Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

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manages this one Of his pos
"a sessions lie Is the prince OF
III colonial propretors. lie mas
~ a bigger empire than the c2'E
and he spots the globe WIN
nis colonial farms. He has been "o'"-
sng for hundred years nc the proo'
lems which Uncle Sam Is trylns TO u.s.
ure out In the Philippines and bis W'r"
here has been among the Maloys who
iere second cousins to our FIliplno'
srhe climate and soil are about the
same as that Of the Philippine Islands
and the very air is fun Of object lessons
for us as 10 our own property ani peo'
Iplo In the western Pacific.
THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
The English colonies down here In
Malaysia are called the Straits Set
alements. There are about half do2'
Ken Of them, and Singapore Is the chief
al IL the capital and It is one Of ,ha
mos; important financial cenJers Of
king Edwards empire II Is an island
Sso near the Aslatic continent thoJ you
can row to II In q canoe In less than
,1n hour. and so small that YOU can
walk from one end Of 1t to the other In
aday.
IL contains only $4,000 acres and OF
this only one-seventh Is under cultYa-
zion. Still, the island does business
OF s2OOoO00 900 a year II has milionalres
nv Inc score, and It's banks and busl-
mess houses are among the greatest Cl
the orient II has hotels which VIII ac-
,oommodate hundreds Of guests, nifty
great steamship lines connect II Win
the north, west and south, II mas nillPs
OF docks, and more than thousand
vessels come in and out Of us harDOr
every month.
HOW ENGLAND MADE THE JUN
GLE BLOSSOM,
The growth of this island Is an ex-
ample Of what England can do with q
colony. Eighty years ago Singapore
was Jungle. 1t was inhabited by
tigers and other wild beasts, and you
could hardly take a step without Put
ting your foot on cobra. Today the
island Is cut up with roads II has
pepper, sugar, tapioca and sage plan
cations. a great part Of the Jungle has
been cleared away and a big city has
grown up about the harbor. The city
Is the halfway station Of the voyage
around the world. 1t Is a port OF call
for the steamers to and from India and
China, and also for those from China
and japan to and from Europe by the
Suez canal Some Of the Australian
lines pass through the straits and there
are regular ships from here to Java,
Borneo, Siam and the Philippines.
Singapore now contains about 100000
people of whom 5000 are Europeans
and Americans and the balance Asiat-
les. The population Is perhaps the most
cosmopolitan on the globe There are
about 10000 Chinese aud 1900 Fast In
dams. There are hundreds NJ Japanese,
'eiamese and Jews There ure thou
sand dark skinned Arabs and repre-
xentatives Of almost every tribe of
HIndOostan and Burmah. There al9
parsees from Bombay, Slamese FROM
Bangkok, as well as hundreds of Ar
menians and Jews, There are also
thousands Of Malays and large popl-
dalton of Eurasians, who are half Euro
pean. half Asiatc
II is this mass that the English gov
,ern with small garrison and police
force OF less than 1000 men. They keep
them IN perfect order and make prop
erty and life safer than they are In the
heart Of London or New York.
HOW SINGAPORE IS GOVERNED
The English understand how to gov
ern the AsIatlcs better than we do oil
though doubt whether they are as
great success In this respect MS the
Dutch. | have described how Holland
controls the Jayanese through the ma
tives. Here the English rule through
their own people, The Straits Settle
ments are q crown colony under gov
elnor appointed by King Edward, aid
ed by an executive council. The gov
ernor IL the commander-in-chief of the
little army and he Is practically SUI
preme His name is Sir Frederick Car
dew and ne is X, c, NJ. G., He gets
a salary half as large as the President
of the United States and has In addi-
ton good allowance for entertain
ment He has a yacht Of his own and
military guard.
The government house is his resi-
dence. It Is palace grander than the
White House, situated on hill over
looking both sea and land. II has mag
nihcent grounds, embracing beautiful
lawns spotted with tropical trees and
flowers. l drove through them during
my stay, They are more beautiful than
any botanical garden outside the trOp-
les and are as well kept as the grounds
about the White House There are
British soldiers on guard at the front
door ana the governor Is less easy to
reach than President Roosevelt
Governor Cardew il the pivot upon
which Singapore society moves, and the
great event of the year Is the bah
which he gives on the kings birthday
at his official palace To this every one
goes Indeed, the invitations are so
many that II has been said that every
body who does not happen 20 be in jail
az the time is invited At this ball the
government house Is ablaze with cleo
trio lights the military is out In force
and the cream OF Singapore society Of
all compilations is in evidence.
A CHINAMAN AS CABINET MINIS
TER.
The governor rules the colony through
his council or cabinet lie has about as
many cabinet ministers as our Prpsi-
dent, and there is In addition a legisla-
tive council One Of the officials Of the
latter Is a Chinese, SO that the Chinese
have their say az TO how the laws are
made and executed, Part of the coun-
ell comes from the other colonies OF the
straits, for the governor rules not only
Singapore but also Penang. Wcleslv
ana Malacca, He governs four OF the
states Of the Malay peninsula. and he
Is high commissioner Of the British
possessions In Borneo lie Is com
mander-in-chief Of the garrison. and
as such has control of an things mill
tary.
HOW THE BRITISH TAKE CARE
OF THEIR SOLDIERS.
The English treat their soldiers well
while In foreign countries. The parri.
son here Is comparatively small but
the annual military expenses are near.
~ 100000. | visited the harracks and
olheers quarters They are outside IA,
S,y on the hills, surrounded by beauti.
lul grounds The officers have Meas.
AM homes-bungalows with heav,
matched roofs-and the barrac,rg ar,
.soeeulngly comfortable. There aro -,
sne Island two battalions az or,,tto,,