Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

: which is open at both top and bottom.
| and is OF the same width throughout
| when the Malay puts on bis clothes
/ Doc steps into bis bag, raises its top
| Co bis waist and by twist of tho wrist
| fasteus IL there in a knot Under tho
/ bag ho may wear calico drawers. or
/ II poor he may be- naked Tho rich
| wear pantaloons OF bright colors or
/ white duck but tho sar0ng Us always
over the rest of their clothing u
I .avms to be- the badge Of the race, as
arc also the handkerchief turb8n and
sandals or slippers
Here 40 the straits OF Malacoa the
Malay have been contaminated Boy
foreigners The Europeans have
taught them Co drink and through the
chinese thcF have become opium
smokers They are not SOP good oonso-
uu.ntIy as the PEOPLE of the wilis.
They arc naturally lazy and have
become the loafers OF this part of the
world Some NJ them ACT a. coachmcu
lor the rich Chinese or Europeans
Others do light work about the towns.
and few live In villages scattered
over the islands. labofiug only enough
t0 keep soul and body together Now
end thrn one meets a rich Malay
from The mainland. tho SON OF su of
ho.uI 1r perhaps OF "a sultan. but ass
Oh ru'e tho Mllays of the straits are
-IIft'rs and poor and they grow
worse on every year
THE FEDERATED STATES
If one would see the race at its best.
hr should gp to the peninsula and
travel through the British states.
There are other provinces belonging
FOB Siam and Johorc where tine prog
ross Beg hN no means 30 great. but in
thc Federated States ho viii find
towns which have sprung up in the
jungle and public buildings equal to
those of Japan and India
but first let me ten you what these
sintcs are. 10 YOU viii take your map
OF Asia ana look az the MALAY Ucuin-
sula. you viii see that 30 begins all
most ON the equator and runs q thou-
sand miles or 500 nOrthwurd. the up-
per part belonging 90 Slam About
four or five hundred miles from the
straits these British possessions begin.
AZ the top is Perak not as big AS New
Jersey and farther down the coast
Solaugor and Ncgrl Semhllan. which.
combined are Of about the same size
as Pcrak. while east Of them lies the
big province Of PahanR. which is al
most az large as Massachusetts, and
New Jersey combined. The four states
altogether have more than 20. 900
square miles or about . 1000 more than
West virginia
THE sULTANs.
Each state is ruled by a native sui
tan with a British official as resident
adviser The sultan is merely a puppet
and the Britlsher pulls the string.
Under the sultan are numerous native
officials the most OF whom havs
English agents 10 help them. the
whole government being similar 10
what the Dutch have in Java. The
common people think they are ruled
by Malays. but the better classes know
that the British are the real power
behind every office and that John
Rull is king.
These sultans live I'm great state.
Their uniforms are decorated with
gold leaf They have gold-hilted
swords, and when they go about they
have servants who carry gorgeous
umbrellas TO shield them from the |
sun They have az retainers men with |
spears and swords. and the common
people bow down 10 the ground in |
their honor Each sultan has his
palace and a certain amount OF money /
allotted TO him hy the British. The |
taxes are levied and collected under |
the direction Of the British, and the /
revenues are expended as they pre- !
scribe.
IN KUALA LUMPUR
Tho chief city OF these states Is In /
Selangor 10 Is Kuala Lumpur and II /,
has a population of about forty thou /
sand people. II IS there that the head /
, fffrea ~ tho urffiah uovernrueuf are