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Show "really Is. They are crawling Into the shell of convention ami fashion tn be prisoners for nil time Their Instinct, teaches them, however, to have no use for the intruding Caucasians ani wish them out of the country. History proves that to bring a barbarous bar-barous people to conditions of civilization civiliza-tion U a matter of generations. l't us hope that the benevolent work being emptied into the Philippines Phil-ippines shall not be in vain. Letter written by Lieut. Halvor D. Coulter to his father Dr. C. E. Coulter. LIEUTENANT WRITES A LETTER CORREG1DOR. Philippine Island. March 31, 1910 The inter Island transport 'Seward" hud the honor of landing your wlrt- and son at Manila this morning at elx oib-ck. Afl-r j having taken them on a twelve da; s trip to the principal ports on the west coast of the Philippine Islands. Our I .stopping places were us follows: 111 J Ilo, Camboanga, Malabang Parang, Cobato, Job. (or Sului ('amp Overton, Ormae, Cebu and Manila. We did not have much chance for exploration and observation, since til'-vessel til'-vessel remained hut one or two hour. We were especially disappointed in not seeing Jolo In th daytime. We bad built hopes of perhaps seeing his excellency tho Sultan In the streets of Snlu, althonch they say he Is still very exclusive and never goes out without being accompanied by his unibrella-bearors and a relinne. He must be a picturesque figure Indeed, with his light-fitting breeches, bright sash, short Jacket and crowned with a gay scarf knotted around his bend? We would hardly expect so angus' vi personage to publicly chew his vile betel-nut which is indulged In by the meanest of his subjects, but whether or not he does It to show his democracy de-mocracy and Indoar himself to Jiis people, peo-ple, th" Sultan of Sulu Is a devotee of the betel nut. The i wo foremost of his retinno are Invariably bearers of the betelnut, carrying it before them in precious caskets. Since the advent of the meddlesome med-dlesome Americanos his highness no longer abides In the town of Jolo He occupies a country seat at Mnllbun some miles In the Interior where he enjoys In comfort and slothfulness tho five thousand dollar annuity which the U. S. government pavs him for his valuable services In consideration of his past heroism, hero-ism, tho government riot only allows him this handsome, salary, but also relieves him of the cores of office. The dutle.? of the chief executive of Sulu are now- performed by a Lieutenant Lieu-tenant of Cavalry with the tltlo of President. We were forced to he content with seeing lolo at night Fortunately It was moon-light so that wc could form some idea of the place. It Is very picturesque and beautiful. More so than any other place we visited. The Island of Jolo Id Inhabited by several thousand Moros and the lid Is held down by Eovoral hundred soldiers. Judging from what I know of the Moro, I can forsec no natural developments develop-ments which will bring abutt any change In thl.i state of affairs The Moro Is as wild as the primitive primi-tive American Indian, also he Is a religious re-ligious fanatic: It will be many centuries cen-turies before be will be prepared to grasp the idea of a government. "Conceived "Con-ceived in liberty and dedicated to tbe proposition that all men arc created equal " Yes the Moro Is a cry religious quite as religious as were his forerunners fore-runners In the Mohammedan faith during the palmy days when they killed kill-ed all the Christians In northern Africa. There are no Mack sheep or backsliders back-sliders among the Moros The sin Of wearing n hr.t Is apparently unknown un-known among the nnives of Mindanao and Jolo. They either go bareheaded or wear knotted scarfs. It Is true thnt a few days he fore our visit to Jolo a pillar of the church had cut off a living child's hand In order to secure its finger ring, hut the natives seem to be as tolerant as they are devout and overlooked Immaterial derelicl Ions. Another trait of the Moro Is that he Is a man of action and not of words, which trait Is well lllufttrated In his religious practices. When a Moro "gets religion," instead in-stead of hanging around In a nice comfortable church and singing Hosannas he takes an oath to go forth and slay Christians until ho himself 1b slain. Women are generally safe for they have no souls hence there is no credit attached to killing them hut a Christian that wears trousers Is as good as mince meat If he comes within with-in reach of the barong of tho Jura-tnentudn Jura-tnentudn (sworn one) Formerly the juramentado used to fdiave off his eo-brows and swath himself In white before going forth lo hunt, but after a few practical lessons the Christians learned . tho game. If they saw a plous-looklng individual individ-ual with no eye-brows coming down th street (hey would W him have the contents of a Springfield. The modern juramentado dispenses with the barbarous custom of shaving eye-brows and changing clothes h? transacts business In everwlay clothes This is one of the most Important reforms re-forms that has resulted from the advent of civilization and Christianity in Sulu. Two weeks before our visit one of these plain clothes Jurumentadoa tried to slice up the soldiers on cuard at (be gate of Astiirlas barracks. When the corporal advanced lo receive bis pass be pulled out his borong a long knife tvfj nicely balanced that Is seemi to cut of Its own accord. He g"t In one blow at the corporal and wa then Phot by the sontlnol on post. A day or two later the Chinese shops were selling picture postals of dead Moro Tho beneficial results of the civilization civiliza-tion which has been Introduced to this Arch I pal a go are "not yet apparent. No one will deny that It was a curse under the Spanish regime which was of malicious tendencies, while under Uncle Sam's II is one of benevolence. benevo-lence. Both are considered a nuls-nce nuls-nce (o th people who are native to the country. Uncle Sam Is giving them Isiok larnln In cenerous quantl ties and teaching (hem to wear ili-romfortable ili-romfortable store clothes, thereby planting and cultivating the germs of ambition and discontent. The Phil Ippino boy no longer dreams of a t.lpa Shack on the shore of some ebeltered inlet of going out each morning to fish and hunt nnd of bring Ing home to his family the fruits . bis skill. Ills ambition now In to b a clerk in a city and wear sporty clothes Now this Is no country for clotheg the fewer the better. The Europeans are also showing the natives how to build compact houtes, where the Nlpa Shack6 are much more cool and comfortable. The simple natives aro rapidly learning how cr.pinlf'-aed !nd streioione tf |