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Show PHILIPPINE PIRATES. FIERCE MOrtOS OVERRAN THE ISLANDS. They Were Crsel nod llloodlhlnty nml ths Rpnnlanli I'oolil Not Keep Th.m In Ch.tk tnlll the lr ' lUpla-fire lUpla-fire Onna, l'rof. Dean C. Worcester of the University Uni-versity ot Michigan contribute an article ar-ticle on "The Malay I'lrate of tho Philippine" to the Century. I'rof. Worcester says of the dreaded Moros of the southern Philippine The Moros Mo-ros entered the Philippine from llor-neo llor-neo at about the time of the Spanish discovery. They first settled In Sulu and Ilasllan, but rapidly spresd over the numtroui tmall lilinds of the Sulu and Tawl Tawl archlpelagoe and eventually occupied the whole of the great Island of Mindanao to the ent, and Ualabae and the eoulhcrn third or Palawan to the wesL lieforc their conquett of Palawan was completed they had their first terlout collision with Bpanlsh troops, and have not slnco been able to extend their territory, terri-tory, but what they had taken they have continued to hold Hostllltle between be-tween Moros and Spaniards were precipitated pre-cipitated by an unprovoked attack by tho latter upon one of the Mora chleft of north Mindanao The attacking force was almost annihilated, and the fanatical passions of tho Moros wero aroused. They forthwith began to or-ganlio or-ganlio forays against the Spanlih and native towns of the central and northern north-ern Islands, and from tho outset met with great succ Their principal expeditions soon became annual event. With each recurring southeast monsoon horde of tlism manned their war prau and tailed north, where they harried the coast until the cnange or monsoons warned them to return home.' Thousand or captives were taken. Men were compelled to harvett their own crop for the benefit of their captor, and war then butch ered In cold blood, wbll women and children were carried away, the former for-mer to enrich the seraglio of Moro chltft, the latter to lie brought up a lave. l"or two and n half centuries thl itate of affaire continued. Km-boldcned Km-boldcned by continued tuccee. the Moro no longer confined their attention atten-tion to tho defenseless native. Spanish Span-ish planters and government officials were killed or held for ransom. Hut tho delight ot the grim Moslem warrior war-rior wai to make prisoner of tho Spanish prleet and frlnn, toward whom they displayed the bitterest hatred. ha-tred. Islands which had once been prosperous were almost depopulated. Kvcn foreign Railing veasels wero attacked at-tacked and raptured The Spaniard! did not tamely tulimlt to thl ttnte ot affairs. Expedition nfter oxpedltlon wm organtied. Million of dollar and thousanda ot live were waited. Temporary Tem-porary successes were gained, hut they, resulted In no permanent ndvnutagc. On teveral occailona landing were made on Sulu Itself, fort built, and garrltont established, only to be driven driv-en from tho Island or massacred to n man. The itcel weapons of the Moroa were ot the beat, and for ean they were really better armed than the Spnnlarda; but with the Improvement In flroarmt the Spaniards gained an advantngo In which the Moro did not share. Such canr.on and rifles as they ponetted were antiquated, and they had difficulty In getting ammunition) but It was lint until the day ot rapid-fire rapid-fire guna and light-draft steam gunboat gun-boat that they were finally confined to the southern water of the archipelago. archi-pelago. An efficient patrol of gunboat gun-boat wns established, and the Moro praut were forbidden to put to tea without flnt obtaining a written permit per-mit from tho nearest 8panlth governor. govern-or. Thoy were alto ordered to fly the Spanlih flag. When n prau win encountered en-countered that did not thow the flag, or waa not provided with a pataporte. It was rammed and cut In two, or sunk by tho flro of machine-guns. No quarter quar-ter wai given. Aa opportunity offered the gunboats tbeljed the Moro village, which were built over tho sea and so could be easily reached. Sulu, which had always been the teat ot government govern-ment and tho residence ot the reigning sultans, wss destroyed In 1870. and a Spanish military post established whero It had been At flrat tho Moroa had a disagreeable habit of dropping In from time to time and wiping out tho garrison. It was constantly reinforced rein-forced or renewed, however, so that trom 1870 to the present day the Spanish Span-ish occupation at this point has been almost continuous. |
