Washington sentinel., 1901-03-09
T., IT,, SENTINEL

uGtuOElGSs w ldAGhNA eAS NAA'A
may lack, memory is cultivated
Coupled with his marvellous sell
restraint, he is the more formidable
when both are unloosed. When
extra territorial jurisdiction came
to an end in Japan, and foreigners
became subject to the laws OF the
empire, their anxiety was so great
that one inferred that the day OF
retrIbution was at hand. After
years Of high handedness in con-
sulaT courts, a committee CT lead
ing citizens went to Toxic to insist
at least on a special and exclusive
Jail. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether offences that come within
the cognizance Of the law are more
significant in effect than those that
fall outside OF il. The disposition
to regard laws as the standard OF
behavior and morals is not un-
known to us here.
The proudest boast OF the colo
nies is that they offer equal rights
before the law. 1t is only too ap-
parent how inadequate this is IN
the total reckoning, It is the
crime of the colonies that they
have destroyed the virilitY oil the
people. One appreciates immedi-
ately the difference between the
Chinese and the japanese and the
inhabitants OF the colonies Oi the
East. The Malay Of the Straits is
like whipped cur. The Hindoo
is the most melancholy Of all
wretched creatures.
A travellers tale is the notice
posted in a hotel in Calcutta:
"Guests are requested not to kick
the servants"
"How can one help it, when
they tempt kicking7" exclaimed
an American.
In Java the native bows to the
ground when the conqueTing
Dutchman appears. In Cevlon
the coolie gets on his feet when
the casual white passes; the native
bank clerk must not enter the
door used by the white clerk, and
must rise when the white head
clerk enters. Every distinction is
made to emphasize the superiority
OF the white man over the brown
on his own soil. 1t a colony is
commercially successful, it chal-
lenges the admiration OF the
world. Its methods become i'm.
psccable in the glamour OF sue.
cess. The eye OF the traveller is
quickly captured by broad high
ways, imposing bridges, finely
equipped railways, lofty public
buildings, and fine public works,
and in fact an advanced ciVillza-
ton. These do not seem TO be
enough, When one country as
Sumes the responsibility olanother
It owes II 4 happy people, not an
err CliaLeu race. I have never |
,,szl,, - s[ BY rr,1ls Sns French colonies, but
people, contraste5 Cne mauline IS /
oil the Tahitians and the content
ment OF the natives in other French |
colonies against the commercial |
prosperity Of the colonies oil his |
own country, wherein the Tasma-
mans have been effaced from the |
soil, the Maoris driven into a cor
ner, the Hindu eloquent Of misery,
and the patient Javanese under the
heel Of the Dutchman, while filling
his packets with gold.
The Latin has not that preju-
Dice OF color which seems to in
here IN the Northern races. The
Spanish, cruel and oppressive as
they were in the Philippines, did |
not take the virility out Of the ma
tives as l have witnessed on the
part Of civilians in the English
colonies, and Of which on the part
Of the army the English blue. books
furnish such pathetic record. My
own observation is fertile in such
instances. never saw a servant
in CeYlon addressed but as one
should not speak to a 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 burden TO grope
Tor it among the grass and shrubsP
L don't discharge my boy for dis
| take him before a
aad have him fined and
shut up for three months" May
my W Jrthy friend forgive me for
telling on him! THAT looks very
much like a sort Of slavery"
could only comment. That the
native may not be beaten, ne seems
y understand, but the comprehen.
lion Of his rights goes but little
urtheT. la our d scussions among
r gu Mt scenesillustrating the per-
onal attitude OF the white man
owards the brown one could but
ay, IL won der these people do not
ut your throats IN the NIGHT"
They did not. They merely
stuck pms in bicycle tires. knew
,ne with thirteen pin pricks. But
Vhen one saw beh ind the smiling
spect Of things, the bitterness OF
ceiling between not only the ma
ives, but between the sullen EuTa-
ian Of India, the burgher OF Cey-
on, and the half. caste wherever
lie is found and he conquering
ace, was a revelation.
We are now adventurers in the
last with reputation yet to estab.
Ish. It is in our power, if we ap-
reciate the privilege. TO create
ew standards. The value oil these
Pill not remain with US alone.
hey must affect the other nations
n the East. In the antipodes, the
nan who serves is called boy" !
n Manila, the word used is