Show FANATICS STIR UP philippines leaders take advantage of zeal and superstition of religious sect manila P I 1 the recent battle in the island of luzon philippines between se leeral eral hundred religious fanatics known as ent Calo runis and an armed force of the philippine constabulary stab caused little surprise to persons familiar with conditions in the archipelago the Cal Calo runis wlm will derive their name from the latin words Is with which many prayers conclude have been active accle throughout the islands for many years under the leadership of self styled papas or popes who find it easy to take advantage of their zeal and superstition in the troublesome islands of samar and leyte southeast of luzon izon the Cal are generally called pronounced and in other localities they may from time to time assume other designations but whatever their name minme they believe they are true christians and their faith Is so strong that they think themselves immune to the bullets of their enemies forty three distinct tribes to deal with them Is often difficult partly because of geographical reasons adequate policing la Is almost impossible in an archipelago of more than islands some of which are almost as large as new kew york state stale and others mere barren rocks jutting out of the sea large areas are jungle and mountainous almost inaccessible to a punitive expedition and always fraught with the danger of ambush forty three distinct tribes sp speaking eakIn nearly one hundred dialects orilian it the group they range in im importance por from tile the Vi auml number ing in about down to the pigmies pygmies pig mies negritos Negri tos and others dwelling diling either in the swamps or high up in the mountains american administrators have encountered trouble from various of these groups in many of the isla edg in the island of leyte of the pula jane branch of the Calori lm once kept nearly a brigade of united states troops constantly on th the e morel march for ten ninni months hs these fanatics vere ere not necessarily tit at war with american soldiers or with the file native police armed with bolos and spears they would swoop town down on a defenseless barrio plunder and murder and then tale take to the trackless mountains alive and fighting the Cal belief in immunity to bodily danger was well illustrato ed during that campaign the priests gave them certain charms called andings these were usually cut out of white paper in strange shapes and marked with crescents swastikas swa or other designs in battle one was worn over the heart and another pasted over the forehead pu lahanes wounded and taken prisoner were r shown hown the bodies of their lead dead comrades hut even such evidence was insufficient to shake their faith in the word of papa faustino their pope my broth brothers are dead in leyte said one prisoner but alive an and d fighting in samar perhaps the most famous of all the activities wits was that which had its headquarters at agao about five years ago priests who ho appeared in tile the barrios there preached that a great war would begin at Su durigan Surl rigan gao sweep over the islands and then over the whole world furious fighters were coining to from all over the islands the priests said and every government official regardless of race was to be slaughtered after this massacre the immortal jose ilizal the george washington find and simon bolivar of the philippi nes who was executed by the spaniards before america took ver over the islands would rise from the dead and make his headquarters on a small island oft off the coast of surl goo from there a rizal ark would take the victors to the large island of cebu where they would dwell forever without molestation while a plague would depopulate the rest of the world the difficult tribesmen the natives believed the prophecy they slaved and saved and bold and turned all the profits into the coffers of the priests and leaders when authorities sent an armed force to break up the scheme severe fighting followed and a number of lives were lost the general belief that the moros mores the edans of 0 the lie southern woods islands of the philippine gro group ip are the most difficult tribesmen to deal etith ith Is not entirely warranted true they are hardier warriors more courageous and intelligent than the other oilier so called wild tribes but the moros amoros are becoming educated while it is next nest to impossible tv tu go into the jungles and mountains and carry civilizing influences fluen ces among the more remote tribes much of the bad name associated with the moros is due to their custom known as A moro gone Is a moro afore ulio has sworn to ile die killing male christians and sending their souls to hell bell christian women are in no danger because in the moro faith a woman has no soul head hunting negligible the story is still told in doroland Mo Blo roland that in the early days of american occupation when were running amuck all too frequently quent ly an american gunboat did a little of its own by shelling several offending villages when the sultan or headsman complained he be was told that there was no way to prevent a boat going any more than the tribal authorities could prevent some of their own people front from doing it the quick thinking thin klu beloro has a sense of humor and the lesson was riot not lost among the wild tribes perhaps the most overrated for fierceness are the so called head hunters it is doubtful ou whether there have been twenty heads actually hunted in the islands to in the last 20 years the tribes who used to take delight in head hunt hunting ng Igo rotes Bont and Tin glans cause comparatively ively little trouble in the mountains of luzon where here N the summer capital baguio Is situated the Igo rotes are the predominant tribe triba and make excellent servants |