The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-03

went to Toxic TO insist at least on a
special and exclusive Jail. It is doubt
ful, however. whether offences that come
within the cognizance Of the law are
more significant in effect than those that
fan outside Of it. The disposition to re-
gard laws as the standard Of behavior
ana morals is not unknown to US here.
The proudest boast Of the colonies IS
that they offer equal rights before the
law. 1t is only TO apparent how made
quate this is in the total reckoning. II
is the crime Of the colonies that they
have destroyed the virility Of the people
One appreciates Immediately the differ
ence between the Chinese and tn Jap
anese and the inhabitants OF the colonies
of the east The Malay of the straits
is like a whipped cur. The Hindu is the
most melancholy of all wretched crea-
lures.
A travellers tale is the notice posted
in hotel in Calcutta Guests are re-
quested not to kick the servants"
How can one help it, when they tempt
a kicking?" exclaimed an American.
In Java the native bows to the ground
when the conquering Dutchman appears.
In Ceylon the coolie gets on his feet when
the casual white passes; the native bank
clerks must not enter the door used by
the white clerk and must rise when the
white head clerk enters. Every distinc-
ton is made to emphasize the superiority
Of the white man over the brown on his
own soil If a colony is commercially
successful it challenges the admiration
Of the world Its methods become i'm
peccable in the glamour of success. The
eye Of the traveller is quickly captured
by broad highways. imposing bridges.
finely equipped railways lofty public
buildings and fine public works and, in
fact an advanced civilization. These do
not seem To be enough. When one coun-
try assumes the responsibility of anoth-
er, it owes it a happy people. not an en-
asculated race I have never been in
the French colonies, but an Englishman
arraigning his own people, conrasted
manliness of the Tahitians and the con-
tentment Of the natives in other French
colonies against the commercial prosper
ity Of the colonies Of his own country.
wherein the Tasmanians have been ef-
faced from the soil, the Maoris driven in
to corner the Hindu eloquent Of mis-
cry, and the Patient Javanese under the
heel of the Dutchman, while filing his
pockets with gold
The Latin has not that prejudice of
color which seems to inhere in the north
ern races. The Spanish, cruel and OPP
pressive as they were in the Philippines.
did not take the virility out of the ma
tives as have Witnessed on the part of
civilians in the English colonies and OF
which on the part OF the army the Eng
lish blue books furnish such pathetic
record. My own observation IS fertile
in such instances. I never saw a ser
want in Ceyion addressed but as one
should not speak to be brute. How
shall one characterize the foreigner who
disdains to drop his fare in the hand of
his ricksha coolie, but throws it on the
ground leaving the tired beast Of bur
den to grope for it among the grass and
shrubs? Il don't discharge my boy
for disobedience; I take him before a
magistrate and have him fined and shut
10 for three months May my worthy
friend forgive me for telling on him! /
THAT looks very much like a sore of /
slavery" 1 could only comment That /
he native may not be beaten, he seems I
TO understand but the comprehension Of I
his rights goes but little further In our |
discussions among frequent scenes illus I
uating the personal attitude of the white
man towards the brown one could but /
say, 'T wonder these people do not cut
your threats in the night
They did not. They merely stuck pins (
In bicycles tires. I knew one with thir I
teen pin-pricks But when one saw be- /
hind the smiling aspect of things. the (
of feeling between not only /
the natives. but between the sullen Eur
asian of India. the burgher of Ceylon, /
and the half caste wherever he is found +
and the conQuering race, was a revela- /
ton.
We are now adventures in the east /
with a reputation yet TO establish. It is /
n our power. If we appreciate the priv
lege to create new standards The val
lie Of these viii not remain with us alone
They must affect the other nations in
the east In the antipodes the man
who serves is called boy In Manila.
he word used is 'muchacho." Tt seem
"a significant that the SOLDIERS never used !
his term but in its place tn word
hombro," man That he pronounced it
umbry' Is of no Importance. There was
perhaps lack of sophisdcauon IN this
But it did illustrate how eccntve may
be the most lightly held theories under
wing the republic Until one Witnesses
these contrasts and diherenuations in
perhaps trivial matters between the in
iividuals Of different nations. one does
lot realize how Fundamental is the diff
'erence between the civilization of the
Did World and the New
To give the man a status above the
,n5s Of commerce is. one may say n new
hing in colonies For 10y what devious
FAITHS we may have been led. we are N
he Philippines to remain-for a Ions
ime al least The logic OF events is
stronger than any political party. But
f we are to exploit the Philippines for
commercial ends 20 impose upon the
Stands a costlv and imposing civil service
agether with 4 large standing army the
,rice 10 De wrung from an unhappy peo-
,le. there Is ne one who might not pray
hat we come home and leave The inhah-
rants OF TIE Philippines to cut one an
.thers threats in their own simple mex
'ensive manner
WEALTH ~ AUTHORSHIP
Mss Jeanette Glider. writing 10 a Chi
$50 paper destroys some more of the
apular ideas about the n7vei-writing
sla as Il means o. rolling up wealth, SAYS
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