Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1936, Page 16

A—le MOROLAND VOTES FOR NEW SULTAN 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 Phillippines 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 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 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 II's dynasty goes back 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. . —_— o Plastic Coffins Produced. Plastic coffins are being produced in England. ENGLAND’S SPAS Bath More Famous, but There Are Other Beneficial Springs. LONDON, June 27.—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 JUNE 28, 1936—PART ONE. more prominently to the attention o!‘ Americans. Most of the springs are open all the year round. Among the diseases benefited are rheumatism, arthritis, sciatica, lumbago and kin- dred diseases, as well as affiictions of the stomach, liver, kidney and the nervous system. Bath, in the county of Somerset, 107 miles from London is generally known as Britain's historic spa. 1Its 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 is still in use today, forming some of the finest Roman re- mains in Western Europe, v Concert Series to Open. { The first of & 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 pube lic parks. The second will be held Tuesday and the third, Thursday, They will last from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, Brother and Husband of Adopted Daughter of Late Ruler Compete. BY JAMES G. WINGO. The famed warlike people of Moro- fand in Southern Philippines went to the polls yesterday to elect the suc- cessor of His Highness Padukka Ma- hasari 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 Piandao. 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 of the dead ruler. Rajamuda’s candidacy was sup-| ported by Hadji Butu, the grand | vizier and rightly regarded as the best educated and ablest Moro | patriarch. Butu warned the Dayang | Dayang faction that there would be an internecine war in Moroland un- | less his man succeeded his brother. | 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. Pugate, American governor of Mindanao. recommended fuch recognition. The bureau, which ie completely in the hands of Christian Filipinos, traditional enemies of the Moros, wante to break down the tultanate, permitting an easier as- gimilation 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- ijdent 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 II. 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