The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
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arettes. They arc too lazy to work. and
the most OF them live from hand to
mouth.
We see Indian Mohammedans in
turbans of white, red and yellow. They
wear gowns which reach to their feet.
There are tall Sikh policemen in uni
forms with turbans of red. Persians In
white caps and Indians, who have caps
embroidered with gold. There are
short-haired Siamese, as brown as to-
bacco; shaved -headed FIindus. as black
as your boots, and willy Cingalese ped
dlers. with their long black hair done
up in a knot just back of the crown,
and half moon childs comb to keep
it in order
There are Brahmins in jinrikishas,
hauled by yellow coolies clad in short
| tight trunks of blue paper muslin and
/ little palm hats which end in a cone.
| Their backs are bent double as their
yellow legs trot along inside the
shafts. There are also Parsees with
tall hats which look for all the world
like inverted coal scuttles, and with
long coats buttoned up tight to the
throat. and there are Javanese with
CAV colored handkerchiefs tied around
their heads. who wear skirts of light
ning-streaked cotton
| Theke are also whites from all parts
| of Europe They wear great helmets.
which extend far out behind and suits
| of white linen or cotton. They are
! English, French, German, Italian and
! Spanish, with now and then an Amerl-
| can tourist or trader Altogether the
crowd is as cosmopolitan as any you
viii find in the world. Singapore has
about 100000 inhabitants, and of these
only 5000 are Europeans. The rest are
| Asiatics, and the bulk are Chinese, Ma
laws and East Indians. There are
| hundreds Of Japanese, a few Arabs and
numerous Jews. The colony is gov
| erned by the English, with small gar
i rison and police force Of about 1000
men. It Is we'll governed, too. and
life and property are quite as safe here
as in New York or London.
The Chinese of Singapore.
The Chinese are nlonopolizinE the
Straits Settlements. AS soon as the
English established stable govern
ment they began to come in, and they
now move back and forth to and from
the Straits at the rate OF several hun
| dred thousand year. They ar
thrifty, and the best of everything u
rapidly going into their hands. me!
| own stock in every corporation, and tn
British tell me that they can beat
European in any business deal.
| Since England has taken possession
OF the federated Malay states, the en-,
nese have been going there IN srea
i numbers. They are crowding out TN
II NTalays. and this Is so With the NATIVES
Of ali the islands in this part OF tn
| East. On the Malay Peninsula ana y
4 the Straits Settlements there are nov
more than 100000 Chinese; IN mne nen' az !
100000 in Formosa and 4,OoV,ooo !
| SIAM There are large numbers !
1 Burmal and something like 10000
in the Dutch East Indies They ar
| rapidly going into Sumatra and near
~ every settlement in Borneo has u
Chinese colony. Hong Kong Is practi
cally a Chinese city, and the sam
will be tho case with Manila II w
| allow them to come.
Chimes who y wen the piam fapaawa,
Islands are different from our laundry
/ men of tho United states. They haV'
rich men among them, VINO spen'
money like water. Many have mag
| resplendent in diamonds, and pearls
| and IN bracelets and anklets OF gold
l r saw a marty of Celestials at thu
steamer as i landed. 1t comprised fou
women, whose ears sparkled with dla
monds and whose lion Long f si1h go Wal
/ tH,rooches Of diamonds and pearls
4 While on their bare ankles, above thel
loose slippers. We're great bands
4 I see Chinese riding in autornohiles
some have carpages with COACHING,
and footnen in livery. They wear sill
| gowns and felt hats, and ne back Q
/ their cushions smoking their cigar
! as their brown Malay cnncnlnen arlv
them about, SEQ them IN the billiard
| rooms and on the crlckel sro ll, une
! now and thea I pa IS o. lyln.Ssss roVe
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