| Show it THE KING OF UGANDA p i FRANK G CARPENTER HAd M AN AUDIENCE WITH HIM IN HIS ROYAL PALACE I r i AT KAMPALA NEAR LAKE VICTORIA L How Hoy This Li LitHe e Monarch Looks Acts and Lives His Big Country and Its Two Million People The Royal Band and How Hov Its Drummer Lost His Ears The King Sends a Message to the Boys of the United States An Odd Picture of One of the Most Civilized of Native Nati e Rulers c lD S by br Frank X 1 1 1111 Uganda S SJ K J 1 hove 1101 Ju jUlL t nn audience with ld royal high highnell ness nell t Dau aud Chau Chilli tho boy ot or Ii llo IK IlIth tho i dol the Ii of lit morn mOrA thun o people ll tho owner of ur urI n I country twice t IS us Ul Ohio Virginia or Kentucky Ills HIli sub subjects j lh me lire the mo rt Intelligent of or th races of contrail central They a 1 of lr own They clothes of theli own of bark baik and un COli m XI UIl or nr thell persons nt They fitI do 10 not mutilate their bodies by hy slashing g and t t Into 1 their c near They V do not L plu In III enis f II nor 1101 In III und do not file 1111 or 11 knock dut their teeth t lh They have n II liU ime of their on They rhoy hav Im their th own wn ont many of or the un live kop of coin l In III t who use mn r ki l for foI purpose 1111 are ure fi In III to n large extent e t rhO il IJ art are railed tho l their cou lit I Is They Th been Iwon tile Ule dominant race of or this alt of tind have lIa anil again oguin the other peoples about I Victoria In Will war Their neighboring Im paid them tribute I he are still of or the of 0 the tho continent Their ruler may ti do much In hastening their ad lid advancement A DESCENDANT OF OJ KINGS I boy 10 kin bus as IS blue blood loo as nil nn monarch who on a II European Tho me UIl un old ohl na nation tion 1111 they have hl had K for Ron Their first H IH said 1 lo 10 have from a 3 monster pillion outline It on Olt ono ot the tho reat mek of country Ills was wa and ho 1111 killed thou thousands sands ot or Ids his before be foro ho he was to The that we know bet best vioa who vho v the tho explorer came cume Into Inlo and wn WUI WI on Oil tho throne tho expedition of Henry Jf 1 was 1118 converted to t by h He JIo Ihl hoys and his hili father was Willi tho notorious ono of or the tho theand and wickedest tyrants on earth I 1111 levelled i t l H It li Wilt M b h thom io eil him cho bov hOY Who wh Was Wal then n a Jilb In III arniK lt III It an I r In I lilt Chilli is I noW 1111 twelve of II and 1111 1 In en ear moro li he will IH wIll take till the of govern government ment the thi In Ih lilo Ill und am heinli 1 by b a 1 of f thre Hided by h tin tho or 1 1 lounell of about twenty of the native chiefs of In to 10 the from his hilS farms the Ih boy hoY hUll bus Un or ti II year PU rom from HIP gov gO and will Jie In tn Y I when h the age nC of In ll th p meantime the 11 for him at III u II of or NATIVE lint Bill lr t lot wt me Rive h some idea of this town of or KI pa I 11 the or it is h fl flom I fe the R nt nth hn h us lt tin l x ln it on III side of LaK c i Kumpala Is hI bv IW a I ulu load over one ih 11 b h ba ho a o or OJ on or 01 on Oil toot rOlt 1 J h ie In a It by IJ u I l dad clad In oo l Itself Is Ont one of the of the O native N alO over nix hill which rl out of low swampy binds 1111 crossed i by y and Tho are III dl I d up UI Into lUlo plantations ami LillI llo h hili hits Us lis oun lans claRs of o people and Us 1111 oun The hill upon which the Ihl IIII dwells uell Is IN known an nit that horo chief Ihle K HH nN and where the JUcs Is lit Kampala the thc other UK Ill to private residences I All these hilts hills arc aro beautiful mid Is 1 1 IH Jt It Is several hundred feet high and well 1 lul In shape shupe It In II covered with groel In are the thatched houst of or the chiefs and ami officials and andun un II H Il ery lop lOI Is tho loyal council and till the bungalow which forms the Tho hill hilI I Io cut up III by good gond toads rOIl and 1 made my Ill up III It tn In u IL lII ON TIm WAY AVAY TO