Show I Americans Without a Country C By WILLIAM C. C UTLEY HD time timeA A A few Cew mon months hs T THE from now Giant Clipper No 7 of or the theP P Pan American Airways AIr splits the salt air with her great wIn wings s feet from tip to tip Her lIer four 3 horse horse power en engines Ines drone smoothly as they bear their burden of or 30 or 55 tons out over th the broad brond Pacific while you and I and 48 43 others aboard turn for a last look Jook at the ilie C California shore fading Into the distance behind us It H will be 18 13 hours before we feel our feet on solid ground round again for the ilia next possible landing place Is 2400 2100 miles mites away away Honolulu Honolulu the crossroads of ot the Pacific We Weare Weare Weare are bound hound on one of or the regular scheduled trips over O the new airway air nIr- way to China China to to China In three days 1 kJ n Although there Is no land for hundreds hun buo- of or miles a radio beam holds us to our course as ns surely n as though wo we were cre making the trip In Ina ina a fl subway tube When we are arc ready to go to bed and bed and we will be before we reach our vaU Hawaii our seats scats are arc converted into berths as com comfortable as those in a transcontinental transcontinental railroad train This Is literally literally lit lit- sleeping on clouds Were We're not going to miss much by sleeping for there Is nothing to see at this stage of or the Journey but water Besides there Is so much ahead of ot us Our trip this time has lies a double purpose To experience experience ence the thrill of or crossing the PacIfic Pacific Pa Pa- cHic In less time than It took to cross the American continent a few Cew yen years s ago and ago and to visit what Is one one- of or the most u unusual spots of or the United Stat States s and Its possessions It is the time Island of or Guam one of Americas America's farthest outposts and anda a land hind whose population Is In a fix ns as we shall see presently Our arrival at nt Hawaii Is s spectacular spectacular spec spec- in Its vcr very une There Is a short stopover so we can stretch our legs possibly legs possibly limber up In the surf at the glorious beach of Waikiki and nd then we are off orr again over the pineapple i fields and the thc sugar cane with Pearl har harbor or disappearing disappearing dis dis- appearing beyond our stern horizon as California did yesterday Midway Island ten hours away Is our next stop but hut this time the hop Is not so lonely Jonely We soon approach approach ap ap- the Island of or whose roo Inches of or rainfall make It the wettest spot In the world we skirt its foot Coot green mountain range ronge topped by the peak penk of or There are more Islan Islands Js now now Napalm with Its cliffs rising from the sea 2000 feet like great white walls a plateau with volcanic craters at either end Kaula which looks like Uke a loaf of cad bread a little overdone o to a dark brown ao with the grown grass remains remains remains re re- re- re mains of or what were once once- garden terraces and for wanderIng wandering wandering wander wander- ing Polynesian adventurers ad who ho came here to fish and hunt An Island Mystery There are arc more more Islands some of them like Necker being merely the Ups tips of at volcanoes pol poking their mouths up out of or the sea On Necker Neck Neck- er are many peculiar rows of or terraces ter- ter races with upright stones bordering bordering border border- ing their edges In orderly mystery Who left thorn them here and why Nobody Nobody Nobody No No- body knows Mysteries like this are arc not unusual to the South seas there are the grotesque and Inexplicable statues of ot Easter Island for In in- stance More of ot these volcanic Islands with their eases bases feet down under the sea sen pass below us There Is Island flat fiat and barren harren white and empty where former Cormer forests forests forests for for- ests and vegetation have given wa way to the onslaught of or guano diggers poachers and rabbits We pass Pearl and Hermes reef and anU soon swoop S down upon Midway Island It Is only a short while untIl we hop off ocr for tor Wake Island 1200 miles southwest of or Midway one andreach and reach It after a trip unbroken by anything out of or the ordinary At Wake our thirsty engines take on 00 a anew anew anew new supply of or fuel And the next stop after acter 1 1564 miles of or fi flying Ing Is Guam I As we glide down upon Apra harbor harbor har- har harI I bor on the northwest north coast of or Guam I we are coming to rest within the confines of or tho time unbelievable unbelievable-an an n absolute ab ab- ab solute monarchy within the United I States I In the 37 years It has hns belonged to us Guam has hns become In many like other parts of at our country country country coun coun- try and Its possessions There are movie theaters where the dyed ln wool the-wool fans rave ra over o the darling dimples of or Shirley Temple slanders slanders' Political Plight Tha They j are aro housewives who wrestle wrestle wres wres- tle tie with electric refrigerator trays to liberate Ice Ico cubes which will coo cool the drinking water at their dinner tables Streamlined automobiles speed over smooth paved roads Telephone Telephone Tel Tel- ephone and telegraph quicken the business and social world Yet these citizens of or Guam Guam 20 20 of them them have have no vote no voice I at all iu lu their government They J r w cP r r NOr POC fiC CI Ocean a I 2 24 4 f ft t Ii e- e t x s Ill 1 I i A n V Two sailors stationed at Guam out for a walk around their barracks bar bar- racks nothing else to do dol Guam stop off point on the air air- route to the Orient shown on the map above Is governed by the navy Inset Pan American Airways new Clipper Ship No 7 largest plane ever built In America may be born In this distant corner of or the United States and live there all their lives Il they owe undying allegiance to the American can flag and d ando to o the lie republic for which It stands the they are not aliens but neither are I the they citizens of or the time United States State and anU furthermore never ne can an the they become citizens of ot the United States They are ruled by the Iron hand handor of or a United States naval appointed appointed ap ap- ap pointed by the President so far this typo type of or rule has been Just and wise and deniably beneficial nevertheless nevertheless nev nev- the governor go Is as much an absolute monarch as asere were ere any of or the kings s of or old Ills His word Is Isilie the ilie only law Queerly enough Uncle Uncle Uncle Un Un- cle Sams Sam's gobs under his control and