Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-28

steamship Marella which was trophy
of war left her moorings at Clrcuiar
QUAY with hundreds of paper ribbons
of all colors binding us to friends on
! the wharf and the voyage TO Java be-
& gun over Sydney's famed harbor and
the setting sun said good night be
hind North Head and the great light
thouse on shore was soon out of our
sight.
" Now that We are well out to sea let
us have look at our ship: AS before
stated she was built in Germany, is OF
400 tons displacement and is marble
palace. all the walls in dining. smok-
Ing, music and louugeing rooms being
done In different co,ored marbles with
q allowed fire places and well carved
Sornameuts.-
r. The windows with small loaded
glass in metal sashes with circular
tops reach almost from floor TO cell
ling.
% All the furnishings including station
AIRY tables are mahogany. There are
also a few marine paintings in panels.
On the boat deck gymnasium with
mechanical appliances for horseback
riding. buctng brouchos. storamh
xmassAgc. a windlass and stomach
settler that will shake down any
dinner in 10 minutes.
All these are electrically operated.
On special top deck is ~ swimming
&pool /: feet by 20 fct and 10 feet deep
with dressing rooms and fresh water
xshowers.
x Tho story is rife that this steamer
fwss ordered built by that greatest of
ksil murdercrs, William II. in which to
Visit his possessions when he had con-
4quercd the world. No matter by whom
1plsnncd or built 1t is the best ap-I
.pointed for comfort. especial attcn-
ftion being given to those little "details
that mean much ON "A sea voyage,
NJ. The second day We arrived at Bris-
,bane. $40 miles from sydney aud the
fcapitai cltV OF Queensland.
= II has over 900 people and Is we'll
built, tho every wooden house must
be protected against white ants.
II a. on the brisbane river and the
larger vessels come up to the city.
: our next stop was at Townsville.
still In Queensland. \ city of 10000
people. has ID good artificial hnrbor
protected by two lines OF wall,
each about a mite in length. 1, is $50
miles north OF brisbane Just on the
Goth degree South latitude.
II Is $40 miles from townsville to
-Tbursd..y island which lies west and n
s. little South OF Cape York, which is
- the most northoriy point OF Australia
and Just South OF 10 degrees south
latitude.
III 1t is the center OF tho pearl fisheries
q which arc at present very much
= neglected.
We anchored about four miles off tho
n island and small boats came out with
few passengers and some cargo.
from lhbfsdtA lSlatu 10 larNin il
y 1sj miles little south OF west. We
arrived there sunday. July u. a, t:So
u. m
Darwin Is tho scat OF government OF
the Northern territory. at present a
white Mastodon" OF the coSimon-
wealth government
Soms OF its prominent people gained
much notoricty by refusing to pay
their income tax, pleading Taxation
without representation
l. s.tta of II .ntI .FsH mi .
lying north OF the 2sth parallel south
latitude and bcswccn the l2oth and
l1sth degrees cast longitude.
Men who know this country state
that there is within the tropics ter
ritory larlsr than Java and tho island
OF Madura combined that Is ~ rich In
natural resources as they and yet
there are less than rrs people in u
against nearly :" millions In Java and
Nsdura.
One " White Australia" tho 9TH
err Brown and BlNck natural people
whom God made 4" 'ill tho soil and
subduc and develop H..
How long our Australian cousins
can play dog in tho inangcr is a gucs-
tlcn that time alone viii answer for
since the Kaiser made such awful
mistake In bringing to the world a
message from Deity no sane man or
wonssn IL trying It
We were at the wharf IN Darwin "a
hours to discharge about ION tons of
cargo, n slow process which would
make an American nervous and rather
than TO watch u I took To the woods
and there among the birds bugs. ants
and native blacks I found pleasure.
The blacks are black Charcoal will
rnnke gray mark ON their ebony
skin. Their eyes ar. set well back
under a bony projecting forehead with
shaggy eyebrows.
saw none who showed good feeding
excepting three prisoners who were
working under guard out In the
hroilinH sum. wked to the waist and
belt and a hat and tho not urged they
were doing far more than the whites
who We're being paid . shillings su
hour on week days and 10 shiliinEs on
Sundays
These prisoners had all been con-
victcd Of numbering white men and
4 yet the guard himself had his deep
doubts than they were justly con-
demned. but the poor black got no
benefit of tho doubt.
In one or moro OF these cases II was
= question Of the "Unwritten Law.
Thes" people are moral scNliall,. In
America mobs occasionally burn a
black man for doing what u white
man docs and goes free unless tho
husband. father or brother cnforces
the unwrittcn law and then they arc
= imprisoned ar killed by tho white
mans law.
Il ARRIVAL IN JAVA
n Our first landing port in Java was
sourRba,a. a city OF 10000 people
when We anchored in tho rcadstcad
there were - foreign vessels in sight
representing nearly all tnc principal
nations except Our own. Russia and
Germany.
We found the city a busy hive of In
dustrv. Canals connecting with the
sea are the arteries of commerce.
Rarees GO out 10 the steamers and re-
ceive tho merchandise and then bring
II into tho city at high tide.
In the canals tlte people battle and
do their laundry anrarent1v each one