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Show Made to Yield to the Authority Au-thority of the United States Washington, Feb 16 Philippine malls just received at the war department depart-ment contain the first detailed accounts ac-counts of what Is regarded as a remarkable re-markable campaign conducted by Gon. eral Pershing against the Sulu Moros, ending tho day before Christmas with the capture of the aacred mountain Bua Dajo believed by the superstitious supersti-tious natives to bo Impregnable against attack by the whit man Owing Ow-ing to General Pershing's policy of showing the Moros the futility of resistance re-sistance hy massing around them, overwhelming numbers of troops, the loss of life was reduced to a mini- mum. The Americans had only two wounded and not raoro than a dozen Moros were killed. The purpose of the campaign wa3 to disarm the Moros and induce them to settle down to peaceful industry. Most of the tribesmen heeded the order to surrender their arms, but a .number of the wildest spirits gathered gather-ed on Mount Dajo and announced their purpose to resist to the end. General Gen-eral Perahln?: Burrounded the hill and In a campaign of four daya forced the surrender. Many of the Moros were found armed with modern weapons, weap-ons, including automatic revolvers. They were placed in a military prison at Calarian, where they will bo kept until their reformation Is assured. |