Show I I N f 1 I II fV u r r I I tD I JOHN 13 LI ULL J Eighty now has Ima n 0 I 01 O Two Hundred Million Dollars Queer I I RI CT COLONY of tho Globes Control tho i Tho Iho KUng 1 lh u and tho Malays Tho I 4 H HoO oW the Engli h A 11 ti ra Managing VI the MaWes N and his tho At Al Singapore Aro AIo fop Points for tho Philippines T G l 8 SettIe 1 I came cRille to l to you OU how Juhn null Hull i manager manage Ihl one on of ot till lii hi IO tot I suasions lie li II I the tie prince ot of otI otI I proprietor Ho lie ha Iia haA A St bigger than limn t u tit tile t he lie upon pot t th h gloie flohe l lt with 1111 been He lie hUH Pits IhU h colonial farm nit for n R hundred year years at lit the which Horn it is tr trying ln to tig liS liSure ti ure tire out In the Philippine ami ond Ma ht hI ere hU has been among the tic who wio Iw lire ire second cou lne to 10 our Filipino r Tho Iho climate and on oll arc 1111 ar abi ut tin th Inland I Mino us o that or of the tue Philippine t the very cry air la Is i full rull of object I for in ha its I to 10 our own on pro 11 rl pea peo people plo In thu Ih Till SI iTt Thu ThO English colonies down hero here In inI I are called the th Set Sel There HIP IIII about half a doz lux cn n of ot them nm U Is the th chHIt chI It t In ir I capital unit und it 1 t la Is aim ona of or lu Iia h matl Important financial or of 4 wins lt Rig wards empire It I t Is I s an Lin no liO the Asiatic A latie continent that you ou jean scan can row to It In a n In ten teai I than mil n 7 hour atul to 80 O that you cun elm Walk one ono end of at It to tho the other uthel In Ina Ina a alay day da daIl It Il contains only ucros neros anti ami of at this thI only l I 10 undo cultivation Ion tion Still tho the Island dots 8 a II business of ot a n It II Imn by the tho score and Its banks und busi business ness ies homes nm aro among the th ci cf d j Itlie time the orient orl nt It Il hat haN hOI hl which will iu M ot of rent lines HUM ct U li with willi I tile the north west wt ami unil Mouth it Il has hall wt It docks dock and more marc than limn a 1 11 nl vessels come cOnlo c me In iii and anti out of at o Its Rn It II ry month lOon th JIOW ow MAII MADI i TIm Till JUN JUO iu GLI 01 BLOSSOM Tho rho growth of tills this Island Is 18 i tm nn ox 1 r ample mple of ot what England cnn can do wIth a II colony olony Eighty years ago 1 was a 1 jungle It was wn Inhabited by I tigers and other wild beasts bea owl and you could hardly take tako a n step without put hIlt I ting your jour foot tool on a n cobra Today the th J island IH l I rut cut up UI with It Jt has hils popper lepper sugar and KI plan plantation tation tl A great of or the ha ham been n denied way uny u and num a mm hit big city olty d I ham ho d grown up about the th harbor Tim Vito rit rity eti etith Is th thu the halfway station or of the tho around roun aroun the world It II la Is a u port l ort of ot vail tall for tor the to anti and from India luilla rind mid China Chinn and also ulso for tor those trout from China P and to rind and froth froin hy imy the th thc c Butz SUz canal Borne of or tho limo Australian I lines hIne pass through the thc straits ts anil thoro ore 1110 regular ships from hOle heie to Java Borneo Slam null and time tho Philippine Singapore now contains about people of or whom 1000 are arc and arni Americans rind and thu tho balance Asiat leN ics The fhe population Is tho mo Im mOat t cosmopolitan Ian on the globo Ihen mo ui m about Chinese and auth I In lii Indiana diana There are arc hundreds nf lot I and 1101 Jes There ore are n U thuu thou thoum m dor Arnbo awl and rehire rOIn 44 t of almost ovary overy tribe of o I and amid mi III iiiI I I from doa Bangkok HH nil well 1011 na ns of lit Ai M ArI I und amid Jews chore Thoro amo 1111 eun thousands of ot and a largo iL nation of ot who are half hn peal lIn halt half Asiatic W I It H In Is this mass that the gay ROV go era rn with a 11 email garrison rind and u mm f police iti i oree aree of ar