The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-15

serted. l look on the proposed fortified |
legation quarter as a very injudicious |
move 1t is mistake strategically, po-
litically and socially. Strategically. be- |
cause, however strongly such a place
may be fortified, the Chinese will be able |
to capture 1t If they wish to; because a !
legation is in theory sacred ground and
1t should be our purpose to make it so in |
practice We ought to throw the onus of |
protecting. the legations on the Chinese |
Government, and to take measures to see
that they do protect them. How can we
have serious political dealings of any sort
with a country whom we cannot trust
even to this extent? Socially it is a mis-
take, because the presence OF such a
stronghold in Peking will make the
Chinaman lose face, which is a more
serious matter than some folks think;
but above all it will cause relations be-
tween the white man and the Chinaman
to be more strained and unsatisfactory
than ever. If you are going to fortify
the legations, which are in theory pro-
lection in themselves, how much more
necessary must it be to fortify the dwell
ing places of all other foreigners
throughout China who will have no pro-
lection? For purpose of good relations
in the long run, surely the principle of
untramelled intercourse is the one to be
fostered and encouraged"
DO you mean to imply by this that
the time has come for the foreign troops
to be withdrawn, and that we should
hand back the control of Peking to the
Chinese?"
Not at all, for were Peking to be
without foreign troops today there would
not be a foreigner alive in the city to-
morrow. The failure in the policy of
Western nations in dealing with China Is
due to the fact that no attempt is made
to treat the Chinaman as a rational be-
ing. He is slow, he is conservative, his
methods of thinking and acting are not
our methods. but he has his feelings and
his train of thought, and If we would
deal satisfactorily with him we must en-
deavor to understand him. People make
a great mistake in imagining that Chi
nese are not sensitive. They are ex-
tremely so, and the manner in which a
thing is proposed to them goes long
way. People imagine that Russia is
more unpopular with the Chinese than
are the other powers, but such is not the
case. Whatever territory Russia may
have acquired, and whatever means she
may have adopted in occupying that ter
ritory, her success at Picking Is not
wholly due to China's knowledge of Rus
sias power, or to bribery. Russian Of
ficials always treat the Chinese digni-
taries with great courtesy and amiab,l-
ty, and the Chinese like their methods
Only recently a member of the Tsung-li
Yamen said to me: The Russians are so
polite that when they take something
from us they do it so nicely that we feel
we must thank them. Whereas even
when certain other nations fall in with
our views, they do so in a manner which
makes it clear that they have no respect
for us
THE FLYING JORDANS.
The Flying Jordans Vaudeville Company
opened their Yokohama engagement at
the Public hall on Saturday evening
Taken ali tobether the performance was
a success. A large audience attended, in
clud.pg many officers from the men-of-
war in the harbor.
Little Nellie Jordan, in an exhibition
of wire walking, was the first number on
the program. Her work was most grace
full and skillful, and again and again the
house shock with applause. Wire walk
ing is generally accomplished with the
aid of a pole, to balance, but Mss Jor-
dan carried simply a Japanese higasa.
Unfortunately towards the close of the
act while difficult swinging feat was
being accomplished, the wire broke and
precipitated the fair performer into the
net below. However, no injuries were
received.
Sam Holdsworth then took the stage
and sang a few songs. The old gentle
man should be careful not to burst a
blood vessel Nevertheless, the audience
caught the humor of the songs. and they
went with a certain amount of go.
Jack Symonds, the black faced comed-
ian, brought a bunch of new jokes to
Yokohama He literally shelled them
out Saturday night. Here is an example:
Hotel rules Rule 9.-To prevent fruit
toll diDir
there viii be no fruit" He was really
good but one of his songs was too sug-
gest.ve to take here in public.
We have now come to Miss Millie |
Azara and her plastique poses. 1t was
rather daring thing for a town like
this, and it is doubtful If such a cos
tune, or rather lack of costume, was
ever seen the boards of the Public
hall before. The young lady simply |
wore cream white Jaeger suit. How
ever as nature. had well endowed her I
form, no one seemed to be shocked. The I
colored lights and pictures which were
thrown upon her included King Edward, |
President Mckinley, George Washington,
the American Eagle, English flag, etc. /
They received voc:ferous applause.
MISCELLANEOUS
The ceremony of opening Mount Fujf I
for the ascent of pedestrians was to have
been held Saturday.
I he total number of rats bought by the
Osaka City office from February 18th to
the 14th inst was 2Si,5 $50, for which yen
IA 219 was paid.
The Mercury of the 4th inst says We
have been favored with further partic-
ulars of the extraordinary arrest by Rus
slams of British officer travelling in
Manchuria on the allegation that he was
a spy. 1t appears that Lieutenant
Colonel Powell, one of General Barrow's
staff, was desirous of proceeding to
Europe via Manchuria, and got pass
from Admiral Alexief to proceed to st.
Petersburg. When at Moukden he
stopped at the house of DR.. Ross, a mis-
and did not call on General |
Flescher. the head of the Russian ad-
ministration there, he wished to have
as little delay as possible, his idea being |
to get on quickly to Harbin. General |
F'lescher evidently thought he had been |
purposely sighted by the officer, and ap !
parently in revenge for the supposed /
slight he sent telegram further north |
telling the Russian officers to keep an |
eve on Colonel Powell and not let him |
see too much. The Cossack officers who |
received this telegram, however, inter- /
preted 1t perhaps too literally into an |