The sun., 1910-10-05
LONE AMERICAN FROM SAIGON
IRIS >TRiNGERS REiCH THiT
pIRT az INDO-I NINA.
n, IIrcn There seven lcars and Ite
Ta!nks u One of the Most beautiful
1it.c, of The hast Frcneh Have Made
II IIttIe Parts N Nontlerful nuins.

.lr cutrr" American population Of
- .,p. Trrnch lnd.- China. was gathered
.. ... Imperial Yesterday There IL only
hum. and he has beeh living out
... 80. cn wears bu' he insisted that
..lu.., rc not used and upon that con
.... DO" Todd something about that part
.... F.prd
-,Lru - visited 10y few travellers, AMI
r.. .uri,cIlar traveller Yesterday blamed
.Ia' f0ci largely upon tho poor aCcommo-
,.....u nf m. French mail steamers. which
....rir the only route To- reach Saigon
fru Hongkong or Singapore. The
600. tr1ttsr usually passes Saigon by.
r zlu. one uG the prcttiest cities. in the
.H,r last.
~nIgnu Is well away from the old native
tr,n and - laid ouy with beautiful vide
.sr.-'~ said the visitor. There are at
..,-r 'hr-e German firms doing business
r sr~ and tho number Of Germans in quite
a,;s hut there are no English firms.
rgrugh there are two English banks, the
rrplnyees of which and myself constitute
t.n total English speak ing colony. number
ing from ten to twelve. In the white
town there are betw cen COO and 1900
Life In Saigon IL very much like that
II PARIS on a smaller scale. There are
n" cafSs and the terraces. and We have
magnificent opera house that must have
est as much as $3.50 on. gold. This is
..' nut 10y the Government un a contract.
uri the lee~s.e not only gets a subsidy at
.7u.OOO francs "A wear from the Govern.
luent hut the latter furnishes him trans
Vurtation out and back for all his trOupes,
the use ot the theatre and lights. The
present manager has had the lease seven
wears and he has grown ~ rich that thus
year he IA retiring Ne ~ supposed To
"a ual alsaaF
We have no golf there. but We do have
tennis. and there - a sporting club The
French Colonist are very Keen on loot
nall and they have t~ - ki uds of II. There
arc lots OF soldiers. there being barrackS
all over the place
-Indo- China comprises Tonquin. AMMAN.
cochin China. Cambodia and Laos. ut
theea Cochin China. IA which saigon - SIT
Iated. belongs To France. which exercises
a protectorata over tn" othe countries.
Not many travellers except frcnch get
to that part of the world. Tho principal
trade 10 in rice. Saigon b"ing the principal
rico port of the world. exporting l.uo.uvO
iona a year. Cochin China - mainly
delta. and there are lots of manSrove
swamps and The soil - very riCh.
The French have lately completed
railway from Haiphon. ths port Of Ton
duIn, up through Hanoi. which is IN"
,apital OF lndo-t hina, and up into Yum
nan. the capital Of the Chinese province
- that name. II IL about lSo miles long.
The whole country ~ divided into prov
lnc~s. each of which has It's capital con
tanning a French quarter. with good
houses fine lights and good roads The
vhola country ~ well uoliCed except the
northern Part of Tonquin. which Is thick
.,mhop jungle
Tp 'hSrr there are = good many of what
~ call pirates. though 'hoy do not go io
-, Ike the pirates % southern China.
ThsS" are deSperado-- that lv" ia N.
,ungl~ and they give IN" polic" lot ot
tr,uhls
Their chief is u man called pelhan.
Who some ysarr agp Was such an active
,iE-n on ths jungle trails that ihc Gov
eminent thought they would he gamer
~ huving him on ;" IcT inanN y''hr-
a. much a. ,i5ono year. 2" keep qu."t
AMI - good
Trera came q time however when the
Government got tired of hNndng over
thrs sum to Delhan, and decided 1t would
NOT -Ipmit to this style of blackmail any
.1uga~ So De.han was informed that
hs yhaoks would no longer be honored
a. b.. BANKS and IL was no Ise for MIN to
-,r.C' -aIary day 10 come around anv
mora They crossed on his account and
d"r0dsd rn cxterminate him and his band
'1r s,rd But they have heen at IN"
90. now for year and a half and b".hAn
b. It'll circulating about IN his baillwtcN.
Inc natives ~ the country are NOR"
ace Chinese than Malay-. hut hey ar"
r'-r..- 'p the former. Tn" trade oi IN"
,..r'rv I- largely IN the hands ~ 'hln"-''.
~.r- = those suv"rrign- down there
a. s.r' NJ as igGrphead-. Thor" - IN"
hrx 4 ttmbod'a. for instance ~"
.-. wear a crown or carry "a -""pirr.
'.' Ia -'lll has the impression he l. ~.
\. '.r the CambDdisn.. they ere the F..
'".-l' people un earth. PEum PENN, the
capital e iamhoda. y = pretty place
IHn natives " the country don't wear !
u.al.--. Se Cinnamon, bUt they have F,
x rttr. which " tied up ~ the back, /
~. nat of ClnRalese. They are not F.
.-irt rsty. hut there used Co he a lot /
q '-riIt on the Same-e frontier
on" most interest runs m IN" i
p.r'1 IN my opinion. are those II AnRkor. F.
V.... = cached by launch after = thirty .
rnIr- rpu-u"y up the Mekong River from .
.'Zu uf ~" ruins. They are one oi ~" .
great .Igr's 81 tho world. Although there !
r" 'rtr'-- pf dwellings tho ruins ar" .
na' divided into twp p1rt- There - .
''E-.r- Tom and Augkor-NRt. ono the ,
{ fH" and he other the temple. The /
-"n"1 have commission there now .
.'.ty ~ IA" ruins. at the head ~ which ,
a ~"'fr'd General. Nobody lives near .
.rFrs"Iv settled Some of the walis.
v..' ere 0f gray granite. now much 4
T"f'r'rHe1ten. are from $50 To 40 te"t
a. hyervthing - on an Immense scale.
TN. rr...'-Cture j. ornate and tho cary
- aat rate. Angkor - on one side 81
g'r"s' water lax" which dries up m the
..7 -..-,,u. You can get within a little
Bop TII" II Il by launch and French
|
sr"-v -sa-uu. Trees and shriibbery grow
.l' ~ rho CreviCes in the ruins.
W. = the carving represents ele
pan I'D Ruddhas and the only theory
] 'tr" t"trd advanced 10 account for
no rl'r- wore that they were the work
.' COW. 'rihe which had heen compelled
o. '"' from India centuries ago and which
T.- .".rWard EXTERN mated. have
'"."- -""D anything wonderful ia the
0H- run- IN my life. Many p"raons
'fa-. puwadays from Saigon. which
r.r ..sfv hours distant, bat the mum
pop Nf NrrNrIcans who have seen the
-'.'- nnu-t b. ysry small. as few Ameri-
'..- ...r got INTO the country.
''"-" tr" many aiItOfnobils-~ IN Saigon
.. 80 ..,is lre ma gnIiiCent lou viii |
'".s. 'ri trtrs and gOOd roads wh"r-
''- F.. 'ri French people nowadays.
'. 'n"r"fU - q long way from home
...f ftr' Il 'he world. hut he IL not
.r % P1rz-
an fTLD 70 RiCE JOHNSON.
suHetf 4. ing aud ghau,1,lnN PuRlllal Auu