Show WAR WITH MOROS the san francisco chronicle views the hostilities in mindanao with some apprehension and says the campaign in luzon egret and acome other islands in the philippines to enforce respect and obedience to the sovereignty we acquired by purchase from spain has been carried on against the more civilized and christianized zed races inhabiting 1 tho group faith has therefore cut no figure in the contest in mindanao american sovereignty is however confronted with a new problem its enforcement there has brought ua into open conflict with a race choso whoso religious faith ia distinctively different freiri our own the moros or Minda nans are madans means that tho enforcement of american sovereignty on tho island brings us face to face with the fiercest form of fanaticism and will force ua to deal with institutions and customs foreign to our own civilization difficulties lit establishing sovereignty and in restoring perfect peace in tho ancl doubtless increased by the new conditions ons involved in tho occupation of mindanao if is not clear the submission of the moros to spanish sovereignty was ever complete they are however ie aisling the enforcement of american authority to acknowledge arte latter has resulted in a clash of arms and one of the bloodiest encounters in which our troops have been aiace waa occupied tho forta of sultan briyan have been carried by storm and that chieftain and a number of other sultana associated with him have been slain whether this signal triumph of american arms at the first encounter will awe flip boroi into sub mission or open a mcw guerrilla campaign in mindanao similar to that which liala occupied the attention of out military forces in luzon bance the consummation of peace with spain remains to bo seen our present danger liea in the possible po incitement of a religious war which will us in trouble with the sultan of the bulu group and tho leaders of other acdan tribes occupying other blands in the philippine archipelago if our military operations in mindanao assume that alic provo democrat ic marka asimo of the salt lake declare tint every time they speak of tiow rail toad for bait lake that tho ogdan |