less em thou than 2000 men mon They hey Ke p them In perfect order oriler and make prop property arty erty trl lire safer ater than they are In the thu itt heart of ot London or Now York I HOW HOY IS I Is The rime English understand to jov cavern u era ern the better than WO we a do tIe al at although though I doubt whether they thoy are us LIS u great a n success In III this as mm th Dutch I 1 have haro described how Holland 1 the through the na un natives t tives Here the tho rulo rule through their on ouva people The liue Straits Settle Settlements ments are n a cros crown n colony colon under a Il BO IO gay I einor appointed by King I aid nit aided aidI I ed cd by an nn executive council The guy gov governor gu Is IA till tie commander of ot the tho c little arTilY army and 1 he lie Is practically su Bu supreme fall preme JIls IliA Mu name Is Sir Sh ir Frederick I Cur Car Curilow dow dov and ho ht Is III a II K 1 0 e M 1 O 1 L He lie gets HetA it II t half as 1111 n largo large an as the President I of or the Ih United StateR and un has IlIs In addi addition p lion tion a 1 KomI foi rOl cm entertain entertainment li ment Inen He lie H hums has n II yacht of ot his him own and andu 1 u II military guard k 9 f The he housu homo Is 19 his hIli rash resi residence deuce dence It Is a u palace grander than 1 the I White Home Itemise situated sHunted on a hill lull over owr overlookIng looking both bolh sea sen and land hand It has mag magnificent I grounds embracing beautiful b lawns lans spotted with tropical trees I flowers I throve drove through then them dining during 1 my They The are more beautiful than I botanical garden outside the trop troll tropics tropIcs ics tea and an are as well velt kept us ua the tho grounds about the tho White House There arc IIII i on guard at lit the time front I door rind governor IH im less hess le l easy enny to tornch reach velt Governor Is III the tle pivot upon which society and amid the Great crent event of the Is III the halt ball haltI I I Which lie he gives cm on the kings birthday i int I nt at his him palace To this thu every one goei Oel I the mire are to so o many that It U has been heen that every een everybody everybody body LOlly who vim not happen n to be ht In Jail i i at the time time Is II Invited At this bill ball the tho I t government house houll II Is ablaze with elec electric l i lights light the military U Is out In Itt force rind the tha cream of ot Singapore society of ot all complexions oom is In evidence 1 A CHINAMAN AS 8 MINIS Ilm q J The governor rules time HIP colony through 1 i his 1118 councilor council or cabinet cn He lie has hall about as 88 many mony cabinet ministers at aa a our Prell President 1 I dent ent there Is la in addition a l live the council One of or the or of the q i latter IB II I n ml Chinese ao no that the Chinese v I l have their my aay as all to how the lawi la are lV i I made anti and executed of the tho coun council council iU cil cli conies from the other colonies ot of the Jj strait for the governor rules rule not only I Singapore but aPio u and Malacca He lIe governs four of or the I I states of f the Malay 1018 and he lie lieI I Is high of th the I j I In horace He Ite U is com coin comI I man of the and nd I 1 r as such luch has haN control of ot all timIngs things null mill milli i tar tary u 1 HOW TIlE THE TAme CAnE CAKE CAnEi 1 i or O mEIn SO l 1 Th The treat their soldier welt well 1 while In foreign ro countries The garri it II I I i son Nn m hero here U Is ly small but butI I j t the e annuli annual military are I n lI near ar r l I 1 I l the barrack wl anti nd II Mr They att mr outside e the Mv c ct t nn on the DIP hilts Ti Y I surrounded by I ul U roun 1 Fh have leu pe di i oat I th with nih heavy I hear hearTt e Tt the barrak are ii r 1 I I e I and two battalions There lire are on onI I and OM ot a r 1111 er ern tIer n In n tI lere on and a m tuly 1 w 1 i r i I t i iI I lt G CARPENTER CA J S 1 HII I HH HH I HI I H H HH II 1 1 i