fO TIm Till KINO Iun My MI audience with his hiI royal was Willi the tho ehll to It whom I brought letters of or Introduction and I is there by hJ native policemen In III uniforms and by Mi the all collector of revenues My I son lOll Jack was In III n It behind mo We LI clISse eased tho swamps on u II corduroy our k human hOIs and In III chorus no III they pushed and pulled up tho 1 hill hili Vp went enl to the lilt of tho native mlle prime prim ministers 1111 III Hut hilt as HI bl big i 13 3 the l 1 hay rick then drove on Olt bot oen the high fences of or matting which surround the thu homes hOlne and estates of the Ihl After fler 1 M of sueh travel we I reached tit th to 10 bl h royal the th kl hokl or kill h lIre guarded by h a n walt wall it 15 1 r feet high made of a Ir suit MIt of cane which grows rowl wild In III Uganda which Is I known ns nil IlnA stalk is iu II thick u a R fi lod and 1111 almost Illmo MI is Ion The rhe of o tho Iho fence around tho K wound ClIO s HO o woven O II together thai one OIW see fI through arl they the 1111 a n tho native Tha 1 t two to miles tn hi length ih n around his hN hisA A GIlI NJ We WI skilled wall for some Rome dl and to In a IL great cono cuno m ilL two I n black 1 servants I were wro standing They Th had apparently been hlen notified ot lit otti on for they the open the doors as 11 0 wo came up III IIII I we 6 found f In what whal a grove The TIt tail plants be IH feen on all Bides their big brown blo stand out on nr or tite lout loll I of or ft nit und and their wide Itle In hi the th 1 W Vo Todi ul through this grove for 11 nil ind Hum thull on mo out Into Inlo the recreation ll n 11 smooth open BLIPS plot ot uveral At l the ond of this I observed u 1 fIr l upon which tho Lov king In Roe ItON through I Ills hili dally 11 gym la Her he foot ball ov V iry 1 afternoon with sons of oC his Mr 11 soy his Ial Is III fond of the game Mid that he II uces not nol scruple to push knock the othe boys hoYt as II hL rout roots th Hold THE JIlE ICINGS ulnA seeing hl majesty I vve WI stop stopped ped at nt the th of his tutor AV who ho was to us I This man Is I English lie 1 n graduate of one of o the lIil famous fam of and was wn sent out heie upon the tho ad all vrr VI of or the to 10 train tho rho boy O King His name is I J JC JC C H He lit is II a It young man has hall considerable ability He lives lIes In hI an n bungalow hII alow surrounded by bya h ho a o beautiful rose I SO garden within al almost most It i ot or the royal hous e wi n t him there thero and then w out on together tn to tho Kings house Jin lolls me IIII Unit his hili highness Is 18 a boy and that he heN N rapidly learning to tend and cipher He II li I being taught tho his hist t of or alid something laws lie Ill Is studying and tho native nio lilO lilOt t him the tho Bible mill iho th foun hot ion principles of ot Christian len IN IX TUU After ACter the Ihl rojal roul council house tho thatched thai chell lint of ot the kings I we wo came to 10 the kings bungalow the band a t welcome as wo wont In Tile kings favorite drummer stood at nt ono side and pound pounded ed ell on a great drum which leached to tt his hI He u eLl only Ills hi hands and mado a n great din I which was vas added to by that of a n score of other musician who Kept t ilmo with him on 01 their arlous Hie rho tutor told us that his majesty would receive us WI on tho porch and a 1111 that we 1 should afterward go HO Into Inlo tho house proper Will was It on tho porch in front of o which as a leopards skin hlo wo 0 walled waited tho R nought other 11 hN i hairs for our ourselves selves and placed them well away from this skin 1 told III that tho king would sit lIt In the center but hul that the skin was WIS foot footstool stool and that no Uganda subject nor any om on else than the Ihl could step on 11 It II KINO As wo WI walled Urn 1110 tutor went out anI anIn a n moment Inter In camo In with his royal mal 1 l hIm Ho lIo brought him up to u n ami ns os each of or us