Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-19

In itself Macao is very Portugucsc.
The pale pink and pale green houses.
WIN Oalustrndcs and vcrandas, take
one or few seconds bnck to TaEus,
Just az In Manila one is waited sud
denly TO Seville. or in New Zealand
fanc!es oneself sometimes In the Other
England in the North Sea.
Macao may be The last stand of
the Portuguese In the Far East, but.
IL they are going down. they are 60
ing down proudly. a revolution ir.
Lisbon seems TO have small effect In
this little outpost of their once great
empire. They have laid out and
they 10 on laying out fine roads In
Macao. one OF them a magnificent
road which skirts curving shore
called lialfMoon Bay. almost exactly
like Acknowledgement And their
botanical gardens and avenidar and
same as the best things in France
and ltaiy-better. believe. because
ot the complete absence OF artificial
Ity in their beauty.
Camoens. the great Portuguese
poet. lived here. and wrote many OF
his poems on n little tower in
bamboo forest. whence through nh
opening he could see fot miles up
river. and on tho right. out to sea.
This bamboo forest is a part of the
gardens OF Nnsco de Cana. and Is n
beautiful. shady place, full OF poIn-
settas. temple flowers, gold mohuI
trees. and that deep. deep red Homo
lulu croepcr for which tropical gar.
dcncrs sigh in vain.
Close to Camoen's retreat lies n
forlorn old cemetery. where arc the
graves or many Englishmcn. Among
them we found the hcadstone of
Lord Henry John Spencer Churchill
Fourth son of George. nth duke Of
marlborough. who was captain Of
H. L. NJ. ship Druid" and senior of
ticer In the China Seas. He died in
Macao Roads on June .. 1870. and the
stone was put up by his officers and
petty officers I'm testimony OF their
esteem and affection"
Another hcadstone preserves the
memory OF one Lieutenant White. Of
II. NJ. s. Royal George" who died
on the China Station In 1917. I'M
aSinc circlinG half the world and
reaching Macao to find the graves OF
two English naval officers. And We
OF today fancy that we are settling
the world an example In travel.
ON one side OF Macao, beyond n
wharf. carpettcd as far as the eye
can see, with bamboo trays carrying
dccayed and decaHing fish OF all
colors, sizes and smells, you see out
In the roads (where Churchill died)
armed motor-launches and stanch
old junks with tho muzzles of what
look like three-pounders grinning out
OF their square stern-ports. Upon
just such little ships us these much
White and Churchill have looked
their last In the reign of King George
III and the earliest years OF Queen
Victoria.
On the other side OF Macao. the
Hong Kong side. stands the Cover
nor's residence, a pretty white house,
bordered in trees. with an old castle
above and the villas and gardens
lining the fine motor roads. Tho
Governor himself De Silva, son of
former Governor and one OF long
succession. Is young alert man,
who speaks English well. dis
cusscd with him the present en-
brollnent or Macao and the Chinese
government. He spoke sensibly on
the subject, but at Hong Kong that
night | found those who thought the
result of the complicated dispute
would be the squeezing out of Portu-
gal after all these years. Macao can
never again be what she was in the
days when the tunka was the only
means OF sen transport.
rs the sal An bore MS back In the
rich light of late afternoon. past is
lands and hills that glowed like
amethyst in tho level rays OF the
sun, past lights that sparkled out
from amid the trim trees. hiding the
little villas. 1t was for all the world
sailing from Lisbon. We felt that
We had seen something uniauc-an
Unmarried piece Of old Europe living
It's own life in grotesquely insult
able surroundings.
Copyright. 1922. by United News.)