The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-06
MANILA IS
BECOMING
AMERICAN
|NoWthe NeWYork
of the Whole
Orient.
CONDITIONS
| ARE CHANGED
English to be the Language of
the East-Trade Grows
With vfgor.

J IVA orient, said Edward Eugene
Easton, of Washington, D. c.,
who Is one of the company IN the Doric
on his way back to the United States,
after a trip around the world, which
has included stay in the Philippines.
Mr.. Easton has given some OF his Inn
pressions in the form of articles In
the magazines. and will add to this ev-
eryday history Of the country. after his
return to his home. He continued.
THE entire round of life IN the
| Orient has been changed py the ap-
pearance of the Americans in such
numbers as have been travelling since
| the war. Prices have gone up at
| least so per cent. Whenever an Amer
| lean sees anything he wants he gets
| it; whenever he hears of anything he
wants he goes to see 1t. AS a result
all along the main Travelled roads there
has been an advance in the prices OF
even the necessaries of life, in the
'rickshaws and the most common OF
eurios to such an extent that the ola
residents comment, upon 1t in every
city one enters from India to Japan.
THE most popular man in Manila
is Judge Taft, and while it is of course
| too early to foretelI what will be the
result of the civil government now
| being established, believe that it will
surpass expectations. Already the
| people are taking up American customs
and it will be only a short time until
they are fairly well Americanized. The
courts are being organized and the
people are finding that they are free
and are becoming satisfied In conse-
quence. The greatest effect OF the
army scandals Is outside Of the Phil
| ippines In the treaty ports the Eng
| lish. Germans and French say: THAT
| is your American army" but to the
| Filipino there is little at which to
| wonder, as he is accustomed to sucn
| things from long association with the
| Spanish officers.
English will soon be the language OF
| the East. The order that Spanish Is
! to be the language of the courts In
the islands for five years will have lit
tie effect. The people are taking up
the language OF the soldier very rap
idly. Even now. where there Is diff
Guilty In the native or the Chinese un-
| derstanding the dialects of the differ
ent provinces it is customary for them
| to exchange ideas In pidgeon English
This is to be noticed all over the East,
and it will be only short time until
the language has become the one In
| which the business OF the country Is :
transacted
"As yet the business In Manila has,
not been organized according to the
| best ideas, but this Is because OF the
great amount Of 1t which has been
| done. 1t will not be long untta the
! trade of the East will be dominated
to a great extent by the transactions
at Manila, and it now seems probable
| that the great houses will have their
branches there. and will control their
Chinese and Japanese business from
that city.
Japan is I'm a peculiar condition.
public works, and with standing
army and navy which Is a great drain
| upon the resources of the nation. The
nation is just as proud as ever. It
has an army which is the wonder OF
the world. as shown by the attention
paid to it while in China, and during
the negotiations for the recent loan
| when a proposition was made that the
nation put its customs under the d.
rection of an administrator as China
has dore, the suggestion was not given
| any consideration at all; 1t was per-
emptorily turned down.
The prestige of the American in the
| Orient has been greatly increased by
/ the appearance of the soldiers in Chi
ma, where they were seen to be the
best of all the allied forces. Trade is
good, and the American importations
are increasing"