Evening star. [volume], June 28, 1936, Image 16

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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FOR NEWSULTAN
Brother and Husband of.
Adopted Daughter of Late
Ruler Compete.
BY JAMES G. WINGO.
The famed warlike people of Moro
iand In Southern Philippines went to
the polls yesterday to elect the suc
cessor of His Highness Padukka Ma
hasarl Manulana Hadji Mohammed
Jamalul Kiram II. Sultan of Sula.
who died four weeks ago today The
result of the election will be known
this week.
There were two candidates for the
exalted office of the only recognized
royalty under the United States flag.
One was the acting Sultan. Datu
(Prince) Umbra, husband of the
adopted daughter of the dead ruler.
Hadji Dayang Dayang Plandao. Dayang
Dayang means princess of the first
degree. The Dayang Dayang was a
power behind the dead Sultan's
throne and administratrix of the
sultanate property. She was the one
who suggested an election and put
forward her husband as candidate,
despite the advice of the sultan s
grand vizier that the rightful heir to
the throne is Datu Rajamuda. brother
cf the dead ruler.
Rajamuda's candidacy was sup
ported by Hadji Butu. the grand j
vizier and rightly regarded as the j
best educated and ablest Moro j
patriarch. Butu warned the Dayang ;
Dayang faction that there would be
an internecine war In Moroland un- i
less his man succeeded his brother. 1
*- Recognition Opposed.
The Philippine Commonwealth's
Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes Is
against the recognition of any named
or elected .Successor of Jamalul II,
although James R Fugate. American
governor of Mindanao, recommended
such recognition. The bureau, which i
Is completely In the hands of Christian
Filipinos, traditional enemies of the
Moros. wants to break down the j
lultanate. permitting an easier as
similation of the Mohammedans by
the Christians.
For four full weeks the city of Jolo,
the dirty, ancient capital of Sulu
Province and spiritual capital of all
Moroland. has been In turmoil. Pres
ident Manuel Luis Quezon, who hap
pened to be on a trip with some mem
bers of the Philippine Assembly in
the southern part of the Philippines,
hurried to Jolo as soon as he heard
of the death of Jamalul IT He
warned the Moros that the Philippine
government would not tolerate any
warfare. However, the spiritually
leaderless Moros continued to prepare
for fighting.
The Moros have always been a main
problem of the Philippine government
under Spain, the United States or
the Filipinos. They stand on their
record as one of the fiercest tribes
of fighting men this world has know n.
Man for man, a Moro with a kris
(a big. sharp knife) has no equal.
The Spaniards never succeeded in
subjugating them. In pre-Spanish :
times the Moros In small boats went
as far as the northern part of the
Philippines to plunder and kidnap
northern women.
Subjugated by Americans.
Only the Americans succeeded in
subjugating the Moros and then only
after much bloodshed on both sides.
In 1906 Gen. Leonard Wood's troops
were forced to kill 600 Moros. In 1913
Gen. -John J. Pershing's were forced
to eliminate 300. Later these two
famed American officers succeeded in
making the Moros friends of the
United States. A majority of the
Moros now prefer American rule to
Filipino. In 1933 a Filipino constab
ulary patrol was ambushed and ex
terminated by Moro marauders whom
they were hunting. Hardly a day
passes In Moroland that a Moro does
not chop a Christian to pieces or a
Christian does not shoot down a Mo- J
hammedan.
The Moros hate the Filipino Chris
tians wdth the hatred that only re- j
ligious fanaticism can breed. They are j
proud, touchy and quick to resent any
Intrusion of their rights and customs.
When a Moro wants to die and pass
Into his Mohammedan paradise he
runs “amuck.” He takes his kris in ;
his hand, goes to a place where Chris
tians are assembled and proceeds Im
mediately to the business of disem- j
boweling and beheading. He is killed
finally by a gunshot but not before he
has felled a few Christians.
This hatred of the Moros for their
northern brothers goes back to the !
fourteenth century, when they came
under Mohammedan influence. The {
Moros were originally pagans of Indo
nesian origin like the ancestors of the
northern Filipinos.
The Moros are fighting for more
autonomy. They have been permitted
to elect some of their local officials.
Schools have been furnished by the \
government but the Moros have not
taken kindly to public school practices. j
War Service Opposed.
Lately they have objected to the j
compulsory military service imposed !
by the commonwealth government, j
During the last few months many of 1
them moved to Borneo. Those who
have joined the army refuse to wear
wide-brimmed campaign hats because
these shut out their view of heaven.
Moros in the Philippine constabulary
have always been permitted to wear
fez.
The Sultan of Sulu Is still the recog
nized spiritual head of all Moham
medans in the Sulu archipelago, Min
danao, Basilan and Palawan Islands
In the Phllllpptnes and British North
Borneo, but he has only a fraction of
his former influence. He has greater
prestige in Borneo than In the Philip
pines. In a treaty with the Philippine
government in 1915, Jamalul II re
nounced all temporal power over 500,
000 Moros and in return was recog
nized as the spiritual head of Mo
hammedanism in the islands. He also
received a grant of land and a life
pension.
Jamalul IIs dynasty goes hack to
Mohammed, with a genealogy of full
500 years. All his life Jamalul II
tried to maintain a show of petty roy
alty. holding court like any potentate.
His income came from his govern
ment allowance, payments for vari
ous services by his subjects and rental
for land from the British North
Borneo Co.
Plastic Coffins Produced.
Plastic coffins are being produced in
England.
ENGLAND’S SPAS
Bath More Famous, but There Are
Other Beneficial Springs.
LONDON, June 37.—Few people
outside of England seem aware of the
fact that Great Britain possesses
thermal springs of health. Methods
are now being sought to bring them
more prominently to the attention of
American*. Most of the springs are
open all the year round. Among the
disease* benefited are rheumatism,
arthritis, sciatica, lumbago and kin
dred diseases, as well as afflictions of
the stomach, liver, kidney and the
nervous system.
Bath, In the county of Somerset, 107
i miles from London Is generally known
as Britain's historic spa. Its hot
springs have yielded their beneficial
supply for nearly 2,000 years. The
hot mineral waters were used by the
Romans In the first century. A large
culvert built by them for carrying off
the surplus water la still In use today,
forming some of the finest Roman re
mains In Western Europe.
Concert Series to Open.
The first of a series of concerts to
be given at the District of Columbia
War Memorial this week will be held ■
tomorrow, It was announced yesterday
by the acting superintendent of pub*
11c parks. The second will be held
Tuesday and the third. Thursday.
They will last from 7 30 to 9.30 pm.
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