I d 11 i I j T It It p I 1 1 a aE l E j 1 1 l j j j C I I I T j I If Photographed for tor the th News by Prank 0 O Carpenter f WIFE OF A SINGAPORE MERCHANT S y I H HH K WW III H HI K HH I I H HII HH I ot or Malay rallY minors miners rime Tho police I o force tins has 1833 nina Inon und anti 33 38 In III addition to 10 n it battery of volunteer lory lery About million dollars lava Inv been beell expended on A Imm POUT lOn HUT 1101 OUT ou OP Ol DEBT Wo Vo charge customs duties on about R out everything that conies comos to the tho Philip Philippines pines and ami our pur policy polley thoro there Is 18 protection of o till t order Huro Is IN free fieo trails lInI thero uro no customs duties It Ill this tIui the th colony Colon has a 1 of ot 2 OO roo iJO a mm year jear of ot which Is III paid out In iii Tho Time revenue comes enlace f i cm rota maul land tn ca ago ngo and port part av atud harbor dues It li hut lle by tIme the English officials with without out CUt trouble mind tho the government nt alWays comes comae out alit ahead at the tImO end of ot the tho year yearA yearA A BUSINESS CITY I r nin nm surprised nt at tho time business done dOM laWn down lime h ro on Oh till 1119 edge edgo of ot tIme tilt equator hill exports I und to the amount of ot It U has hns n II Which pieces of mull mall It huts hUll ships from rain every pan of tho tilt world going gobig In und mind out of lit t its harbor and tho tIme upon tipon Its lilt na lively as liS those of ot Now York Tm town In III some somo respects r makes N mo mao think of o Havana for rUI Its are 1110 of 01 the lie brightest colors colos with th time tho exception of the tho great Heat stone of tho the lanko lanks and govern fluent IH Is tho tIme business center of ot this part of tho the Pacific having Linus with Slam Sumatra Borneo Axis Indian and China Chino anti and doing doln with nil 1111 of ot them If It you want to 10 go bO anywhere In this part ot of thu world you YOI ott come como to Singapore to start Two wo days US ami 10 will wil take tako you YOl to Java In four days layH and 1111 about the COllie money to Siam Shun will wi entry cairy you to 10 Calcutta W W 40 to anti 00 to London There Thero ore mo ships almost dally daily daly to 10 Km J lope ope via via the Suez canal anil nn ann ev ov every overy ery week weel or HO no there timers Is a boat banI direct for far time the Philippines There are altogether er r several miles of docks which are lighted by hy American electric lights und time the dock lock company Is one ono of ot the bust best paying Institutions ot or the place CHINESE CINI SE Tue most post of or the tho business u however Is managed by tho Chinese They Tho time the ala attest merchants l and best beit tIIt tItian finan financiers curs ciers of or the th far east coMI There are aro about of or them thum on this thIn little Island They own stoOl In Iii nearly everything mid amid Ild the tell toil me nie 11 that they thay can num heat bent n a European 1 Op all In almost every busi bual business ness Hess deal delI These TheMe Chinese are far different from out oui In the time United States They are arc 10 better boler IloR ed and more moro all aIry than limn the nabobs I of ot Thoy They spend money flour nu Us voll 01 as nut U make It I see seo them driving about In II carriages with conch coach coachmen coch cochI men bell I I 1 and footmen In livery They wear silk Ik gowns anti felt tell tints hats and am lie le hick back hickon hrek on aim the cushions smoking their cigars cigar an tt 1 their servants of f other nations drive them horn Some Ron have their ther wives who are r In diamonds l smut and and rind bracelets bracelet of pr Rohl gold The Chinese eh lucre hero have their cricket et clubs club dUb Some Soi ore of ot mire yacht jacht men man I rIPE see nee them thEm In tho the bil bit hard liard lard rooms rOIf mId ll pass them Hying over ocr the roads roods on American bicycles gorgeous silks flirting In the breeze They are tho the cashiers ca