was wall tho king offered his hili hand handIn In n timid way motioning us at III the tho fame time to chairs Ho IIo then Ihen directions nl that his hili favorite musician should come out and pla play for ns liS This man Is II a IL famous blind negro who formed n part of till the court hand during the times of and Ho Howa wa old uld was bale bure almost L 10 If the waist WIlst He II nt down on the outside the leopard skin played beautifully upon Ulon a 1 guitar During an nn In Interval In III the tho I asked the Ih J lulor how the Iho man blind He HI replied it was wn owing to toa a It of l J One day fill that thought bo hl played badly and as ns a he ho 01 dered that his hili eyes lS be bo put out This Ihl was Immediately lei done Hut But to 10 return to II the king Dining the playing be he pat ot In a I chair by my side sid an M the music went on 1111 I had a good chance to study him He Ilc Is I u II delicately formed boy bo of nr ten tenor or 01 twelve years of or age or He Ile looks louks like a It mulatto but ut Ills hit features are almost Caucasian His HIli Is IK light brown his high hl Ii und his lips aro thin thill Ills His head was covered with a It high tax CliP cap much like those used by tho soldiers of Egypt His JlIa body bOd was clad cladIn In III a It long white while gown which vuis fast fastened ened tightly at lit the nek Ii and fell to his hilt feet cd Over this he had on a II gray rl sack coat and a 11 vi t across the breast of or which was Ills a I ll heavy lY gold I chain A TO AMERICAN A HOYS The king has lias on nn Intelligent look hut but he Is I modest and dim h nl He 11 speaks English and ond he ho talked a n little with me 1110 in to tomy my nw questions At the clo close e of our audi audience ence he ho brought out his visitors book and asked mo to write my 11 name In III It 1 I did so at nt the thc saino f time limn handed his highness a u sheet o of paper and him if ho would not send by me m a n lino In his language to the tho boys of tho United Stales I lold him we wo bad no kings In our coun country countr try tr but every 11 boy WJ thoro him himself self olf an tn American and on big as If king upon earth 1 bald that some HOllie millions of boys bo s ot or his In our country and that I knew they thoy would he hn Interested In III learning about him and especially es M so If ho would send I them thein a word Old of or greeting I This seemed med to tickle the tho king Il II g He i laughed and said ho he would gladly IIII com COlli comply ply 1 with my request Ho lJ then and I Itha tha sat Ial down Iown und wrote out this mes ot of which 1 give gle a I fac fae simile It H I roads i I nyo bona United State Slate Nl CA llan this Is II as follows I nm glad glat to all the boys who aro in tho United States I 1 am DAUD the King Wilting this ut his royal Oal high highness ness nORS In an excellent t humor and 1 r ask uI asked ed cd him to 10 step outside In iiI the sun and 1111 have hao his hill photograph taken u He gladly complied compiled and Jack photographed tho king and myself standing together er r Shortly after atter this we Wl again shook hook hands l then said farewell As w wore we ore leaving the tho king asked us it Ir MO WI would not to listen to his loyal band and upon our saying yes ho hIJ ent fent I forth foith thai Ihal the thc COUlt musi musicians vere to 10 gin le us liS R 11 concert rt on our way 1 out the palace we WI w nt to 10 the and other lied hod huts hills Which form the II quarters of r th musi musicians ChUI Tim Till I lite n 1 Kreal Inverted basket It II Is about 41 high nt ot the thc cono It 11 Is I made of thousands of no J tied tc lo to one no an on another other that they tIP go KO up to one olle center o forming a straw tent with round will rolls willor of or reeds running about It like ill I from bottom to top tOI TIll The J lr Is If made ot or split canes Ill II lII each ellch as nil tint lino ut tUl a 1 darning II l in III this houlle a Il half hulf dozen doten mOil men sat on