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Show CONDITIONS IN SAMAF1. (Irnarnl a rant Telli of tlin Situation In the ItUuil. Speaking of the conditions on tho Island of Samar General Fred D. Grant, who has just rcturued.from the Philip-pints, Philip-pints, said lu an Interview: "Samar Is enjoying the first period of pcico that it has ever known and I am entirely en-tirely satisfied that the Inhabitants of the Island will not attempt to make any further trouble for our government. govern-ment. "Now that they have been forced by the stress of military operations to cease their hostilities thu natives for tho most part seem absolutely contented con-tented with the new order of things. When I first wont to Samar, It was u case of fight your way everywhere and protect yourselves while doing so. A soldier could not venture much out of hailing distance of even the conquered towns without being sot upon and killed by savage natives. '"iho Moros, of course, will commit nets of depredation now and again, but it needs only a strong pollco force to hold them In check. A little trouble may also bo expected from the natives of the Sulu group, who are more Ig-noruuttlian Ig-noruuttlian those on the other islands," |