| Show MV 11 ri 0 09 dr e low pol mysterious old stonework of caroline carolina islands prepared by tho national ge chic so clety 0 e t y AV ashington 1 0 17 C chato whatever v c r may bo be tho political future of af the Caroll carolino no islands over which japan holds a mandate they are bound to bo be objects 0 of scientific interest for generations to come coma there lins line never yet been a sittle factory explanation of tho origin of tho the massive istone structures turea which give evidence of a high degree of civilization at some prehistoric time and which an island toward tile the cast boat of tile the group to yap on the west the ruined city of Nari matal off th the bast coast of holds the most moat artmous of the ruins n sort of pacific venly r storms through countless gonea wons have filled the broad eglit canals until the sands are dry nt at low biow tide but tho willie walls of heavy basaltic monoliths in some places 30 feet high have withstood typhoons and earthquakes proof ot of a civilization fot forgotten when quiros came in 1605 1595 and the natives living then in flimsy fIl trisy lio houses uses of thatch and sticks charles darwin F W christian rev nov macmillian brown doctor amherd ind and others of greater or lesser fame havo have delved in the ruins near lin harbor and evolved theories thearle the orle i of their I 1 origin they do not agree whether the th e patch of land 1200 yards yarda long and half balf as wide once wai was a tropical venice or whet whether ier through tho the ages it has haa been gradually sinking swallowed h toy y the sea and smothered by vegetation t 1 n tito the waved wavea still bent against its massive lyo sea wall wali while hundreds hund roda of little shell shelf rings used for money and heckl necklaces aces can bo be found even today ono one incident chronicled by all the scientists like the fragment of bone from which the arche archaeologist archeologist reconstructs the dinosaur Is that a metal was once found in the ruins and another less generally known comes from capt john J of yokohama that 40 years ngo ago lie he copied two chinese ideographs ideography Ideo graphs carved carve d on one of the big stones how sever ever tho the whereabouts of the spearhead Is unknown nand and tho letter which the english captain sent to shanghai was was lost and lie he never could locate tile the stone again some say pay modern bucca buccaneers built the city of stone without tile the natives knowing it others trace it to tile the cop per age and tile the present japanese claim it was the wort work of their ancestors who built the fort in asako A similar deserted city stands in the hills of the mainland of back of tho the port of Ronk iti on the southwest corner of the island bland near this Is tho the home of henry manpel a remarkable native chief who has traveled extensively ten in europe and america and Is the bulwark of the christian work i on the island ile he probably could tell more about the ruins than any other man but the scientists have confined their researches to Nan Nati matal which Is more inore easily accessible planter used the stones Kub kubaryk aubary aryn a scientist who spent tile his life on the islands first searched nan matal for Gode troys museum and when governor berg was ju the islands under the german regime lie he shipped so many specimens to the leipzig museum that the government sent an expedition to clear away the jungle and study the city and tile the slightly different ruins on oil tho the island of kosale the latter adjoin the settlement and as aa soon as the expedition left the natives directed by an american can planter supplemented the visitors labors by using a good portion of tile the uncovered willis walls for building a breakwater and pier greatly to the wrath of the leipzig students to of ancient history when they icard about it a year lter ater after his last alt to tile the aidna goves governor n or be berg x rg died aled suddenly justifying flip th native superstition that the atie gods pu punish nish intruders the present presena japanese governor bag baa a big white book in which visitors either of after ter exploring Nanni Nannia atal tat or its bussing cussing it in the cool of his residence ence tire reverted vested re to write their opinion of its origin tile sight of tile massive ani walls S silent and impressive still sur surrounded roi dc by the narrow straight canals anti and overgrown with jungle Is worth the blistered back life Is easy and time drifts slowly by on tho WHO little tufts of green in th the warm warin blue of tile tho pacific effig which now tire aro under Jit japanese mandate the largest Is less thrill than 13 miles in diameter while a half dozen coconut trees surrounded by natu natures rols breakwater of mangroves man groves tells the whole story ot of many of tile the smallest nobody knows how many or how large they are one careful estimate Is 1000 islands with a total area of square miles sown in the form of an Inver inverted teI T tile the islands stretch ch 2462 in miles lies eos cosand and west just north of the equator from lord north island the westernmost of the Caroll carolines nes to mille atoll the easternmost of the marshalla Alar and 1170 p miles north corili and south from paja ps the most northern of the marianas mariakas Mari anas to greenwich Grem in the carolines Caroll nes small Sm allas na they are they stake put about square miles in the north pacific resort of many kinds of people men of many nations po portuguese spanish english american french fren h russian german and now japan japanese so have wandered through the isla islands ds in tile the past centuries they came as aa explorers seeking el dorados donados Do rados solders soldiers to conquer now new lands for their kings pirates to recuperate in the balmy tropics missionaries to teach and trade blackbIrd ers gathering laborers for the plantations of new zealand and australia beach combers drifting out their aimless existence elisten ce and till all the strange medley of humanity that lifes eddies cast into strange corners comers of the world ench each has left a mark a cicro baero fleeting touch the name of an island a river a mountain peak or a family but unconquerable nature Is unchanged and the 06 tropical jungle has fins covered the scars of their works willie while the white skins darken with each generation and the family name Is but a memory of fin an ancestor gone and forgotten Is about the center of the japanese mandatory li islands hilands its life and customs may bo be taken ns as a standard for all the others those who have passed their lives along tills this border borderon of tho the equator say it Is the cleanest healthiest and ana happiest the extent of american missionary activity can bo be gauged by the length of the skirts kirts in yop yap which missionary influence lias has hardly boue touched lied thu the fluffy fiber upholstering precariously on the fat hips in the mariakas marianas Mari Mn anas and middle carolines carollus Caroll ms start above the waistline in Ku austile Kusi stile ilc the easternmost of the carolines they reach to tile the shoulders in one on piece wrappers in tile Mar marchalls marshalls where the missionary work has flourished without interruption the long trained wrappers sweeping up ip tho the dust aro are further ornamented with high ruffle collars and at length sleeves tattooing dying out formerly the natives were walking pictorial histories after the missionaries aries came tattooing bias was discouraged and nd in recent years it has hab been prohibited hibi ted it was considered n sign of courage without which a young roan man 0 or r young woman wais waa not worthy to marry the young people still practice an effete modification of all the old tests testa of 0 f courage by pricking cicatrices or little raised welts on their flesh most 0 of f tho the girls prefer the right shoulder for the adornment though some bom e hove have them on their breasts the boys adom shoulders and cheste |
