O(
blade weapons were captured or sur
rendered. This was not accomplished
without loss to our brave men, Of
whom ten were killed or died Of
wounds and II were wounded and re
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 IL
our work of roofing out the lawles:
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."