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Ch. 7: Sooloo Archipelago

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Borneo Company. It is only within the last year or two that Spain has renounced this latter claim, and England and Germany have formally recognised the sovereign rights of Spain in Sooloo, a certain freedom of trade being, however, provided for.
The Spaniards have a walled settlement on the north side of the island of Sooloo, called Jolo or Tiangi. It is situated on a swamp, that causes great mortality in the town. There js a garrison of 800 soldiers, besides a large number of convicts from the Philippines, and the Spanish officers serving there receive extra pay, as if on active service. There are three other Spanish occupations in the Archipelago, all of the very smallest dimensions, but sufficient for the purpose. Several gun-boats are also kept there.
Up to the present time, but little or no inter­course has taken place between the natives and the alien race. The few opportunities of conciliation, such as the famine of 1879, and the outbreak of cholera in 1882, have been allowed by the Spaniards to slip by neglected, and a bitter hatred now exists against them, which will probably never be thoroughly overcome. This is exhibited occasionally in savage, bloodthirsty outrages, which — however they may be condemned by Europeans — will always be
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