The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-17
ISLAND THRONE TO Be his
Prince J. M. Coe Forsyth and
His Archipelago Kingdom.
HIS FATHER AN AMERICAN
His Possessions Are Enormous
and His Wealth Constantly
on the Increase.

The prince of the Bismarck archipelago
has been in the city for nearly two weeks
andleftforhisho home yesterday ON thesteamer
Alameda. Although the young man is the
most interesting character in the south seas.
IL is hardly to be wondered at that his iden-
| tity was not learned while he was here at
| the Palace hotel, for there he was registered
under his name, which is ]. NJ. Coe For
sayth.
While here the prince drew on London
for as many $500 remittances as his ne
cessities required. He spent the money
with generosity. When he came 10 leave
for his home quite crowd gathered on
the Oceanic dock to see him off. Among
those present were members of the family
or his gradfather, who was Jonas n. Coe,
for many years consul of the United States
at Samoa.
The archipelago potentate viii go through
to Sydney on the steamer Alameda. At
Sydney the princes own schooner, the
Three Cheers, VIII be waiting TO convey
him TO the Bismarck islands, spots on the
ocean that his mother owns outright.
The palm-covered isles are not far from
New Guinea and New Britain. On the latter
island is the real residence of Coe For
sayth, but he is on the other islands much
OF his time.
To look at the young man no one would
suspect that he is crown prince of the
Cannibal Islnads and likely TO be recog-
nized as the only authority on the death OF
mother. There is only a trace Of the native
blood i'll his veins, and his whole appearance
IS that of a stUdious gentleman, more ac-
customed to European universities than
10 the wildness OF jungle Islands under the
equator.
II is true, though, that on the Bismarck
archipelago are to be found about the only
cannibals in the world that the missionaries
have allowed TO go unconverted- While
these natives eat each other, they only In
duIge in this diet when the different tribes
are at war. They are too advanced, too
to cook any relatives or close friends, and
only enjoy the historic human stew when
prisonershaye been captured after conflict
There are five groups Jf islands In the
principality to which Cue Forsyth is now
returning. While most OF the islands ara
small, the number OF them is So great that
the aggregate amount Of land owned by the
young mans mother is 151, 900 acres. She
has been Offered half a million dollars for
her possessions and has scornfully refused
it, as il is believed that the productive archf.
pelago is now paying a large income on
$4,000, 900.
The life OF this young mans mother, the
queen OF these distant Islands, is one OF tha
wonders Of the south seas. She is the new
woman " the South Pacific, the one person
OF her sex in that part vf the world who has
proved herself the pUssessor OF great bust
ness and executive ability. Today she Ii
managing the entire property, which con-
sists, besides the five groups Of islands
OF five large trading stores, a fleet Of
sChonners, and agencies in Sydney, London
and Liverpool
Jonas NJ. Cue went to Samoa many years
ago. If be was not the pioneer American
consul there, he was one of the first. He
girl, made all the more lovely by the fact
that an admiXture with white blood had
made her features regular. The result of
the union was the birth OF the girl who
has now grown up to be everywhere recog-
nized as the most progressive and most iu-
teresting of island queens.
This daughter OF the American consul
married Capt. Farrell, who had made early
Investments in the Bismarck archipelago.
On her husbands death this wonderfully