Evening star., 1936-06-28
M0ROLAND VOTES.
FOR NEW SULTAN
Brother and Husband OF
Adopted Daughter Of Late
Ruler Compete.
BY JAMES G. WINGO.

The famed warlike people OF Moro
land In Southern Philippines went TO
Ia. polls yesterday to elect the sue
esssor of His Hishness Padukka Ma
hasari Manulana Hadii Mohamr1ed
Janalul Kiram II, Sultan OF Sula
who died four weeks ago today. The
result of the election will be known
this week
There were two candidates for the
exalted Office Of the only recognized
ROYALTY under the United States nag
One was the acting Sultan, Datu
(Prince) Umbra, husband OF the
adopted daughter Of the dead ruler.
Hadji Dayang Dayang Piandao. Dayang
Dayang means princess Of the first
degree. The Dayang Dayang was
power behind the dead Sultan's
throne and Administrative OF the
sultanate property. She was the one
who suggested an election and put
forward her husband as candidate.
despite the advice of the sultan's
grand vizier that the rightful heir to
the throne Is Datu Rajamuda, brother
Of the dead ruler.
Rajamudas candidacy was sup
ported by Hadji Butu, the grand
vizier and rightly regarded as the
best educated and ablest Moro
patriarch. Butu warned the Dayane
Dayang faction that there would be
an internecine war In Moroland un-
less his man succeeded his brother.
Recognition Opposed.
The Philippine Commemorative
Bureau of Nom Christian Tribes Is
against the recognition of any named
or elected successor Of Jamalul II,
although James r. Fugate. American
governor of Mindsnao. recommended
such recognition. The bureau, which
Is completely in the hands of Christian
Filipinos, traditional enemies Of the
Moros. wants to break down the
.ultanate, permitting an easier as
sanitation Of the Mohamnedans by
the Christians
For four full weeks the city of Jolo,
the dirty. ancient capital OF Sulu
Province and spiritual capital of all
Moroland. has been in turmoil. Pres
1dent Manuel Luis Quezon. who hap
pened to be on trip with some men,
bers of the Philippine Assembly IN
the southern part Of the Philippines,
hurried to Jolo as soon as he heard
of the death of Jamalul II. He
warned the Moros that the Philippine
government would not tolerate any
warfare. However, the spiritually
leaderless Moros continued to prepare
for fighting.
The Moros have always been a main
problem of the Philippine government
under Spain. the United States or
the Filipinos They stand on their
record as one Of the fercest tribes
Of fighting men this world has known
Man for man, a Moro with a kris
a big sharp knife has no equal.
The Spaniards never succeeded IN
subiugating them. In pre-Spanlsh
times the Moros in small boats went
as far as the northern part OF the
Philippines to plunder and kidnap
northern women.
subiugated by Americans.
Only the Americans succeeded IN
sublugating the Moros and then only
after much bloodshed on both sides.
In 1906 Gen. Leonard Woods troops
were forced to kill 500 Moros. In 1913
Gen. John j. Pershing's were forced
to eliminate 300 Later these two
famed American officers succeeded IN
making the Moros friends of the
United States A majority of the
Moros now prefer American rule to
Filipino. In 1888 a Filipino constab-
ulary patrol was anbushed and ex-
terminated by Moro narauders whom
they we're hunting Hardly day
passes in Moroland that Moro does
not chop a Christian to pieces or
Christian does not shoot down Mo-
hamnedan.
The Moros hate the Filipino Chris
tians with the hatred that only re-
Ieious fanaticism can breed. They are
proud, touchy and quick to resent any
Intrusion of their rights and customs.
When a Moro wants to die and pass
into his Mohammedan paradise he
runs "amuck." He takes his kris in
his hand. goes to place where Chris
tons are assembled and proceeds i'm
media tely to the business Of disem-
boweling and beheading. He is killed
finally by a gunshot but not before he
has felled few Christians.
This hatred Of the Moros for their
northern brothers goes back to the
fourteenth century. when they came
under Mohammedan influence. The
Moroe we're originally pagans Of 1ndo-
nesian origin like the ancestors of the
northern Filipinoe.
The Moros are fighting for more
autonomy. They have been permitted
TO elect some of their local offcials.
Schools have been furnished by the
government but the Moros have not
taken kindly to public school practices.
War Service Opposed.
Lately they have objected to the
compulsory military service imposed
by the commonwealth government
During the last few months many Of
them moved to Borneo. Those who
have Joined the army refuse to wear
wide -brimmed campaign hats because
these shut out their view Of heaven.
Moros in the Philippine constabulary