Aani The Canting of a Prlnr
The cdniing to Portland of the
Crown Prince of Sinm is quito an
event, nml many people are look
ing up the history of his country.
Probably the best informed on the,
subject in this city, are the mis
sionary workers-, who are found in
the churches in large numbers.
Rev. Arthur J. Brown. D. D., one
of the secretaries of the Board of
Foreign Minion?, and formerly
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church of Portland, visited in
Siam and Laos three months. In
uis report of the trip is much of-
interest.
Dr. Brown says: "It is common
to speak of the Siamese and Laos
as weakj They certainly do lack
the persistence and industry of the
Chinese. Here, as in the Philip
pine Islands, a tropical climate
begets indolence and reduces wants
to a degree which proli6e 'Nature
readily supplies. There is no oo-
Siam, and it is therefore not sur
prising that people take life easily.
The banana, the cocanut, the betel,
the mango, the pommelo, the
orange, the jack fruit and the lime
grow with little or no cultivation,
while the simplest tillage a mere
tickling of the rich soil sufliees
for abundant yields of rice and
vegetables. As for a house, one
can be built of the ever-present
bamboo and attap palm in a
couple of days.
"In these circumstances I mar
vel not that the people are so back
ward, but that they are so forward,
and that I saw them making mod
ern improvements which cannot
be paralleled in any Asiatic country
that I have yet visited, except in J
Japan. In China, Korea and the
Philippines there are improvements
where foreigners have made them.
But in far-inland Pre, the Laos
Governor sent his carriage to me
for a drive, and I opened my eyes
wheu I saw an equipage which
would grace Fifth avenue, New
York rubber tires, shining
wheels, luxurious upholstery, hand
some harness and liveried coach
man; In Lhiengmai 1 was driven
for hours over roads which were an
amazement antf (TeTight, after the
ridges and hollows . which are
euphemistically called roads in
China. At Pitsanuloke, 250 miles
from Bangkok, the neat, white
washed picket fences lining the
for more than a mile, the well kept
lawns of the public building?, the
elegance of the Siamese Club, aud
the residences of the officials would
greatly surprise a traveler, who
had expected to find a villiaee of
barbarians in this interior reeion
of Siam. At Ke Kan, where I
stopped for night, there is not a
single foreigner and never has
been; but we strolled for a long
distance on a level, beautifully
shaded, though narrow street alnng
the river bank. We saw a sign
bearing the word, 'Postoffiee' in
- English, Siamese and Chinese. We
passed a telegraph office, and on
the verandah of the Magistrate's
office we saw two bicycles. Sun
day we campel near a hamlet in
the heart of the mighty forest jun
gle, about as far from civilization,
one might suppose, as it would be
easy to get. But in the police
stations I found a telephone con
necting with the telegraph office in
Chiengmai, so. that though I was
on the other side of the planet
from New York, 12,500 miles away
from home, and GOO miles in the
interior of Farther India, I could
have flashed a message to any
point in Europe or America.
'July 16, 1883, was the date of
Siam's first telegrapic communi
cations with the outside world.
"The police stations are models
of neatness spotlessly white build
ings in well kept grounds, adorned
with carefully tended flower beds
and potted plants. In the capitals
one might expect such things, but
I am writing of what has been
done in distant intirior towns of
Siamese themselve . ? r is this
al. A new system of accounts
and auliting ii (.rtdua lv reducing
to order the hitherto hopelessly
confused finances of the country.
The prisons arj being hmodeled
i
I inspected one in Laos and one in
Siam, and found clean, well-fed
prisoners in roomy, well-ventilated
wards- Free public schools have
been opened all over the lauds, and
several that I visited had. good
buildings,foreign desks and an
abundance of maps. A royal de
cree, dated February, ISO',), made
Sunday a legal holiday, and di
rected that on it all Government
buildings should be closed, and all
business suspended, and if it is not
strictly observed, it can hardly be
move of a dead Tetter than similar
laws are in some parts of America
and Europe. since 1894
an electric light lant has illumi
nated the King's palace, and now
the Siam Electricity Company is
paying a semi-annual dividend of
4 per cent on 10,000 lamps, and it
ha a capacity for 7000 more, while
it advertises power for small manu
facturing motors and is planning
the introduction of electric aulo-J
mobiles. Thirteen of the '2( steam
rice mills of the city have thei
own electric plants, as has also th
Bangkok Dock Company, two forts,
five naval vessels and the navy
yard. 'Trail Chaumklow, who reigned
from 1851 to 1S0S, was taught En
glish ami science ly a missionary
the Rev. J. Caswell".
"His son, the present king, who
rejoices in the name of Souulet
Prahart Prah Parmender, Hahar
Chulaogkaum Caudintartape Ma-
has Mookoot Rartenah Rarchawe
wongse Racher Xekaradome Char
taranth Baromnh Mahar Chakra-
part, Prah Chulu Chaumklow
Chow Yu Huah, was the first mon
arch of Si;rm to visit other lan
and his travels greatly broademd
his mind. He has abolished the
custom of prostrations at court, in
troduced European dress, estab
lished a royal' museum, adorned
his capital with excellent streets,
public gardens and a group of
state buildings, which would be
considered handsome in a Euro
pean capital. Strict Buddhis',
though he is, he and his oflicia
not only grant full religious toler
ation, but assign valuable property
to Christian mission work.
"The United Minister once said;
'The King of Siam is a man of fine
education, keen insight and broad
culture. He speaks the English
language well, and appreciates it
keenly as a medium of civilization
fcjr his people. . Tho work
of Protestant missions in this coun
try has been esjiecially fruitful in
good results, along the lines of
Christian education and civiliza
tion, influencing alike those in
high estate and of low degree."
Dr. Brown says: "The King is
undoubtedly next to the Mikado ot
Japan, the most enlightened and
progressive monarch in Asia, and
he has a few capable men who
sympathize with his views and
energetically assist him in execut
ing them, such as Prince Damrong,
the Minister of the Interior; Prince
Davarwongse, the Minister of For
eign Affairs, and some of the Com
missioners, notably those at Pits
anuloke and Chiengmai. But his
ary changes have como from above
instead of bel6w, as in Europe,
and they have scarcely penetrated
the masses of the people.
"The King is simply trying to
fasten the fr.uits of Christian civi
lization on tho dead tree of a Budd
hist nation. The effort should not
be criticised. It is well meant and
it is beneficial as far as it goes. It
is unquestionably doing much to
open up Siam to the influences of
the outside world. Nor is it likely
to end with the lifetime of (he
present King. The Crown Prince
has been educated in England, and
is to return to Siam by way of the
United States, where lie should
be hospitably received." Tel..
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