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Show JOHN P. FINLEY MAY AGAIN BE GOVERNOR Washington, D. C , Dec. 29. That Colonel John P Flnley is to regain his place as governor of the Zam-baanga Zam-baanga section of the Moro province as a result of the retirement of Brig-' adler General John J Pershing, as governor of the Moro province is tho rumor in circulation in army circles here. To Finley is attributed the disarm lng and partly civilizing of several tribes of this, the most savage type of inhabitants in cur island posses sions. Unlike Pershing, who believed the way to subdue the Moro was by-war by-war Finley won their confidence by trusting them and proving to them that they could better their conditions by copying the customs of the outside world. He noticed their primitive methods of exchange. The shore dwellers, wishing fruits, would slip into the woods and hang their fish on trees The hill tribe would come-down come-down with fruits and leave them in exchange for the fish Those who would neither fish nor gather fruits helped themselves and lived without labor. Finley established the Moro ex chance. He erected in Zamboanga a public market, with booths, kitchens kitch-ens and a lodging house. Around them he built a stockade, guarded by troops, for the protection of the traders. tra-ders. A native board of directors governed it and a native superintend ed it. By this method Finley gradually grad-ually induced the natiies to sell their goods for cash and ouy what they needed for cash. Thl3 system proved a great success, and thereafter Fin-ley's Fin-ley's will was law among the Zan boangans. Pershing did net approve of peaceful peace-ful tactics apparently for when Finley Fin-ley went on a mission as most high master of his subjects to confer with the sultan of Turkey regarding their religious practices, Pershing filled his place with another man. Finley is going back again and It is believer-that believer-that he will be given his old post. 1 nn |