Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-10-26
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Chinese restaurants, ablaZe with light
and noisy with Chinese music. We
were told that dinners were being
given and speeches made in honor of
the victories won by the revolution
lists The Singapore Chinese appar-
emily believe all the rumors that
come from China, for they celebrated
with the discharge of many fire
crackers the false report that Picking
had fallen into the hands of the re-
formers. Apparently the Chinese In
Singapore are practically unanimous
in favor of a change in their govern
ment. as are their countrymen in
Hongkong and other coast cities, and
this sentiment is one of the strongest
assets of the revolutionary movement
The enthusiasm in Singapore over the
reform cause IN China was even more
pronounced than IN other cities, and
preparations are being made for
tremendous celebration when the final
victory is announced.
Well PoIlced.
III all our night ramble through the
Chinese and Malay quarters of Singa-
pore we saw not a single European,
yet we met only courteous treatment
everywhere, and our curiosity was
taken as compliment Singapore Is
we'll policed by various races, among
which the Sikhs and Bengal predomi-
nate. An occasional Malay Is met
acting as police officer, but it IL
evident that such work does not APP
peal to the native OF the Malay states.
On our return to the hotel we
crossed a large estuary which is
spanned by several bridges Here
were hundreds of small boats moored
to the shore, the homes of thousands
of river people. This business of trans
portation on the water is in the hands
of the Malays, who are most expert
boatmen. 1t is a pleasure to watch
one of these men handle a huge cargo
boat With his large oar he will scull
rapidly, while his assistant uses a
long pole.
One of the sights of Singapore is
the botanical gardens, which are
about 31a miles from town. The route
is along Orchard road and Tanglin
road, two beautiful avenues that are
lined with comfortable bungalows of
Europeans, and some magnificent
mansions of Chinese millionaires.
The gardens occupy commanding
position overlooking the surrounding
country, and they have been laid out
with much skill The drives are Dor
dered with ornamental trees from all
lands.
AS soon as one leaves the graded
avenues of these gardens he plunges
into real jungle of acacia and BAN
boo and climbing vines that make
walking very difficult. Back of a con-
servatory in which are many ported
plants ready for setting out was
wild tangle of tropical vegetation
which could be penetrated only with
g. machete or an ak. Taken as
whole, these gardens are of great in
terest because of the many rare speci-
mems of tropical trees, plants and
Towering shrubs.
The most interesting short excur-
sion near Singapore is that to the do
main of the sultan of Johore, which
occupies the extreme southern end
of the Malay peninsula opposite the
island of Singapore. The old sultan
who ceded Singapore to the British
was a very able Malay potentate. His
shrewdness led him to accept Brit
ism proteotorate, although he stipulat.
ed that he and his heirs should have
absolute control of the internal af-
fairs of their own state The throne
is now occupied by son of the old
sultan, man OF mixed blood, whose
mother was a Eurasian, with Swed-
ish father and native mother The
sultan had two other boys by Malay
mothers, whom he was training in
England, when the British govern
ment suddenly demanded that he
should name his successor.