The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07

ure to the soldiers themselves. In spite
of all warnings, they persist In drinking
impure water and eating unreasonable
fruil, and the result is that they become
ill and need the attention of the hospital
workers, who are already busily employed
with the wounded.
Mrs. Schwichtenberg' visit to Jolo she
regards as one of the most interesting in
cidents of her stay. She was with Cen
Bates party while he was holding his con-
ference with the Sultan, and was the
first white woman whom the Sultan had
ever seen. Before visiting him she called
on his mother, the Sultana, who wore "A
white glove on the hand which shook the
hand Of the Christian woman. But when
Mrs. Schwichtenberg was presented to the
Sultan and extended her hand to him, the
Jolo ruler was SO flustered that he forgot
the contamination and grasped IT, This
incident afforded great amusement TO the
Americans WHO were in the party. Like
Dr. Schurman, she regards Jolo as one
OF the most beautiful places she has ever
seen, a land vertically flowing with milk
and honey. On the way back TO the boat
the party's launch was stranded for many
hours on a coral reef and while strug-
Cling to be freed from It the Charlestons
searchlight was thrown on them and "a
boat was at once sent to their relief, the
Charleston fancying they had been set
upon by natives.
The most depressing sight of all was
that of the lepers at Cebu The situation
there is frightful. Not only in the city,
but in the country, these lepers swarm
about ones carriage. They are allowed TO
20 everywhere, and in this way their num-
bers are enormously increasing. Mrs
Schwichtenberg estimates mat out OF a
population of 36,000 at least 5000 are lepers
They are In all stages of the disease, from
those whose fingers have fallen off TO
those whose condition Is too revolving to
describe They beg constantly for money.
and when one filings them penny they
cross themselves and express thanks in
most heartfelt manner. Mrs Schwlchten-
berg feels that in Cebu is a great field
for missionaries. She says the Church IL
taking no measures to stop the spread Of
this horrible disease, and she fears that,
with the American troops there, N may be
brought 20 our country. She has little
but praise for the American soldiers at
Manila or elsewhere. She regrets that
they are careless and have some Of the
vices that are found in all army camps,
but, on the whole, she considers thor
conduct as distinctly creditable. IL was
an error, she thinks. to allow any troops
to be mustered out in Manila, as they
then acted rashly and imprudently be-
cause no longer under authority.
The stories OF looting, she says, are
greatly exaggerated, and she explained of
what much OF the so-called looting con-
sists on the approach OF American
troops, the natives would hide in the
church everything they considered OF
value. and would then burn the houses
and Join the retreating insurgents. Often
these dwellings would be in flames when
the soldiers arrived, and they would dash
M, put out the fire II possible, and take
any article which they fancied. This
action was not right. they admitted, but
the excuse was mat II they had not taken
the article II would have been burned But
for genuine looting the Chinese bear the