Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-02
iMoRos ARE LOSING
 THEIR LUsr-FoR BLOOD
There Was No Outbreak Upon the
 Withdrawal of American Troops.


 Withdrawal of American Troops. s&
 Manila, Sept. 1-Misgiving felt sew al years ago when all American troops were withdrawn from Mindanao and Sulu, home of the Moros, the only Mohammedans in the Philippines, have been proved to be baseless by subse- Quent history of the new regime in that region. Where five years ago, fear of the Moro and his lust for blood made the life of the foreigner in the Moro country one of constant worry and apprehension, today there is peace and the beginnings of a prosperity the like of which would have seemed fools dream in 1912.
 The withdrawal of American troops and their substitution by companies of Filipino constabulary, was begun soon after the arrival of Governor Harrison. The work of consolidating the Moro was hastened by the policies of Frank Carpenter, former executive secretary ow the Philipine government, named governor of Mindanao and Sulu, soon after MT. HarriSon'S arrival here. MT. Carpenter was the first civilian gov ernor of the region, succeeding General Uershing, the last governor under the military regime.
 The task of Governor Carpenter and his assistants had been a hard one @ long uphill struggle against recalci- trant and SuperStitious people who have always fought any attempt to change their methods of life. Outlaw ry has always been a factor of the Mindanao situation 1Nd the frequent bands of outlaws gave the Moros nu- cleuses around which they could rally for an insurrection or revolt. But lit tie by little outlawry has been stamped out. One by one, or in patches of two or three guns and rifles hidden away in forest homes and mountain huts have been turned in. Here and there schoolhouses have sprung up, to at tract to them Moro children whose parents, at first suspicious and un- friendly, have finally ended by moving their families to the settlement where the schools were located and giving up the 1lomadic life which has been a. Moro tradition for centuries and which {. has been the worst foe of Moro pros perity.
 Sulu archipelago and Jolo island, for years the only hotbed of outlawry in Mindanano, can now claim to have seen the end of years of outlawry and knows the Jolo of five years ago, to the soldier whose recollection of Jolo is a memory of sleepless nights and anxious days when the slightest noise behind his back meant the possibili- ty of an attack by a murderous Mo TO or one made mad by Mohammedan fanaticisrn. the achievement seems in credible But the thing nas been done and Col. Peter F. Traub of the con- stabulary Ca heutenant-co colonel in the regular army, on detached duty with the stabulary) has made the new era of Sulu peace and order, a mat ter of official record in an order con- graduating the Constabulary of Min danao and Slulu
 The order follows:
 '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 it is realized that this is the first time in the history of the Phil ippine Islands that such a statement could be truthfully made it's import ance becomes apparent. The whole Sulu Archipelago is in 8 state of law, order and peaceful control.
 Tn October, 1914 when the under signed assumed charge of this District outlawry was rampant in Sulu and 1t was a place summed by peaceful travellers; but with the establishment of stations in the heart of the affect ed region and with the spirit that the Sulu Constebulary has invariably dis | played, every officer ard man regard | less of hardship and privation. re- gardless of danger and death did his !! full duty towards the government | without malice toward the misguided | creatures who with their progenitors | has made the name Of Sulu by-word | in the annals of these Islands.
 Tn the short space of twonty-cne | months 413 outlaws were killed, cap- i tured or forced to surrender, 1S7 fire l arms were captured or surrendered and 500 blade weapons were captured 1 or surrendered. This was not accomp- i Hshed without loss to our brave men, 1 of whom ten were killed or died of | wounds and F were wounded and re- | covered. The, greatest accomplish | ment of all however, is that these | things were done with a minimum of | batred and heart burn on the part of | the population, which in gradual in i creasing numbers came to help us in | our work of roofing out the lawless i who were preying on the law-abiding, l u1ul now all the people. realizing the ] motives, that actuate us in our work. | are heart and soul with us. It remains | fo- the Sulu Consta bulary so to con- duct themselves that confidence in their motives will keep on incerasing and so that the various departments | If government-health, education. pub- lie works and other activities-will | find the preparation of the soil by the Constabulary fruitful in their future endeavors for the benefit of the peo- pie"