Show to litt e e to aces 1 ring events I 1 I 1 I 1 natio on D fid ja 5 3 MANILA KANSAS CITY OF I 1 THE philippines in connection vi with ith thc jhc continued discussion of independence for the philippines the capital city ot 0 the islands manila becomes of 0 special interest As s a transport wends bends inward from the china sea it passes the island of corregidor beyond which stretches manila bay whose mile circumference could surround the navies of the world its rival N will III not be found in the far east on the right of its entrance stands cavite where beey sank the spanish fleet from the bay the city of 0 manila seems to lie almost at water level with hazy mountains tor for a background before the united states came to the islands lU manila arilla was a sleepy town sprawled lazily beyond the bay and the wharves of 0 the river basig which bisects it its streets were quiet and almost deserted at times its suburbs shady and pretty and a general air of imanaka manana pervaded its atmosphere today its estimated population equals that ot of jersey city indianapolis or kansas city the river Is alive with launches and vessels of every description including the houseboats of a literally floating population of fifteen thousand find and through its port it sends yearly to other countries nearly a hundred million dollars worth of hemp sugar copra copla tobacco and other A unique sight in matilla manila Is the pace cemetery which at present has fallen into disuse it la Is composed of two concentric walls about six feet thick honeycombed with holes just large enough for a coffin in the olden days these were leased for periods of five sears at the end of that time if no one was sufficiently interested in the alie remains of an inmate to pay his rent tor for another five years henrs his bones were thrown on a heap at the back of the cemetery imagine tle the 11 shimmy the flesh on oil an ancestor worshiping china mans mails backbone would perform should lie he behold the queue of one of his pro genitors geni tors protruding from golgotha out from the walled city near the he bay shore Is luneta a small amusement park and wallace held field used for sports and the annual carnival in the days of spanish rule wallace field was on an execution ground for political prisoners and here dr jose rizal the filipino Fill pino surgeon novelist and patriot was executed manilas lillas chief shopping district Is I 1 north of the river and enterprising filipinos americans and chinese have set up stores hanks banks factories and restaurants riving giving this portion of the city an up arid and doing air |