Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-09-15
SULU ISLANDERS
FAVOR LEARNING
Peace and Order Succeed
TreaChery and Savagery
Among Moros.
SEND THEIR YOUNG TO SCHOOL
Marvellous Change Takes Place in
Three Vears-"Realizina our Mo-
tives, People Are Heart and
Soul With U.s." Says Traub.

Manila, T.. i.-Misgiyings felt sew
ernl years agu when all American
troops were Withdrawn from MindannO
aud Sulu. home OF the MorOs, the
only Mohammeduns Ia the Philippines.
lave been proved baseicss 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 iu the Moro country one OF con
slant worry and apprehension, today
there is peace aud the beginning Of a
prosperity the like OF which would
have seemed Il FOOLS dream In 1872.
The substituting OF Filipino on
stabulury for American troops began
soon after Governor General Harri-
sons arrival October 6, 1919. The
conclliating az the Moro was hustened
by the policies OF Frank Carpenter,
formerly executive secretary OF the
Philippine government. whom Mr.. Har-
riSUu made governor OF Mindanuo and
Sulu. Mr.. Carpenter At the first
civiliun governor, succeeding General
NulHE, the luNl uiIlltuIS b''tlHV''
Long Uphill Struggle.
Governor Carpenter and his assist
ants had Il long uphill struggle against
rccaicitraut and supcrstitiOus people,
but little by little Outlawry has been
stumped out 10y guns and rifles hid
deu away Ia forest homes and noun
tain huts have been turned Ia. Here
aud there school houses ave sprung
up. TO attract Moro children whose
parents. AT first suspicious u 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 u hotbed of violence in
Mindunu0. Gun now claim 10 have seen
the end Of OutluWry and bushwhuCa-
ing. To the man who knows the JO.O
of live years ago. q" the soldier whose
recollection of julu is Il memory Of
~sleeplesS nights and anxious days,
when the slightest noise behind his
back meant the possibility Of an at
tack 10y II murtleruu> Moro or one
made mad by Mullummedun fanatic
ism. the achievement seems incredible.
BI; the thing has been done, aud Col.
Peer f.. Truub uf the ~cunstahulary Ca
lirutcnuu, colonel Zoo the regular army
on detached duty with the constubu-
larry has brought about "a new era Of
Sulu peace and order, % matter Of Of
hcuul record IN an order congratulate
Iug tie co~nSDahulary OF MindanuO and
Sulu. as follows:
Not a Single Outlaw.
The district chief to the
district in general orders the fact that
IN the Province Of Sulu there is not a
single known outlaw at large-nlI
have been either killed, captured or
have surrendered.
When II Is realized that this is the
first time Ia the history Of the Phil
iipplne islands that such a Statement
could be truthfully made its import
ance becomes apparent. The whole
Sulu archipelago is ia n state Of law
order and peaceful control.
In October. 1914. when the under
signed assumed charge of this district
outluwry was rampant In Sulu and II
was a place summed by peaceful trav
lers: but with the establishment ol
stations Ia the heart of the affected
region and with the spirit that IA,
Sulu constabulary has invariably dis
played. every officer aud man, regard
less Of hardship and %privatiOn. regard
less of danger and death. did his ful
duty toward the government, withOu
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 month
4i3 outlaws were killed, captured o
forced 90 surrender. 1871 firearms wert
captured or surrendered and 5O
blade weapons were captured or sui
rendered. This was O accOmpllshe'
without loss to our brave men. o
whom ten were killed or died o
wounds and II were wounded and re
covered. The greatest accomplish
ment Of all. however. Is that thes
things were done with a minimum o
hntred and heArtburns OF the part o
the population. which I'm gradually Ia
creaslng numbers came TO help US &
our work Of roofing out the lawles
who were preying on the law-dbidlni
until now all the people, realizing IN
motives that actuate us Ia our wOrl
ara haaFf and goui with ug"