The Detroit times., 1910-09-24
SULTAN OF sULU
ARRIVES IN n. Y.
He Brings Name Mile Long and
Bunch of Natives Who Are Men,
bers of His Suite.

NEW rORK, Sept. 24.-Hadii Mo-
hammed Jumulai Kiram (Which Is all
OF his name that he cared to bring
with him). Sultan OF Sulu. is In New
York today.
Wearing black velvet turban,
with red velvet trimmings. black
suit and boiled shirt, HaJii came
smiling down the gangplank Of the
American liner st. Louis and fell into
the waiting arms OF Major Hugh L.
Scott. Fourteenth United States cav
airy, former governor Of Su,u, who
mas promised TO show the sultan some
or 'hc sights OF this county
In the sultan's suite, sor he is still
cnri,ed to have suite. notw ,lstani'
ipg that he was euchered out OF about
everything he used 10 have by the en-
forcto transfer OF his beloved arcni-
rciaso 10 the United States, were his
brother Datto Raia Muda Mualil-
vast, heir apparent 10 whatever Is
left when Hadji gets through; Had1i
Butu, lord high polisne: OF the I'm
penal slippers; Hadii Mohammed
Panglima Mullam (they grow 'em long
over In Sulu), premier excelsior
wardman OF Jolo; Hadii Sumpenejse,
grand seasoner OF the imperial dog.
meat, and a bunch Of lesser Filipinos.
Most OF them came steerage, as they
couldn't get first class accommoda.
tions. But even the steerage mad
something on the huts they left be-
hind and there was no complaining
Then. too, there was J. Wemble, the
interpreter, an ex-private In the Sew
enteenth infantry. who liked Sulu and
the Sulus so much that when his term
of enlistment ended he stayed be-
hind
Two questions regarding Hadji were
cleared up at the very outset. He
didn't have 100000 worth OF home
grown pearls In MS left trouser pock-
ct or any other pocket and he hasn't
come over here for an American wife.
When the sultan sailed on June IL he
had a No. Z 1-S derby hat filed with
pearls, which he began converting
into coin of the various realms through
which he travelled. In Naples he let
go of one for $4,000 and In Paris he
sold the pick OF his collection for
100000.
All told the sultan cleaned up near
ly 100000.
He has few Jewels with him, II is
true, including diamond on the little
finger OF his feft hand that was so
large that he couldn't bend the finger.
Some OF these jewels Hadji is going
to give awav as souvenirs, providing
the high cost OF living doesn't use up
what's left OF the 100000. Should
this happen Hadji will make another
exchange OF pearls for pesos.
AS to an American wife, there's
absolutely nothlrg doing. Werble ex-
planned that once npcl a time. when
he was a real sultan, fIadji had four
wives hut reduced tho number to just
one, with whom he still lives.
Hadji overheard the interviewer's
question conserving his matrimonial
affairs aud he mustered up what little
English he knows and expleined: mo
good; fighting all time. One wife; no
more"
Among the first persons regarding
whom the sultan inquired were Presi-
dent Taft, whom he knew when Taft
was governor of the Philippines. and
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. who, as
Miss Alice Roosevelt toured the Phil
ippines. met the sultan and--whisper
II iow--won the little fellows heart.
He will meet Taft while here.
When told that George AIDE had writ
ten a comic opera called the Sultan
OF Sulu," Hadji expressed desire to
see It and was disappointed when told
that II was no longer being played.
He was told, however. that AIDES "Sul-
tan OF Sulu' cocktail can still be made
and he may try one.
Hadji's trip Is not all for pleasure
and while here he will try to get a
number of American school teachers
and Filipinos who have been educated
In this country to go to the islands
and aid in the uplift of his people.
He's really serious minded sultan on
this subject.
The sultan, and his suite were load
= ed into taxicabs and whisked of To-
the Hotel Astor. Their amazement
at the size OF New York buildings and
the road of traffic was eloquently ex-
pressed In the almost frightened sill
ence they preserved as they gazed
from the taxicabs. When Hadr saw
the Metropolitan tower, 46 stories
high, he pointed to IT,
Zone step, I'm heaven" was his i'm
nnt