| Show THAT JOLO AFFAIR Tho The unfortunate necessity of assault assaultIng u ault tog Ing n it I MoU stronghold and lighting the tho th battle battlo to tot a finish has ban hll as us U was expected some of ot our contemporaries with a it I text for denunciation ot of our government and amid occupation of tho the Philippines The public have hae b heen cn asked whether they are arc not tired of ot this costly ami demoralizing at attempt attempt tempt as a methods as an despotic de as liB those thore ot or to conquer and to rulo rub an alien mind race The Tho battle tins been referred to as 1111 butchery What brand ot of patriotism Is It anyhow that charges our gallant soldiers with whim cruelties ami 1111 our government with despotic methods Those best acquainted with the tho people le In III tho the Archipelago tell us that tho tIm Mores Moros are a wild tribe without respect for tor any In law except that of Qt force torce They hey gather In groups around some chief or datto respected re because of or his fighting qualities and under his leadership they prey upon their neighbors neighbor He lie con elders all nil men tacit his own group ai lIS possible po enemies The Sultan of Bulu sulu Sub Is III supposed to be he im their sovereign but Jul he ho wields no real power oer over them bent and andIs an anh Is h unable to 10 protect their victims victim The Time Moron Moros we are told have nn an Intense hatred for Christians Their slaves laes are lire Filipinos and only a few Cew years ago ngo they regularly ravaged time the ports of oC tho the 1 and sometimes Iti lii the tho harbor of ot Manila Itself with their swift For the protection of the more inure civil civilized izett Izet Filipinos 1 It was vas nece lIar to punish the chief duet w will ho hart hail etc and his 1111 band In tho thu extinct crater ot of u IL 1 mountain on the Island of ot Join Jolo Tho rho itaLic dutto was a n bolt bold amid reck reek lees Ices milan man tint the tho temptation to plunder der Iler time the unprotected and mInd and the tte travelers was mims greut gremiL Tho The Mt It village was vas nothing more or less lens than a 1 nest of ot bandits whale hands were against every oman man The rime had been going on omm for Cor years nUll and time tho undo ilalio huLl hail been warned repent repeat repeatedly r edly citty At lust when It became evident l lent that diplomacy was os of cm no 1111 mm avail the troops tr Ol were ere ordered out und in III the re resulting battle the tho people of or time the moon moun mountain main lain were Vere To Fm th the American soldiers lIol lIers for tor mIning doing their thIr italy duty Iut under unter most trying circumstances U is cowardly Ameri Amerl Americans cans calm do not lIot willingly In lit btttle with women omen but they the could no ilo mr lU down their arms and attil retreat Jf chose til found Count that the time Moto bomo wu WuI Iu I io c IllI t th Ih time men In ut the tho tim e Ih ht I Mo I o III lii 1 tJ lion Ion I in is hut hit t whitt V ha t was Wl imM d iQ MI n mm Mount Pijo watt WJ I It ItIs ItI Is Ii I that It Il will with deter other Moro Morn from pursuing their raids raide on op tillers of or the time tra tm tm and thus result In III good to tho limo thoP P III generally |
