The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
AMERICANS VISIT ILOIl0.
OUR RULE AWAITED M m SECOND
CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Business Interests That Demand the Chang
Cordial Reception Given by Gen. Rios
and Some Specimens of Spanish Col,
Bricks-Bsauties OF the South sea-Situa
ton of tho City on Panay Island.
MANILA, Oct. 1o.-An the way down to 1loil,
We sat on the deck Of the Butuan and admired
the low-lying. PARKWAY miraCe-llke island'
That dotted the horizon. Covered as they were
= With tall, slender. bushy-topped c~ocoanut
palms. they somehow explained the charm and
the glamour which they cast over the immorta
Stevenson. and we understood. as We looked Of
them. how possible II seemed to him for any
mar to surrender all that ordinarily makes
the more populous hAunts OF civilization de-
,llRhtful and to settle himself forever in the
South Seas. or course these are net the South
Seas. speaking with strict reference TO latl-
tude. but In climate and characteristics the
islands are practically the same. One couldn't
helm thinking. with these islands in view. how
easy and how delightful II would be Just to
take one OF them and be a king. Can't you
imagine the picture-the wide. low bamboo
house on the beach. surrounded by all sorts Of
gorgeous towering trees. protected by the
stately cocoanut palms, the broad white stretch
OF sand In front. the long lazy rolls of tho
ocean. the thick green foliage behind, the
broad verandas under the heavy thatch-and
Just nothing to do but be a king2 Somehow
IL gets over one much as even Louis Becke's
terrible stories of blood and awful wickedness
OF the licentious. brutal South Sea white men
weave their spell in spite Of their SUBJECTS.
In the morning Just after we had made the
seventeenth or twenty-fourth selection Of the
islands where we would set M our special
Kingdoms, we rounded the north end OF Panay.
and there doomed up on the coast line. tall and
gaunt, Pan de Azucdr (sugar loaf. and 1t took
us back In an instant to Champlain and old
Hurricane. Then for miles we saw the beauti-
full White Mountain scenery done over again
in these tropic seas. only now and then APP
preaching close enough to shore for the dis
tinguishinG foliage Of the great cocoa palms
and the bananas to rob us Of the pleasant llu-
sion. We forgot all about being kings. We
were willing to surrender all our interest in
the Philippines for the smallest legal consid-
GRAFTON. Good old New York was good enough
for us. and anybody could have these islands
who wanted to come and take them.
There were four OF us in the party. the first
Americans who had tried to get beyond the
limits Of Luzon: McCutcheon. who divides the
honor OF hailinE from Indiana with Col. jew
cit and draws pictures and writes things for
tho edifoation OF tho Windy CITY: Bass. who
carried q camera along the firing line the day
that Gen. Merritt took Manila by ASSAULT"
Mrs. Bass. who was the first American woman
down here and is the most expert just shopper
IN these old Spanish possessions. and myself.
We had started out with the modest intention
OF travelling about the islands for n general
'1ook-see' and. with characteristic American
freedom had forgotten our passports. That
didn't bother US particularly until one OF our
fellow passengers. Mr.. Balfour. manager of
the Iloilo branch Of the Hong Kong and Shang-
hal Bank. told us that probably we would not
BIO allowed to land in Ilollo. However he said
L. --,,1l - " Al IL W.
Consul ~in"Iloilo. for us and discover what could
be done. Presently we struck a common bond
with Balfour in our admiration of Robert
Louis Stevenson. and ii developed that the TO-
flo banker is a frst cousin OF the great story
writer and q member OF the family to which
the venturesome David Balfour belonged.
After all. 1t wasn't 80 difficult getting into
uoilo. After we had gone by the little bunch
o fislands at the mouth ofthe harbor. which they
call the Seven Sins. and had dropped anchor
of the old fort. a steam launch came out with
some officials and a lot OF Civil Guards. The
Civil GuordA stood at the sancway with their
guns. and IL was rumored about the ship very
promptly that nobody was to be allowed to
land, But we were treasured by seeing Mr..
Balfour get aboard the launch with his lug
gage and his boy and go away. Then the Cap
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