The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-25
COMING To
HONOLULU i
New China Com
missioner Is En-
Route.
OFFICIALS TO
MEET AT SHANGHAI
T. s.. Sharretts toAegotiate for
Conversion of Ad Valorem
Into Specific Duties.

| Among the important United States Of
ficials who are to visit Honolulu is Thad-
deus s. Shdrretts of MARYLAND, who has
4 just been appointed United States Com
| missioner to China. He was commission
/ ed by President Roosevelt, and was to
have taken passage on the America Maru
at San Francisco on October %. He will
make stop in Honolulu to look around
the Islands, and will also make a short
stay in Yokohama and Manila, before
proceeding to Shanghai, where his real
duties commence.
His commission recites that he has
/ been invested with full and all author
/ ity for and in the name of the United
States of America to meet and confer
4 with any person or persons duly au-
i thorized by the government of China, by
any government or governments having
treaties with China, being invested with
like powers and authority, and with him
or them to agree on a plan for the con-
version into specific duties, as far as
possible and as soon as may be, of all
in conformity with these provisions and
these requirements and contained in the
final protocol. signed by the diplomatic
representatives of China and the powers
at Pekin on September I, 1901. the same
to be submitted to the President of the
United States for approval"
Mr.. Sharretts, in recent statement in
regard to his mission, said:
lit seems quite probable that the meet
ing will begin in about six weeks after
my arrival in Shanghai AS l under
stand the commissioners of the other
powers are to leave for China about the
same time that l do, so we will arrive
! there within a few weeks of one another,
| and the meetings will begin soon after
| wards. Upon my arrival in Shanghai,
/ will be furnished with the clerical force
that is to assist me in the performance
| of my mission. My entire stay in China
may consume year
Before leaving China for home 1 am
practically certain of rhaving another
! duty to perform. The acting secretary
4 of state informs me that 1 will probably
be selected by the President, in conjunc-
ton with the American minister to
/ China Mr.. Conger, to negotiate a new
duty may or may not keep me abroad
a little longer than l at present expect.
In regard to my appointment, l have
only to say that it came to me wholly
unsolicited Indeed ! may say that |
am in a sense, regretful of my selection,
but ! do not feel that l can refuse it,
having been selected for the position.
During MIR McKinley's administration l
was selected by the Secretary of the
Treasury MIR. Gage. upon the request OF
the President that ne should recommend
someone and would have received the
appointment from him except for his
tragic death. l was to have left or China
on September u last
The new commissioner is well equipped
by education and experience for the i'm
portant work ahead of him. He is a
native of Maryland, and has had a varied
experience as wholesale grocer, a law
yer and a newspaper man. In 1881 he
was appointed United States Appraiser
at the port of Baltimore, and after four
years of excellent. service, he was trans
ferred to New York, as a member OF
the United States board of general ap-
praisers, and is still a member of that
body. His appointment as Commissioner
to China VIII not, it is reported. interfere
with his former position, which has g
salary of $1,000 per annum attached tc
it. He receives no additional compensa
ton for his work in China, but will be
allowed all his actual expenses