The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-10-20
SULU ISLANDERS
FAVOR LEARNING
Peace and Order Succeed
Ireachery and Savagery
Among Moros.
SEND THEIR YOUNG TO SCHOOL
Marvellous Change Takes Place In
'nree Vears-"ReafIxino Our NO.
uves, People Are Heart and
Soul With us.s. says Traub.

MANILA, P. l.-Misgivings felt sew.
erai years ago when all American
troops were withdrawn from Mindunuo
ana Sulu. home of the Moros. the
only Mohammedans In the Philipnipes.
1"ve been proved baseless by the new
regime In that region. Where five
years ago fear Of the Moro and his lust
Tor o'ooo made the life OF the foreign
Ell IN the Moro country one of con
stant worry and apprehension, today
mere Is pence and the beginning of a
prosperity the like OF which would
nave seemed FOOLS dream in 1912.
The substituting Of Filipino con
stabulary for American troops began
soon after Governor General Hnrri-
sons arrival October 6, 1919. The
conciiiating OF the Moro was FASTENED
by the policies of Frank Carpenter,
Formerly executive secretary OF the
fhiilpplne government, whom Mr. Har-
rison made governor Of Mindnnno and
sun. MIR. Carpenter was the first
rlV'ilnn governor, succeeding General
Pershing. the last military governor
Long Uphill Struggle.
Governor Carpenter and his assist
ants mad a long uphill struggle against
recalcltrant and superstitIous people
but little by little outawry 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
Mindnnao, can now claim to have seen
the end OF outlawry and bushwhack-
ing. To the man who knows the Joo
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 Mt
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 constabulnry Ca
lieutenant colonel in the regular army
on detached duty with the constabu-
lary) has brought about new era of
Sulu peace and order. q matter of Of
licial record In an order congratulate
ing the constabulary Of Mindanao and
Sulu, as follows:
Not Single Outlaw.
"The district chief announces to the
district In general orders the fact that
In the Province of Sulu there is not a
single known outlaw at large-all
have been either killed, captured or
have surrendered.
when II is realized that this is the
first time In the history of the Phil
lippine Islands that such a statement
could be truthfully made its import
ance becomes apparent. The whole
sSulu archipelago is in state of law,
order and peaceful control.
''ln October. 1914, when the under
signed assumed charge of this district
outlawry was rampant in Sulu and IL
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 constnbulary 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 progentors had made |
the name of Sulu a by-word In the an
nails of these islands
In the short space of 81 months |
413 outlaws were killed, captured or |
forced to surrender, 1877 firearms were |
captured or surrendered and 500 |
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 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."