The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-26

shoulders and flare outward, broadly, bell
mouthed TO a little below the elbow.
John Chinaman. of whom there are thou
sands in the city, yargely retains the es-
sentlad principles of the garments of his
native land. But there is wide latitude
IN that The high-class man covers what
ever he has beneath it with a silken gar
ment like a butchers frock, which reaches
nearly to the ankles. The laborer may
wear but neither garment, cut, as is the
fashion, very full in the fullest part.
When it rains, he rolls this garment as
high on his legs as it can be made to roll.
his hat may be anything from the cast
away and diplapidated campaign hat of
the American soldier to the braided bam-
boo mushroom" Of twenty-four inches IN
diameter. common Chinese costume
more closely resembles a suit of pajamas
than anything else Sometimes it is Of
cotton, sometimes of silk. encountered
one recently of a pl:e robins -egg blue
silk.
A. present Manila is not to be recon
mcndeG as a pleasure :;<crI. The pace
'5 urdef Ina' tial law, and that law says
that Fi.tr,n3. Chimes, Erglishmen, and
good morals or o'!,Iwise. shall retire TO
their respective domiciles at, and remain
within them after, the hour of $50 p. m.
In view of the fact that most of the ge-
igerent Filipinos of this section are in
the field, and in view of the further facts
that the FiliDinos of the city are classed
as ''friendiies," while the Chinese are non
combatants, and that the city is in the
hands Of q srong provost guard, the ex-
ceedlng stringsncy of the yaws seems
hardly called for. I can see no occasion
foc tie Jaw except as factor in the pres
ervation of order and the avoidance of
nocturnal disturbance. The probability Of
disturbance and disorder lies far more
with American soldiers and ex-soldiers
than with any other element, and it would
seem that that element might be control-
ed by army regulations without interior
ence with the social privileges of law-abid
ing and respectable Americans, English,
Germans, Spaniards and others.
The danger of a local uprising is hardly
to be considered. Even if so inclined,
an unarmed mob of natives would be most
unlikely to array itself against the force
of American troops which could be thrown
instantly against it. 1t is the American
military element which is the menace to
law and order, and it is a questionable
wholly respectable people of their social
rights in order to accomplish that which
should be done by the military authorities,
namely, control that percentage of drunk
en-, disorderly rowdies which infest our
army. 1t is quite true that men of that
character constitute but a small minority
in the army, but 1 have seen that the
presence of two or three cases of spoiled
canned beef would make a whole car load
of commissary supplies smell very badly.
Gen. Henry in Ponce and Gen. Ludlow in
Havana prohibited the sale of liquors to
soldiers, under severe penalties Gen Lud-
low closed some of the leading cafes in
Havana because, through ignorance or
mistake of walters and not throguh intent
of proprietors, the law was broken. L
asked Gen Sanger, military governor Of
Matanzas city, if he had established such
a law Prohibit the sale of liquors to SOL
diers?" he replied. mo; hquor-selling is
a legitimate and established traffic here.
What right have we to interior with it?
If a soldir buys that liquor and gets drunk
we punish him under the army regula-
tons" Gen. Sanger's view was unques-
tionabIy the correct one.
The social element counts for good
deal more when people are situated as are
most of the foreigners in Manila, than it
does at home There are enough of Euro
peans and Americans here to constitute
a wholly pleasant social circle, with those
dinners, calls, and other social functions
which are now hillen, and others which
are relaxation and recreation after days
of comparative isolation from the ladies,
and the occupations and trials of the gen.
tlemen Martial law denies their operation
in Manila Perhaps the administration is
afraid that the people would gossip and
and try to find out some. of those things
which are now hidden, and others which
cannot be telegraphed home. In rash
and thoughtless social circle, people might
even try to learn whether or no 1t is true
that Gen. Otis continuts TO pay the Arch
bishop salary of $4,000 per annum out
of the public funds, and whether or no
large sums, from the same source, are
granted. and paid for the maintenance Of
secteriak1 schools. These and other trop-
les might come up in the free discussion
of social life, and some of the results
might rot be well for the authorities and
the administration. The results might
affect the next election. a. G. K.