The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04
POINTING FOR HOME.
FINISH OF MAGICIAN BANCROFT's
CIRCLING OF THE EARTH.

He Hears Great Deal About Lii
Hung ChanE-AdmiratiOn Mingled
With Contempt For Him-ExtrnOr-
binary Cheapness of Living in
Japan-The Empress of China.
Arrival at Vancouver.
My stay in Hong Kong was short, but
interesting While the town is in China.
it is a good deal more English than Chi
nee. English customs pervade it entirely
To be sure, you see lots of Cinnamon all
around you but this is common every-
where in these ATTITUDES, whether 1t be In
China or in any other adjacent countries
They are scarce in India, for the reason
that the lower orders are just as numer-
Gus and as willing to work as a Chinese
coolie.
1 found. much to my surprise. while
here that a vast deal of interest was
taken by the higher grades of Cinnamon
as to the visit of Ii Hung Chang to the
United States. Some of them actually
asked me whether he would be allowed
to enter. I never realized before how
much our Chinese exclusion act affected
these people. 1t has put a sudden stop
to what would naturally be an enormous
immigration. SO that it affects the Eng
lish ship owners in a sense just as much
as it does the Chinese themselves.
1t has particularly affected the port or
Hong Kong. For it is from here that the
greater number of Chinese went directly
to the states. Therefore, they beg ana
pray that the mission of L. they invari-
ably refer to him as Ii Ito add the Hung
Chang would be a sign Of familiarity, Ii
being the family name) may be success
full in modifying the exclusion act. At
the same time, they frankly acknowledge
that they have nothing to give in re-
turn.
The English here pooh-pooh the idea
that Ii will give any large orders for
war vessels to the United States. Eng
land expects to get them ALL and, from
the confident tone adopted here, 1 dare
say will get them all.
In conversation with several prominent
Englishmen, expressed my opinion that
there is not the slightest hope of a modi-
fication of the Geary act: that our pep
pie in the west are bitterly opposed to
the incursion of cheap labor, and that
they would no doubt be successful in their
opposition, Notwithstanding all the suav-
ity and diplomacy of the great Ii
1 found among the Chinese a sentiment
OF great admiration for the diplomatic
qualities Of Ii. but a most profound con-
tempt for his methods of dealing with
the Chinese. They still attribute most
of their misfortunes in war to his bung-
ling. They say that the vast sums Of
money that were supposed to have gone
into the organization of armies and into
the fitting out Of navies really found
their way into his pocket, and he ground
down the people with oppressive taxes
under the pretense Of improvements that
never took place. And from this univer-
salty of feeling, I am very much sur
prised that Ii has been left so long In the
land Of the living.
The trip from Hong Kong to Kobi and
the Inland Sea was a very pleasant one
The winds were soft and the sea was
smooth. This is the region of the most
terrible storms known to this earth. at
certain times of the year-'worse even
than the West India hurricanes; for
they are Of longer duration. But. at
present. it is difficult to imagine that this
smooth and vast expanse Of water could
ever become angry.