Word: moros
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...have witnessed also that wherever I went in the southern islands, there is almost pathetic reliance on and devotion to the, governor general by the leading Moro chiefs. Throughout the rest of the islands there has been perfect respect...
...given that fat and lean Filipino females should cease chewing betel-nuts, smoking cigars, ambling about naked. No doubt as the good steamship Mindoro cleft azure wavelets, Mr. Thompson occasionally thought of the political situation in this southern section. He knew, of course, that these southern islands contain overwhelmingly Moro, Mohammedan, polygamous and warlike inhabitants who will not pay taxes as it is against their religion. Nor will these Moros ever forgive the Filipinos for forcing their children to go to school where they learn such bad habits as keeping their teeth white instead of black like their parents. Likewise...
Presumably informed that there was no danger, he landed, spoke first to theFilipinos, while troops held in check ardent Moro dagger experts; thento the Moros, while troops held in check ardent Filipino dagger-experts. General Leonard Wood, whose schedule is approximately one day ahead of the Colonel's, was informed of the disturbance, hastened back to Zamboanga, held a meeting where he presided as arbiter. Said he afterwards: "I am ashamed that the Christian Filipinos showed Mr. Thompson that they were unable to live amicably with the Moros. I regret to sav that discipline was maintained by the Mahometan...
...Moro feudal overlords...
...Moros. Senator Hadjib Butu, representing Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago (where Moros predominate), also visited Oracle Thompson. He promised to introduce him to the Sultan of Sulu when he traveled southward; he told how Mohammedan Moros preferred U. S. rule to that of Christian Filipinos. Said Senator Butu: "The situation we face reminds me of the story of Joseph and his brethren in your Bible. The Moro looks up to the American as his father and upon the Filipino as his brother. Because of the love between Joseph and his father, his brothers threw him into a pit and left...