Sultan To Be Peacemaker.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 16, 1913:
Will Be Asked to Make Philippine Mussulmans Obey America.
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.— The aid of the Sultan of Turkey in insuring peace in at least a part of the Philippines is to be sought by Major John P. Finley, U.S.A., who left here to-day for Constantinople. Major Finley goes as a special representative of the United States as well as Minister Plenipotentiary from the 600,000 Mohammedan tribesmen in the Philippines. He will attempt to get from the Sultan as leader of the Mohammedan religion an open letter instructing the tribesmen to submit to United States sovereignty, and pointing out to them that it would be to their advantage to do so.
    Major Finley, who for ten years was Governor over the people of the southern provinces of the islands, will seek to have the Sultan assure the Mussulmans that their religion will be respected under American rule. Not long ago the tribesmen were told by agitators, according to the Major, that the Americans would use the taxes collected from them to overthrow their faith. A public meeting was held, and Major Finley was selected to present the Mussulmans' case to President Taft and through him to the Sultan.