New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-20

tons, and to meet openly But he rays tSs
| head men Of them to understand that th..
| would be hold personally responsible for ~.
conduct Of the societies The result was thu,
the leaders became his lieltenants. and tram
formed the societies into agencies for support,,u
the administration.
The financial affairs OF the States needed A..
received especial attention. Tax,gstherine hsa
been farmed out, and had been conducted NV
the familiar Oriental method OF Squeezing.
Sir Andrew proposed to stop all that Tn.
revenue was 10 be put upon business bas,,
Taxes were TO be honestly levied and collected
under British supervision. and the Srltans ana
| chiefs were to receive stated civil lists. Thus
| the actual revenue to the Governments OF ths
| States would be increased, while the burde,
upon the people would be decreased. Finally h.
aimed at making commerce and industry secur.
ana abolishing slavery. To such extent yyouh
he impose alien practices the native,
For tie execution OF this scheme he mad.
| only five appointments Of British officers
namely. a Resident for each Of the thrss
States. and an Assistant Resident for each
Of two Of them. These he chose after cara
full examination and trial in other official place,
with sole regard IN their fitness for the dutle,
they were to perform They were men who had
experience In dealing with the natives who
were familiar with tire native languages and
customs. and who possessed both energy and
tact These officers held courts OF Justice which
they conducted in some such informal manner
as that OF the courts Of frontier settlements-a
system that strongly appealed to the Malaya
They organized a native police service, closely
supervised the collection OF tayos. and in gen.
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greatest good OF the governed.
III.
Obstacles arose. That was 10 be expected
They were partly native and partly British II
was not until ne had made the Engagement Of
Pangkor and organized the administration under
It that Sir Andrew Clarke sought the sanction
Of his Governmental superiors He FIRST re-
ported what he had done to the Straits Govern.
ment at Singapore, and asked its sanction for
his 'imperalstc' policy, which was cond-
tionally granted. The approval OF the London
Government was not readily and fully Sc
cured. Finicky critics there were afraid he was
trampiing upon the rights Of the natives; that
he would not make his Residents sufficiently
abase themselves and exat the Sultans and
chief.-precisely as some afraid the United
States Is not showing sufficient regard for the
susceptibilities OF Mr.. Aguinaldo. Neverthe-
less, though with fear and trembling. they lot
him go.
other troubles arose from the native chiefa
They presently began to show backsliding ten
denotes They wanted to squeeze the taxpayers.
as Of old, and to play fast and loose with the
rights OF property and life. In brief, they
wanted to get all the good they could out Of
the Engagement, but not to be themselves
bound by 1t. Perhaps the most obstrererous Of
them all was that very Sultan Of Perak who
owed his throne to British Intervention. Does
not Mr.. Aguinaldo, by the way owe his present
standing in the Philippines entirely to the
United States whose feet took him back thther
from exile?
Happily, Sir Andrew Clarke was both prompt
and resolute in action. as a man must be TO
deal with such matters. He kindly but firmly
read the riot act. He told the Sultan OF Perak
and the rest OF the disanected chiefs fatty
what they must 10 and Must not do. Must
is word whose meaning Is understood by such
folk far better than ought" He did not. how
ever neglect to enforce the moral obligation, -
we'll as the physical necessity Of obedience He
quoted the Koran to the Sultan. with good ef'
feet, and succeeded IN convincing him thai @
interests In both this world and the next re-
quired him to observe faithfully the terms OF
the Engagement The Sultan yielded, though
reluctantly, and to console himself took not TO
drink, but to opium. and soon became wreck
Then his old rival cropped up again with
formidable backing and there was danger OF
civil war. or Anarchy.
At this juncture Sir Andrew Clarke was sue
ceeded by Sir william Jervois. also man OK
firm and decisive character. He unhesitatingy
told the chiefs that IL they would not listen 10
British advice. as they had agreed to In the En-
gagement, they would have to yield TO British
control II they would not or could not keep
the ENGAGEMENT, the British Government wouid
take the administration Of affairs into us own
hands, in both name and fact They hestateo
and dubbed. Their some Mahometan fanatlos
murdered the British Residents In Perak IN
stantly Sir William ordered In body OK indian
troops The action Of the latter was BRIEF ou'
emphatic and decisive. The insurgents "eie
crushed and cowed with a single blow, Inc peo-
ple and the chiefs alike were made TO real1s
that British power was as irresistible as BRUSH
rule was Just and benevolent. The PeraH muir
derers were taken. tried, convicted ana puhisheo'
The faithl,ss or worthless Sultan was sent out
OF the country, and Regent put Into his piaos'
And in a twinkling order was restored ana tn'
authority OF the British Residents establisnea
There has been no outbreak since.
The principle Of control was now fully estao'
llshed and its details were wrought out a1o ap
piled legislative council was PROVIDED TOT ea'"
State. composed partly Of British and party u
native members. The policy was 70 make %
much use of native material as possible, ana |"