the ground and played upon 1011 pipes Another half haIr dozen pounded oll on the groat drums with their hands and lint nt IL tho back others were dancing After tho CO COIt Inside ended 1 naked the Iho musicians to bring Instruments Into the open that tho t I 1 might milk make a II photograph They did so and at the same time the kings came out and cavorted around Jound hopping higher and higher and swinging their legs this way wa ami that to the pound poundIng Ing of or the Iho drum The flit chief music for tho dancing was made by h tho head drummer an Ul old nc lie gio gro who perfectly bald and wh whenn enn had Imd been cut cul ort oft close clo so that nothing hut but tho Ih holes could bo 00 seen tho lemark l of or the tutor as IS to 10 how tho blind musician lost lo t his eyes because King did not till his playing I 1 asked how hI the head drummer camo cumo to tn lo lore o his hili ears Tho rho was WOM that t they hev I were cut cuI oft by bythe h i ithe the orders of e tills this boys bl s grandfather King It ns a II hot day duro and the drummer was wn a 11 bath In Ihu kings lake when ono one of or Iho saw him and she had seen een seena a It naked man Whether wall vuis angry because the tho man bathed In his special pond or III whether he thought It disgraceful that the princess 1 Inc ss should ten him In III the tho water I do not lIoL know knol At any nil rate ho was WIlS angry nl ir and he ordered his executioners to cut off the nuns cars na II a n punishment Such things arc not nol common n since Hi Iry tool took hold hoh and at present the oun king fen if It he ho wished would not 1101 be ho permitted to kill or 01 maim his hIi without I that the tho 1 as 1111 tho king Is called Is fond of his bands Ho Hb has ha a It largo lurge with him when wh he goes outside outRide his hill palace grounds AToun and tho drummers march In III front yelling and pounding while tho people come for mills miles to look at It the sight The rhe play ory or well loll They rhey use ISO the hollow trunks of a II 1101 ant treo with skins over the tho ends The drums aro tro all shaped like barrels or kettle and 1111 me Ue of different heights and sizes Inch has hus Its own nato noto or 01 pitch anti and the tho musicians pound the different notes note using n It number of or drums its lIS our people do with Iho keys Ires of a t piano Some of tho kings drums drum are t ars old ThY They aro aru considered invaluable ONIA A BOY AFTER I am Im told that this little not notwithstanding withstanding the tho earo elIO with which ho he Is ill watched tho Oct with which his regard regan him Is a n good goo deal of ot a aboy 1 boy 00 after atter all ull He Ho Is fond of t sports and especially football Ho Is a It good bi hl bicycle cycle celo ilder and has a wheel which was made for him In Ono One of his t joys jOs is a Utile little white pony pon which he considers tho finest animal in the country When hen ho he Hoes goes out Upon It ho puts on riding and leggings cuts a 1 gay IU figure as os ho dashes over the loads and about abou tho ant hills His royal highness Is seldom allowed to 10 go no fill far from home honl Ho has hit been to Entebbe and has hl been slon tho steamers which ply 11 upon Lake LIlIe Vic Victoria toria As It Is now Dandl Chau Chall has hils but lit little tic tle to do with tho government and andas as I r have said sri It this will be bo tho case 1111 0 until he Is III IS 18 years Oars of age lIge Ho to will then take his hi upon the us liS tho real ruler of ot the and 1 in connection cu I with I hi h loyal a aI I will w sov ern the country Ho will how however ever always be to till the official who are ntO the real governors who ho will rule tho natives h him This Is hi the tho policy 1 of n the British as liS regards this colony They nio 1110 I III to In control It through the natives nalle and ond although they tho will IK fix the taxes tax It will willbo willbo bo the king who will send 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