The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-02-18

DEVELOPING
Bicycle, Camera
and Baseball as
Agents.

csran D * rorsw,li on bic was
.me after "a gears service in Aho
philippines BE- one of the passengers ia
th. Solaro which came In from Mania
and Guam yesterday, and VIII stay in
port f1r couple m daas taking ON
.n captain CousNen d in poor
health. owing 90 the recurrence Of te-
Aers. ana found that % Was Impossible
fnr him o. cemplet" the usual Tour 81
service In the East
The bicycle. the kodak and baseball
win do much o. make the rising gener-
alton of Fillp.nos American IN sympa
thv. Il viii taks many years perhaps
o. thoroughly bring the population INTO
sympathy with our institutions, but the
young people are growing up with a
better idea Of What our rule means. The
school teachers and other Americans
th.re will do much TO create good feel
ing toward our country. IL Is very
amusing to see how the young Filipinos
take 70 the novelties mentioned. saw
in one OF the southern cities "A number
al Young ladies, on a feast day, dressed
in light dresses. riding along on wheels.
This would not have been tolerated
during Spanish days. Then the kodak
ervone who can afford il wants a cam
era. and wants IL badly too. Nothing
but the very best will do. and ! saw a
great number of the machines being
used wherever ! went. The lads are
learning 10 play baseball just as they
see the soldiers do a. and really they
take 10 the game very fast They have
an the motions of the pitchers down
h.a tel a.
the crowds In the States to cry play
ball" when they want the game to go
On.
Il was last stationed on the gunboat
Isia de Luz0n. one OF those sunk i'm
Manila bay, and which Is very serV-
iceable boat. She Is of 1900 tons and
has a protective deck, good guns and
an ice plant, so that she Is a fine ship
for her business. All that she needs is
boilers. which would make her as good
as any light craft our last service
was on blockade and assisting the sol
diers in the reduction of the insurrec-
tos on the island Of Samar. In the
northern part of that rocky island Is
Lukban, who is one Of the most force
full men yet outside the American lines.
He has some administrative ability and
which he leyies upon commerce.
The fight for the paci6cation Of this
island Is being carried forward by Gen
cral j. II. Smith, and hard struggle II
going on all the time. when this ISL
and Is subdued there should be, will be
really no resistance 10 our arms excep
that OF the bands Of marauders, wh'
XIII their own people more readily thar
they do Americans In fact, there
seems 10 be little organized resistance
except that OF Lukban.
The trade OF the islands Is simply
booming. There Is something doint
everywhere and in Manila there Is {
constant stream OF people and wagons
a blockade an hour Is usual on tn
streets Of Manila and there are so man,
ships I'm the harbor that they are lynn
at the quays three deep almost all tn
time. The Pasig river Is full of boat
and barges all the time and there Is
large demand for goods OF all kinds
There Is an abundance of hemp and to
bacco, hard woods and minerals ac
cOrding to reports, and the trade In tn
former give the shipping all that 1t cal
do to handle the business.
1T seems to be the general opinion
Of the men there that the trade Of Ma
Mia alone Is worth the price paid 70
the islands. and while one hears oftei
a remark that there seems no reasol
why the United States should hold tn
islands and keep a large army there
yet the men who say this are In the mi
nority. The people seem to be learnin
that the rule of the Americans Is no
like that of the Spanish and the chang
cannot help but make a difference i
their feeling.
Everything seems to be I'm goo
shape in Guam and Governor Schroede
seems to be well liked"