The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-10-19


ions-Mr. Holmes Saws That Men, Not
Politicians Are The Real Need sof the
Philippines Arms Must Win.
A Visit to the Archbishop at His Palace
In Manila.
E. Burton Holmes, of Chicago,
1ectured at Kemper Hall Monday
evening. His subject was Manila, and
as he has made tour of the islands
during the last few months he can
speak with authority on subjects that
most persons haveto CLEAN from news
papers. It was the first time that Mr..
Holmes had given this lecture, and
contrary to his custom he used the
manuscript. For this he apologized,
saying that he had not yet Learned
his lesson" He apo1ogized for the
slides also and for the new machine,
which was somewhat irregular in it's
workings.
In spite, however, of these draw
backs Mr.. Holmes gave an interesting
and instructive lecture. Many of the
incidents were illustrated by moving
pictures, used for the first time in
regular lecture.
Leaving Vancouver on the Empress
of China Mr.. Holmes, after voyage
of nearly three weeks, arrived at
Nagasaki, Japan. The coa1ing of the
steamship by hundreds of Japenese
with small wicker baskets which they
passed quickly from hand to hand was
shown distinctly. The stay at Hong
kong, the meeting with Admiral
Dewey, the U. S. S. Olympia in port,
her weighing anchor and departure
were all touched on and illustrated by
pictures.
The trip from Hongkong to Manila
/ took three days, the hottest, Mr..
Holmes says, that he ever felt. Forty
cabin passengers and only twelve
cabins must needs increase the dis
comfort Of voyage in tropical seas.
| On reaching Manila the boat was
quarantined for three days, as she had
just come from Hongkong, where the
Indian plague was raging. At the end
of the quarantine the passengers went
on shore, Mr.. Holmes taking up his
|
a spacious hotel, but there the advant-
ages end. Mr.. Holmes says that he
was famished when he sat down for
his first meal. A look at the menu in
formed him that he could have eight
things porridge, beefsteak and eggs
in six different styles. He passed on
the porridge, passed on the beefsteak
and ordered up the six courses of eggs.
The hotel had just run short of Mr..
Holmes order, and he had to eat his
own canned goods, For this privilege
he had to pay $40 day.
He was rescued from starvation and
dependency by an army friend who
took him off to his home. From this
place Mr.. Holmes made visits to differ
ent parts of Manila. The streets and
avenues, the houses and churches, the
ox-carts and tram-cars, natives and
Americans, restaurants and stores-a11
| the scenes in the everyday life of the
town followed in rapid succession of
pictures.
A visit to the Archbishop of Manila
in his palace was one of the pleasures
in my previous impression of the man."
said he. 81 had expected to find
hauty pre1ate surrounded by 1ackeys,
and difficult of approach. Instead l
found kind, earnest gentleman who
seemed to be very much interested in
the development of christianity in
Manila. He acknowledged his graft
tude to Col. Page for saving the
churches. Here was a man whose
word was stronger than that of B1anco
or of Wey1er acknowledging his
gratitude to an American Colonel
The American soldier and his life
were conspicous objects of illustration.
Mr.. Holmes went as far as San Fer
nando, thirty miles from Manila. The
Americans were in possession of the
town but were harrassed by nightly
alarms and called out to man the
trenches. This life is wearing on the
soldiers and the descriptions of the
lecturer about their sufferings were
pathetic.
It is impossible to give in a short
space all that Mr.. Holmes said about
Manila. The future of the islands
rests with us. We cannot recede, and
it is Our duty now to act towards the
natives that they may regard us as
emancipators from Spanish ignorance
and superstition. "One evil he said,
in conclusion, threatens us. 1t fol-
lows us and sometimes stalks ahead of
us. 1t darkens the sky of the future
and that evil is politics. Send out men
who are not politicians, men who are
unse1fsh, men who can prove that we
are an honest and honorable nation.
These are the men who will win re-
spect for us in the Philippines.