anti and ant of this legion lolon If I you OU go Into ono one ot of h big Ie It I Is a Chinese who fig fl tires uren 1111 out the th exchange nut hauls h nb over your money Some of or the tho I hI best bent b stores are owned by Chinese and In Iii most business houses hO I this the credit of o a A Chinese merchant Is hut as an ni good 1001 as Ri that of oC nn an ni English cue ona on The TIme hinell have hats tiny In homes homeR here her Some fome have ha Vt large estates outside Singapore and on nn the whOle they are ar an Ml Important element of at time the community I r have ha e l uk n of ot a a Chinaman being belna In the coun oun This hl in Is no so 10 aNs RI the time Chinese are lire not the easiest governed 01 o the tho tl Asiatic They The hav rt take Lake the ti law InO their l r own OW hands ma ann which In 11 hn have an against the Nut Not long lon ago ao I one nine Ole of f thew Or had a n mem 11 hll of Ww 10 0 In Jn alone while there fliers WOM in of th same NunI society In the i irby arby city or Of Pening lenan THer rHe flen art are ar poor pr ChInas 1 s R 11 aH aM m rich They Ther maD a th boat hOUI in thy thu th harbor habr I pay pa a Chinese J I cents a ride a 1 as he lie hl takes take me mae t from rosa place pH to tn I ilme i 1 In Iii II his hid hil and It I l Is II a I hinea who 10 cook cooka the food I 1 have hav at time hotel hott hotel AND ANI SIKHS Next Net to the Chinese outside the Ma I lays the tb las Et ns form the tl most Important of ot tho the mOt of or SingaPore r 1 There rh are aN ar 20 of at them embracing the tha th chief t rb of When han I r landed landel It was wa a who wh forced tor himself upon me Il as al a guide Hi U spoke English as al well veil 11 ax as al I 1 do and In stated so 10 hard that I needed him that I hAd to take him He lie goes with II at m The everywhere and I b believe llev h Ime I gets a it com coin mission on everything e I buy cm There Thero nr are a l large larga number br of ot I I 1 H H I II II here hero engaged In banking and und money 1111 They The also 1110 conic como from IMy are no tho the Jaws Jowa of ot their th lr kind They lure arc ns am biach as liS the mien of ot spades rind go 10 about t clad In little 1 t le inane mor titan than a I wheel sheet but time the thriftiest usurers of ot the tho tar far east cast casl They Thoy lend money to the Malaya and othet other natives mony nun nna consider 1 i per ier cent n a I month n R low lowral rate ral There me ate n a large number of Ar Armenians home selling Helling Jewelry eiles dl hunt and silk There are 1110 and people from maui tho the bankers are nrc the who Inko houses nt at st Born Bom bay hay Calcutta rind There Thero are uio lra too Arabs and 1111 n Iulo quIto Ulo n a I number ni I ho I of ot mer mor merchants chants from Crai Ceylon Coylon Some of tIme the finest looking East t Indians haitIans are aro tho the who are ure employed upon tho the police pollee force ann ami In iii the garrisons They Thoy Tho are lre very ery tall tail lul straight brown mon men who wear soar ana amid dress In an nn Indian In military uniform which makes el them theta qUite Imposing A J The streets of or Singapore me e In fact a n ull extravaganza You sea flae 10 queer costumes and amid people at lit every Come out on time the ami Inel look Thero is a Chinese II I elo Jin jitu Jini i man clad In short nhoi t blue drawers He lie le Is 18 tIara balo to tho the wal and amid hh hl conical w lint limit sits on his hil Next t to tu him him swaggers a I brown brwn Malay wearing a n velvet cup cap CI rind and gow gourm n and behind comes cOleR ti a I black from lila mn doostan In a I white sheet hect and 1110 1111 turban Lot LeI us walk down tho time Wil dowl street Wo We pass pans In veil rod fez caps and long gowns looking ng as an n though they had hul como Caine front from nn an bazaar We Wc Wego Wego go IW by b tall lal Sikhs 81 turbans of or black yellow and red roll and rind 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