The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-06-21
FROM THE PHILIPPINES
To EAST INDIA.
MIR. Charles E. HoYe. HOmeWard
Bound. Visit Points En- Route.
EDUCATION IN THE FAR EAST.
A Few Hours Spent in Colombo, Cey-
Ion, and His Experiences on Board
the Vessel from Penang-Letter
PenHed While on Arabian Sea.
FRc,I MANILA TO HONG KONG.

Fret MANILA To HONG KONG.
My q. .,lication for four months leave
of absence without pay, in addition to
the regular ten weeks vacation, was ap-
proved by the Bureau Of Civil Service
and at last l was ready to leave Manila.
A ticket from here to New York on the
ships of the North German Lloyd cost
me &26. Paid in Philippine currency it is
255.35 pesos; this includes all necessary
expenses, except the expenses while
travelling across Europe, from Naples
to Southampton, England, where we
shall reship for New York.
May 4th we boarded the comrany's
Australian liner, "Willehad," and com
pleted the six hundred mile run to Hong
Kong in little less than two days.
There are four of US Americans from
Manila, berthed together, and all bound
for New York, viz: Mr.. Powell, from
Nebraska, Of the Bureau of Posts, On
leave Of absence; Mr. Pucket, from
Kentucky, resigned from Bureau of
Posts, and Mr. Mcdonald, of North
Carolina, formerly employed at Manila
by company Of contractors.
Among the other passengers from
Manila are several Chinese going to
China to visit. One of the Cinnamon is
taking his little Mestizo (half breed
boy to China to leave him there in
school. AS is usually the case among
this class of Mestizos, this boy is more
pleasing in appearance than his Chinese
playmates and more intelligent looking
than his mothers people.
A Chinese father prizes his boys and
rears them in the way Of his fatherIand
but allows the less important girls to be
reared according to their Filipino moth
ers' wishes. This man had left his two
young daughters with his wife in Ma
Mia. This promising subject of the
Emperor is less than seven years Of age
and speaks but little Chinese. His head
had recently been shaved except a spot
at the top, and he had begun to raise
that mark of a loyal Chinaman,
queue. | asked him if he and his family
were Christians and he answered that
they had been baptized into the Catho-
lie church, remarking that in the Philip.
pines it is very convenient to be a
Christian.
Some other passengers were Span
lard and his family returning to Spain
with Filipino woman servant; two
japanese laborers and girl returning
to Japan; Romanian woman returning
to her country leaving her husband in
Manila, and a young English woman,
employed by the British Bible Society,
returning to London.
The ships crew is composed Of Ger
man officers with Malay sailors from
Singapore and Chinese servants: the
Malays resemble their Filipino cousins.
Hong Kong has been an English
colony since the war Of 1912, when
China was forced to cede it. 1t occu-
pies an island 80 miles square and part
Of the Chinese mainland, including an
excellent harbor, which is being steadi-
ly improved with dry docks and wharves.
The population of the colony is about
$50, 600 of whom 10000 are Europeans
and Americans and most of the others
Chinese.
The main city, Victoria, occupies a
very healthful location along the bay
shore and on the hillside; the best resi-
dences are built high upon the hill
side. A cable car carries passengers
straight up the steep-slope to the top.
The highest peak" being 400 feet
above the bay, and seeming to be al
most suspended over the city
In Hong Kong we see the peculiar
blending Of English energy and progress
with the old conservative civilization Of
China. The houses are all substantially
built of stone or brick, usually four or
five stories high, stores or workshops oc-
cupying the first floors of the Chinese
houses, while the upper stories are
crowded with native families. The
streets are well paved and clean, thanks
to the English sanitary officers. Pass
ing up one street we saw the sign
'house cleaning" Benches, beds and
other furniture were being brought out
and washed in huge tank of water on
wheels which was moved along the
street. We were obliged keep sharp
lookout to ESCAPE the dirty water fall
ing from the upper stories into the
street, hence the sign.
saw but two vehicles drawn by hor-
ses. There is only one electric car line,