The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-11

tor of the Foreign church at Paia,
Il Maui and now returning to his
home in Devon, Pa, from a three
years trip around the world, is at pres
ent staying in the city, the guest of
his brother, Rev. o. H. Gulick. 1t Is
said that missionaries are the greatest
travellers in the world and this is true
of Mr.. Gulick, for he has visited most
of the countries of Europe, Asia and
Africa and has been in the coldest
climes of the North within the past two
years
His stay in China was brief, being
confined chiefly TO Hongkong and
Shanghai. Speaking of his impressions
of the status of affairs in the Chinese
Empire, Mr.. Gnlick says:
What will be the oeIinite political
outcome in China l have no way of tell
ing but have sanguine hopes that its
future will not be disrupted by the ex-
periences of the past year From all l
saw and heard l believe that China is
going to be opened up to civilizing in
f1uences. OF that feel certain. Wheth-
er or not the Empire will be divided
amongst the powers, or there is to be
reinstatement of better government, 1
do not know. l hope for the latter.
L
affairs in Japan. The new Japan is a
great advance on the old. There are
| evils connected with the new. Of
course, but they are minor as compared
to the great influences now at work for
good The liberal laws and the toler-
ance of all religions has given the En-
pire a great impetus, and now the
Buddhists are rivalling the Christians
in works of benevolence in way they
have never done before.
! Christian ideas are permeating the
community in many ways. The native
Christians are gradually obtaining po-
litical influence. The speaker of the
4 House of Representatives is a Chris
tian, and though the Christians are
only small part of the population, yet
they are filing official positions rapidly.
In fact, in places of trust and power
they preponderate. The Government is
very liberal in its attitude toward
> Christians. 1t has been decreed that
Shinto is not a religion, but merely
society for the preservation of antiqui-
ties and for the honoring of the Mikado,
or what he represents.
There were many things which took
me by surprise and one of these was
the size of the temples, some of which
We're massive and handsome structures.
Most everything they have is small;
there are little steamers. little railroad
cars in which it is difficult to stand lit
tie carriages-in fact, almost everything
that is petite. Bigger stones, however,
than those which | saw in the castle
walls at Ozaka i have never seen, even
at Baalbec. Syria. Some of the gigan-
tic blocks were 45 feet long and II feet
high, and it is a mystery to me how
these small people ever lifted them into
position. The castle was built in the
sixteenth century, a century that was
everywhere remarkable for a great
amount of building on a massive
scale"
Mr.. Gulick was for many years
missionary in Spain and brother is
at present in charge of a Spanish
school, now located at Biarritz, the
famous watering resort of the French
Coast, near the Pyrenees. When the
war between Spain and the United
States broke out the school was re-
moved from San Sebastiano, Spain,
across the border This was considered
wise on account of the intense feeling
toward things American. Every Span
ish girl in the school went across the
. ents, indicating that they had entire
confidence in the school and its instruc-
tors. Mrs. Gulick is now in the United
States endeavoring to secure funds to
start school in Madrid. The girls re-
, lceive higher and better educations than
, ever before in the kingdom, and al
though there. is opposition from Catho-
/ lie sources, yet the schools are not
iTnO1eSted at present.
In the early sos when the American
missionary Board was located at Sara
, gossa, an attempt was made to assas-
: sinate Thomas L. Gulick. This was
t during the period when the Protestant
I converts were being prosecuted. Mr.
} Gulick one evening set out to visit q
prosecuted family where men had shot
!, at it's members and smashed the doors
j and windows of their cottage. Mr.. GU
l lick went down to comfort them ano
5 to report to the Governor what had
! happened because he had strenuously
denied anything of the kind had oc-
Cured.
. "The priest said if these things were
, reported" remarked Mr.. Gulick yester-
day, they would get into trouble and
they decided to kill us. We had to walk
a mile through the woods at night. AS