The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-10
MORO TROUBLE
Is ARTIFICIAL
SAY FILIPINO
independence Commit,
Accuses General Woo,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. - With
gard to alleged conflicts between f.
pinos and Moros in the PhiIppi
Moro region, V. G. Bunnen, head
the Washington office of the Phil
pine Commission of Independence, b
the following statement:
The reported strife between +
pinos and Moros IN zamboanga a
Jolo during the visit of Color
Thompson in these places was the
suit of an attempt on the part Of t
enemies of Philippine independent
to impress the presidents envoy wi
the supposed hatred between the =
peoples, according to advices We ha
received from our Manila Office.
fact, Filipino ex-governor of one
the Moro provinces charged Mai
Fletcher of the United States arr
with being responsible for it.
It Sounds Familiar
This is not the first time that. 81
liar efforts have been made, for {
alleged hatred between Filipinos q
Moros has been invoked time g
again, especially since the intr0ds
ton of the Bacon bill, as an argums
against independence and TOR the 50
aration of the Moro region from I
rest Of the Philippine archipaEas
The reported conflict is the same. sos
the same music, staged IN the prs
ence of Colonel Thompson and
effect in the United States, and IN
far as the Filipino people are CT
cerned, they are satisfied with {
comfortable knowledge that n
Thompson and the American peoT
have too much common sense not
see thru it.
Wood IN Plot.
And despite the assertion Of G<
ernor General Wood that the Ba.
boanga affair, according to Manila q
patches, was so serious that only t
presence of Major Fletcher and I
troops prevented actual clash, t
same dispatches state that Color
Thompson dismissed it with the sta
ment: Il am sure it was only a N
understanding which has now happi
ended"
The following facts and hgur
taken from the official records Of I
bureau of non-christian tribes OF {
Philippine government viii show
yond the shadow Of a doubt that {
Filipinos and Moros can live togeth
peacefully if undisturbed by outsi
influences, as proven during the H;
rison regime, when the Filipinos we
permitted to manage their nwR
fairs, including those of the Moro
gion:
Americans Cause Killings.
From the period beginning July
1903, to December, 1913, before t
Filipinos came in control, there
CURED 1872 encounters between t
Moros and the constabulary. Duri
the period from January, 1914, to {
tober Is, 1921, the Harrison regin
only 20 encounters occurred. Taxi
only a short period of two years
the Wood administration, beginni
October Is, 1921, more than rs
counters have already occurred.
least II have occurred up to Augu
1923.
Worse Now Than Ever.
From July Is, 1903, to Decemb,
1913, as a result Of these encounter
1866 casualties are recorded, VIII
during the Harrison administratic
running for a period Of about sew,
years, only 373 casualties occurre
and during the administration Of &C
ernor-G eneral Wood up to Augu
1928, less than two years, 163 casu
ties have happened. Under the pi
vious administration up 10 1918 4
average encounters between the &C
stabulary and the Moros per year W
20, while during the Harrison admin
tration it was only three, and und
the Wood administration up to Augu
1928, it increased to nine.
Wood Makes Trouble.
Dhuti tut plbNloub dtiluluisLTdtN
prior to 1913 the average number
casualties per year was 20S. while
der the Harrison administration it W
only So, and under the Wood admin
tration up TO August, 1928, it
creased to SO.
These statistics speak for the
selves and show beyond any don
that at least the relations betwe
the Filipinos and the Moros duri
the Harrison administration. when I
government of Mindanao was in [
hands Of Filipinos. were more cord
than at present, let alone the great
progress attained during that peri
compared with that which proceed
IL and the present one.