Garland Globe | 1908-05-16 | Page 2 | Work Proceeds in Philippines

WORK PROCEEDS " IN PHILIPPINES Disarming of the Moros Progresses Without Serious Trouble and Lanao Districts are Quiet. Life of the Soldier In Our Island Possessions Pos-sessions Not so Strenuous as In the Past. Operations Being Restricted to Police Duty. Manila. Tho disarming of tho Da-Milan Da-Milan Moras Is progrosBlng without serious trouble. Tho Latino districts nro quiet. Tho troublo agaliiBt which tho troops wero recently operating was sporadic, nnd neither general nor serious. Mnjor flcncral Weston, who hns returned re-turned to Manila from un inspection of tho entlro district, reports that conditions nro quieter than iihuuI. Ho pronounces the recent operation's to hnvo been pollco rather than military. mili-tary. Tho government la being urged to socuro n loan for tho purposo of Installing In-stalling nn extended system or Irrigation. Irriga-tion. Tho Islands must purclmso 10,000,-000 10,000,-000 pesos of foreign rlco this year, making a total purchase during the pnBt ten yenrs or 100,000,000 pesos worth. It Is helloved that Irrigation will restore tho crops.