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Show THE M0R0 CAMPAIGN WAS SHORT. The campaign ngalnst the Moroi of tho Lake legion In Mindanao was short, sharp nnd decisive It nppetrs to be over. Probablv Oen Davis s invitation to the Sultan Tarlac to come Irt and pay a friendly visit will be accepted, in view of the scvero lesson Inflicted upon his neighbors These Moros of the Like I.nmo region are the wildest on I lenst civilised of all the race They have alw i resented the presence of any person In the boundaries of what they clnlm to be their territory fJen-eral fJen-eral Kobbe, who commanded In that legion for two ears, sought to win their friendship by establishing weekly fairs at llagau and on the nortji nnd kbuth coasts of the Wind nnd mode some progress, their attendance at them Inctend, nnd they nre keen traders. They are well armed, and have nlwavB succeeded hitherto In keeping ever body out of their country. There 1 not much danger of a guerrilla guer-rilla waifaro with them, as their customs cus-toms require that tho must Itv a on a lake, a considerable river or on tho ocean coast 'Ihe charge whereby their fort waa captured Is described as a very brilliant feat ot arms The neighboring neigh-boring dnttn nre represented as ready to quit. It wna of the utmost importance im-portance to vindicate the t'nlted States authorlt) and compel respect for the demand that the murderer of the signal sig-nal service party should be given up. That authority is now paramount, and there la not likely to be any further trouble of consequence The re(iorts of surrenders of Insurgents Insur-gents In the different provinces, where the) were waiting the termination of negotiations, la encouraging reading Five separate bands of importance sur-rendeied. sur-rendeied. Involving over ltoo men 331 tides and a large number of bolos Resides, other surrenders of smaller hands are reported at many point The only known force of Insurgents now out Is one of 111 on the island of Le)te which Is close to Samar. It 1 probable that these will come In and surrender In a short time, for they can see that their struggle is hopeless besides be-sides being wicked and treacherous, with no principle whatever Involved In It. |