Evening journal., 1903-09-04

other points and purpose to put before
you some Of the facts in the case as
known to me.
To begin, my lodging house used TO
be "befo' the war; a fine old Spanish
residence off a main street. On the
corner where our street crosses that
main street is house of drinking and
eating. especially drinking, kept by a
Spanlard. II used to be a famous re-
sort Of American soldiers till it was
complained of as a nuisance and sub
ducd considerably. Well. American sol
diers of duty used 10 drift TO this place
and whoop it up nearly all night. What
they got to drink there in those days
don't know, I never sampled it, but It
had on those who imbibed it an effect
apparently similar to that of fusel oil.
Those were the early days of the Amer
ican occupation. before things were or
derly and decent, as they are now. The
boys We're lonely, they were 1000
miles away from home, all was strange
and uncomfortable, with the moist
heat and their heavy wooden clothing.
They hocked to the Spanish den, only
one of hundreds, unfortunately. They
drank and they laughed, they drank,
and they sang and danced, then they
cried and drank some more. then they
sometimes yelled like madmen bereft
of sense and memory.
They mingled with the natives unre-
strained. II the white man has demor-
allied the native inhabitants of what
ever land he enters newly. in course OF
time the native gets back at the white
man with a fearful revenge The dis
ease and degradation OF town inhabit-
ing Filipinos are something that may
not be written. The soldier who chooses
to throw Off all civilized restraint and 20
to the bad among Malay "niggers" can
always find opportunity 10 do so. The
soldier VINO thus chose did go to the
bad encountered the inevitable conse-
quences and blamed the climate" 4"
War is exactly what General sherman
said it was Not many of our manly,
clean soldiers thus degraded them
selves. but even one was too many. At
any rate, l have told you the truth.
Nothing, not even charity, was ever
made to cover such a multitude of sins
as this Philippine climate"
Now for the actual facts concerning
it. 1t is trying TO men from cold eli
mates at first especially during the
season Of heaviest rains, which come
in the summer months. A white man
cannot labor in the sun here all day
any more than he can on the sugar
plantations of Louisiana, although the
Japs and Chinese do so with perfect
impunlty. But the white man does not
need to labor in the sun. If he has
brains he learns TO direct the labors of
those who can thus toll and reap for
himself a fortune. Nature has here
poured out her richest, most fruitful
vegetation along all lines.
The white person who will eat spar
ingly. chiefly of fruits and vegetables,
r who will drink Of and bathe abundant-
~ in the water which in most Philip
! pine districts is so plentiful and good,
who will dress lightly in linen or cot
ton and. above ALL who will not tam
p per with the burning, destroying de
, mon alcohol can under ordinary circum.
! stances live in the Philippines in good
! health.
D Proof-the Jesuit fathers, who have
been the teachers and scientists in Ma.
] Mia for half a century, live often to q
S good old age. A Swiss gentleman who
] embarked I'm business in Manila more
{ than twenty-five years ago and has
p reaped the handsome ana just reward
of his labors enjoys excellent health
There are consular and commercial
agents from middle Europe who camC
4 here in thc.r youth and have grown uT
1 with the country. It is well, however
- for q Whit man to have a furlougt
e once in about four years TO brace him
y self up in cool climate for severa
months. When the Philippines are de
veloped, though. mountain resorts. vii
: make this unnecessary. Meantime
> scores Of fine young Americans havl
been here three years and enjoy gooC
health. They take care of themselves.
The insular government is giving Sc
rious attention to proposition to es
tablish an official summering place II
the mountains near Manila, TO whicl
its employees could be sent when il
need Of a change Of climate. Thi
Z would answer the same purpose as In
Z dia's summer capital, Simla.
( WILLIAM II. WARREN.