The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-01
Just as 1t Was
Negotiations Between
Sultan and Uncle Sam.

Sultan and Uncle Sam.
This is part of conversation between
the Sultan OF Sulu and General John C.
Bates, u. S. A, wherein the Sultan, with
his wives, chiefs. slaves, the Moham-
medan religion and all the customs of
his country, agreed TO come under the
protection of the United States,
The report of the conversation is ap-
pended TO a copy of the treaty, made
With the Sultan, in paper just furn-
ished to the Senate by President McKin-
ley.
Wherever a paragraph begins Sultan
an interpreter is speaking on behalf OF
His Majesty" and refers to him in the
third person as che
SECRETARY-Th Sultan sends his
greetings and begs to be excused, be-
cause he has got a boil on his neck and
another underneath his arm, and cannot
even put coat on.
GENERAL BATES-I am sorry to hear
that, and I trust he will soon be better.
GENERAL-WiII you please tell the
Sultan I am very glad to see him today;
that the gentleman here on my right is
the captain of this big war ship out
here o. S. S. Charleston).
INTERPRETER-He asks the name Of
the captain.
GENERAL-Captain Pigman.
GENERAL-You can tell him now, Mr..
Schuck, that this is the translation OF
the agreement 1 spoke about just now.
Sultan's secretary reads proposed agree
ment (Jolo Appendix M, written in their
language.
After secretary finished reading it,
Sultan, his secretary and datos engaged
in conversation concerning same.
SULTAIN-He asks, General, if these
fifteen articles as drawn up are final on
your part, or if they are open to dis
cussion-
GENERAL-They are open to discus
sion. Tell him that some of these ar
ticles have not been discussed at all.
DATO CALBI-Have you got the six
teen articles the Sultan sent over the
other day?
i
copy in Arabic, but have an English
SULTAN-He says the sixteen articles
sent over to you simply represented their
ideas as to what they would like, and
they would like to discuss and know rea-
sons why some of the articles are re-
fused.
GENERAL-They are so radically
wrong that 1 thought it best to drop
not agree to; we agreed upon some of
them, and it is hardly necessary to go
over others as 1 told them 1 could not
adopt them in that shape at all
SECRETARY-Article II. Generals
agreemenD is all right, but in case the
Sultan should travel about ne should use
his own flag.
GENERAL told him he could use
his own flag, but he must use the United
States flag above it. or he will have no
from US at all, as his flag is
not recognized by other nations. If the
President of the United States goes any
where he has his own flag and is saluted
everywhere he goes. but he has the Unit
ID States flag above it. 1t is his per-
;onal flag, and he will be respected the
same as he is now and have the pro-
ection of the United States, if he has
he United States flag above his own
SULTAN-He says that in the treaty
With the Spanish it was different, and
rou had promised not to be harder on
lin than the Spanish had been. At the
ime he went over to Mecca he flew his
,wn flag.
GENERAL-He may have slipped
through all right when he went there
,ut if he gets into trouble he has no
me TO help him if he has not our flag
f he has our flag every one viii see
t and know that he has our protection,
,ut if he sails about with his own flag
md gets into trouble they will ask us
f he was flying our flag at the time.
nd we will have to answer No" when
hey will say, well, what have you to
10 with it?' You see, if he goes any
where and some of his men are arrested
nd get into trouble, if he meets the
aptain with this big ship there he goes
o him and says: 81 claim the protection
;
ave some of my men" The captain
would say: Il will go and see about it."
But if they do not fly the American flag.
We do not give them that kind Of pro-
eetion.
SULTAN-He asks you to drink a little
hocolate.
Invitation accepted and refreshments
erved0.
GENERAL-In connection with this 1
you'd like him to read Article XIII:
The United States will give full pro-
ection to the Sultan and his subjects
4 case any foreign ration should at
empt to impose upon him" But se
aust know who they are and what 1ag
les over them When they go away
hey must fly the American flag. and
hen every one knows that they are an
er our protection 1 do not think the
parish cared whether they protected |
hem or not
SULTAN-When he went 10 Mecca he !
My hoisted his own flag in SandakaR !
nd Labuan. In Singapore he old ont
oist his own flag because he did not |
hink himself important enough TO do !
hat
GBNERAL-He must have seen at all /
T these places, which are under the /
,nglish. that they fly their own flag IN
erneath and the English flag above. |
here are a great many Mohammedans /
4 these countries and they are living |
cry eontentedly. and their chiefs and /
Ugh officers are treated With all proper
ignity. and that is what we want to do /
NTH them.
SULTAN-Hs says he quite believed |
nd be well knew. and ne heard on his |
ilgrimage that Americans were just as |
God and better than the EnbHsh. as |
hey gave more liberty than English did |
bout flag. il was al right. but once in |