perform every cry governmental go administrative e duty from jud Judging criminal ca cases s to blowing traffic whistles yet none of ot them have ha any real naval duties nt at all nIL Arriving at Guam wo we have ha covered cov covered ered miles mUes since leaving Call Call- fornia Let us see sec where we are arc now Some 1700 mites miles from Ma Ma- nila The nautical position Is e en enas ns as de degrees rees 20 G minutes north latitude and 14 1 degrees 40 10 minutes east longitude Our Island Is larger than Samoa or the Virgin Islands It Is an oasis of at square miles In the watery desert of the Pacific It Is 29 20 miles long Jong and from three to ten miles wide Nature Mingles With Civilization Despite the time presence of the many man scientific Improvements of or our own civilization which have bave been fostered fos Cos Os- Os ter-I ter under the American rule the charm of at nature Is everywhere C to tobe tobe tobe be found Water buffaloes pulling native carts are aro frequently to be seen There are arc native villages consisting of one long street of houses with sweeping verandas perched upon posts The native population Is chiefly there are arc a few and Ma Ma- lays Stretching out Into the tho hills beyond be- be yond jond the capital city Agana where two thirds of or the Islands Island's people live lire are arc fields of sugar rice tobacco tobacco tobacco to to- bacco and pineapple In the river valleys alles are cacao cotT coffee and Indigo Water Vater buffalo and Imported horses help with the farming which Is the principal Industry of Guam It Is somewhat appropriate that the tho navy should govern Guam which Is a forbidden na naval preserve although It boasts no fortresses harbors no guns and withholds no secrets of or n a military nature For It was the tho navy that first claimed the Island for Uncle Sam That was on au June Juno 20 20 1898 1503 The Th Spanish governor go did not know that the war was on When Capt Henry Glass sailed salted the cruiser Charleston Into Apra pra harbor barbor and and began began began be be- gan throwing dreadful dreadfully earnest shells right through the tops of or the coconut trees the time governor probably probably proba proba- bly already acquainted with AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican lean sailors thought the boys bos were Just out for Cor a no good time nail and apologIzed apologised apologized apolo apolo- for Cor not being able to return the salute since he was all aU out of or powder and had to wait walt until some of hl his subordinate senors could dash down to tho the corner drug drub store and get g-et some He lIe soon found out that the American navy nay was playIng playIng play play- Ing lag this game for J keeps eps and we have kept the Pacific prize ever er since President McKinley directed direct dIrect- ed the navy to tos to's administer the island i I government two weeks after It was awarded to o the United States In Inthe Inthe the lie treaty of Paris December 10 1593 and the navy y has bas always retained re re retained the lie charge The Island of or Guam Quam Is actually a part pari of or the United States not simply a protectorate Yet Islanders Island Island- ers cannot earn citizenship by merely staying In their part of or the lie United S States or r even by coming to the mainland and residing there for the time period of or jears ears which would ordinarily be sufficient for na Denby Was Responsible The late Edwin Denby attended to that in a n proclamation made madene ne nearly thirteen years ago when he lie was secretary of or the time navy Ills HIs court martini martial order whIch h lies has s never ne been rescinded was While a native nati of Guam owes perfect allegiance to the time United States he lie I Is not a cl thereof nor Is he lie an alien anti and there are no provisions pro under which he may become become be be- come a citizen of or the time United States by naturalization lr Ironically enough the only country to which the Inhabitant of or Guam owes allegiance alle Is the time one country of or which he lie cannot become a citizen The entire Is Island of of Guam we weare weare weare are told upon landing there therein In Clipper Clipper Clip Clip- per No 7 Is a closed port pott The Thenay navy y governors governor's permission must be given gl before any foreign vessel essel can tie up at the doc docks s. s We had lead to have special permission to landhere landhere land landhere here for nobody foreigner or An Airier Amer American er- er ican lean lands he here e without the governors governor's governors governor's gov gov- O. O K Ii No one one can g get t off orr the Island either cither without the approval approval ap ap- ap of or that same august gentle gentle- man Even natives have t to W have ha his permission to go Guam Is the largest Island atthe of at the Marianne archipelago the rest of ot the Mariannes l are owned by Ja Ja- Ja pan We once considered Guam an nn Important naval na base In the Pacific front stretching from the Philippines PhIlIppines Philip PhIlIp- pines to Alaska but after the Versailles Ver Ver- salU sailles treaty the derell defenses cs of at Guam proved Irritating to the Japanese and we removed them The navy had a n little more than men at Guam before the time treaty but now there are only about GOO No Crime Problem Here There Is little enough nough need for police on Guam we find There are only two lawyers there and only one of ot the two gets enough business business to make It profitable for him to take takeout takeout takeout out a license to practice Islanders are given a good American Amer Amer- American ican education In fact it Is com com- ry There Thero are business opportunities there In tho lie industries of ot burning lime and charcoal and fishing fishing fish fish- ing and building although most Inhabitants inhabitants In habitants are farmers small farmers small farmers farm farm- arm ers era each family has Its own little plot of ot land If It we visit Guam ne next nest t year jear car after the treaties expire It Is possible that we ma may see the tho Island better fortified This Is s not likely however since granting Philippine Independence ence once has left us with little In the Far West to protect After a short stay In so InterestIng Interest Ing lag a place we climb back Into our Clipper for tor the long Ions hop op of ot 1700 miles mUes to the beautiful b airport of or Manila Manila Ma Ma- In- In I nila nUa arriving there at the tho start of 0 the tho tl third rd day out from California One more quick move and we ere are re In la China The world worM does change e I J I o 0 Western |