The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-09-14
SULU ISLANDERS
FAVOR LEARNING
Peace and Order Succeed
Treachery and Savagery
Among MoroS.
SEND THEIR YOUNG TO SCHOOL
Marvellous Change Takes Place In
Three Years-"Realizng Our Mo-
tives, People Are Heart and
Soul With U.s." Says Traub.

Manila, 7. I.-Misgivings felt sew
eral years ago when all American
troops were withdrawn from Mlndanao
and Sulu, home of the MOrOs, the
only Mohammedans in the Philippines,
lave been proved baseless by the new
regime in that region. Where five
years ago fear of the Moro and his lust
for blood made the life of the foreign
er in the Moro country one of con
slant worry and apprehension, today
there is peace and the beginning OF Il
prosperity the like of which would
have seemed fools dream in 1872.
The substituting of Filipino con-
stabulary for American troops began
soon after Governor General Harri-
sons arrival October 6, 1879. The
concillating of the Moro was FASTENED
by the policies Of Frank Carpenter,
formerly executive secretary Of the
Philippine government, whom Dir. 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
10, nd rtHaS 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 nOmadlc 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 outawry and buShwhack-
ing. TO the man who knows the JOlO
Of five years ago, 10 the soldier whose
recollection of JoIo Is n memory Of
sleepless nights and anxious days,
when the slightest noise behind his
back meant the possibility Of IN at
tack by II murdcrous Moro or one
made mad by Mohammedan fanatic
ism, the achievement seems incredible.
But the thing has been done, and Col.
Peter Il. Traub OF the Constabulary Ca
lieutenant colonel In the regular army
on detached duty with the cOnstabu-
Iary) has brought about a new era Of
Sulu peace and order, n matter Of Of
fetal record In an order congratulate
ing the constabulury of Mlndanao and
Sulu. as follows:
Not Single Outlaw.
"The district chief announces 10 the
district In general orders the fnct that
in the Province Of Sulu there Is not n
single known outlaw at laEe-aIl
have been either killed, captured or
have surrendered.
when It is realized that this is the
FIRST dime in the history Of the Phil
iippine islands that such statement
could be truthfully made It's import
ance becomes apparent. The who'll"
Sulu archipelago is in n state of law,
order md 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 tray
lers, but with the establishment of
stations In the heart of the affected
region and with the spirit that 'hr
Sulu conStnbuary has invurnbly dis
played, every officer and man, regard
less Of hardship and privation, regard
less Of danger ana death, did his fun
duty toward the government, without
malice tOwnrd the misguided creatures
who with their progenitors had made
the name OF Sulu a by-word in the an
halls Of these Islands.
"In the short space of - months
Alb outlaws were Killed, captured or
forced "a surrender, l97 firearms were
captured or surrendered aud 5oO
blade weapons were captured or sur.
rendered. This was not accomplished
without loss 10 our brave men, OF
whom ten were Killed or died OF
wounds and - were wounded and re-
covered. The greatest accomplish
ment Of all, however, is that thcs,
things we're done with IA minimum Of
hatred and hear,burus on the part OF
The population which 10 gradually IN
creasing numbers came 10 help us It
our work Of roofing out the lnwlcs'
who were preying "n the lHw-Hbiding
until now all the people, realizing thu
motives that actuatc us in our work
are heart and soul with US
Hen Sets In Thresher-
Washington, Pa.-liOw an Old hcl
that had built her nest IN their thrcsh