The Sulu Archipelago and its people, by Sixto Y. Orosa ...

8 SULU ARCHIPELAGO AND ITS PEOPLE

Wireless station at Asturias. It is said that a device for breaking messages
was invented hlere
were tied to trees and cut to pieces. Between Busbus
and the Walled City are the government ice plant and
the Jolo machine shops.
In general the town presents a most cheerful appearance, and there is much that suggests the romantic.
The scene is enlivened by the Moro, passing lightly by
in gay attire. In former times he carried a barong in his
huge sash, and every foreigner, whether soldier or
civilian, carried arms for self-defense. But noxw only
municipal-district presidents and a few others with
special permits are allowed to wear barongs. Very few
non-Mohammedans carry revolvers or other arms, and
one may wander in safety all over the town, without
guards or arms.
At night the avenues, bordered by trees and electrically lighted, present a beautiful scene which carries
suggestion of former days of blood. Then, as related by
Foreman, all might change in a trice, "There is a hue
and cry; a Moro has run amok his glistening weapon
within a foot of his escaping victin; the Christian