Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-07
BY HERBERT COREY.

storm of protesting indignant THE gun
boat s juramentado.' said the Spanish commander
smuggling his shoulders in resignation
Examples these not cited as in any way
typical they were, dealing with the 100000 Moros
would be job for continental army If they were'
the only way to handle department would be either
to wage of determination, or to withdraw and
consign it to it's devices As matter OF 1ac the
Sulu reports that there is no
disorder. The constabulary is preserving the pu0h'
peace, Outlaws being hunted down with the as
of their relatives The Moro and the Filipino
going to school together But the juramentados ana
similar their Significance. They are not
typical but they exist They show that covering the
department is not like governing Hawaii or Cuba
is by a low order or humanity
civilization compares we'll with -:-r
Oriental peoples his religion rooted five centuries
deep He shows today great desire for the establish
ment of schools and other benefcent institutions of the
American regime Whether this springs from thirst
of knowledge, from human dislike of seeing the
other fellow ahead him is hard but he is
asking for school systems such the northern islands
have.
There Dato Alameda. instance. This gentle
at the head of band of 5000, had misbehaved
badly for years He outlaw such large scale
that he practically amounted to hostile army The eff
forts of agents finally induced him to
in and be good, and his people settled
of land assigned After while the dato was
invited to accompany party of similar Mohammedan
chiefs tour of the islands, Manila wise
for promoting better mutual understanding
accepted.
He insisted wearing his native costume a
in his belt After few days he discarded
his own account, and arriving in Manila disappeared
for day, to turn in complete American
intelligent interest in everything he saw, and
he is calling for government schools and home
stead surveys for mis- people
The number of public schools in Nindanao-sulu Is
summed up by Governor Carpenter negligible
pared the need There is still great task before the
island administration Besides
there are UNCONVENTIONAL enterprises, and
the Moros have schools own, where the Mo.
hammedan religion and knowledge Of Arabic script
nculcated the bulk of the work of Will
fall to the government
1t is because the population of the department "a
almost completely distinct type class which
dominates the islands whole, that it
separate problem. and what is perhaps the
esting potentality the whole situation In respect
agriculture justice sanitation education of the pa
gans and similar matters Mndanao-Sulu presents the
difficulties Luzon and the visayans knottier in
some instances simpler in others But in this
race, the southermost provinces that the
department are unique.
There is encouraging evidence in the last few rnotba
that the hereditary antpathy between Filipino and
Moro the dstrust the side contempt on the
other, is not acute formerly thought The
talk of the Moros themselves contributed largely to-
ward building the old opinion, history seemed to
bear them out The visits of Moro chiefs to the NORTH
and the work of Christian Filpinos in Mindanao ara
bringing about better understanding
The ultimate amalgamation of all the peoples of the
archipelago into homogeneous whole is course the
ideal solution of internal questions. view of
their common Malay ancestry many Americans think
that this will eventually be possible
Negritos
Such consummatien is a long way off at best
its bearing the situation Significance
of MindanaoSulu lies in the fact be gov
without. MindanaoSulu means that to cash
Philippines be to give them not alone
autonomy, but empire.