The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-10-13
GRILtING VISITORS.

the ultra tariff regulations, the foreigl
tourist, distinguished or otherwise, Il
; fast getting distaste for American
travel The case of Prince Boris IS
strong indictment of the yellow press
!. In a sense this Russian grand duke
was a guest of the country and he was
entitled to every consideration IRON
his hosts. He came with the consent OF
his cousin, the Car, and was otflclaiiS
received by the President. His govern
ment had interviewed to aid ours in q
crisis of our destinies and there had
been A traditional friendship between
them. Yet from the day of his landing
in the United States, reporters logged
his footsteps and the baser creatures OF
| the craft listened at the keyholes of his
| doors and peered over the transoms.
Boris is a young man on his travels
and he went to see the sights. good,
bad and Indifferent. There were times,
/ perhaps, when he drank more than was
good for him; but he had right to
think that his hosts would not describe
his adventures to the world the next
morning through columns of lurid ro-
mancing and hold him up to the ridi-
Guile of the crowd and to the contempt
of good men and women. Yet that is
what happened, and the Prince has
now left the country feeling quite
ready to throw his influence against A
merica and Americans wherever he
may go. Probably it viii be long
dime before the United States sees an
other princely visitor
The tariff regulations as they affect
the Identification of first-class passen-
gers, are also annoying to tourists. We
find an apt illustration of it in the
News Letter as follows: A well known
member of the British Parliament Mr..
Alfred Davis, arrived at New York a
few days ago. on a tour of observation
and pleasure. Happily, his amiability
is such that the English caricaturists
have given him the name of "Pickwick I
Redivivus. But his normal equanimi-
ty was severely strained by his first A
merican experience. His replies to the
impertinent catechism thrust into his
hands by the immigration officers fur
nish the best possible commentary on
the idiocy with which we receive Wis
itors. The idea of asking member of
Parliament whether he could read and
write" seemed funny to Mr.. Davis. He
wrote on the blank "this is a specimen
Of my handwriting, and left them to
Judge. AS to his final destination in
he United States he wrote: None
Will shortly return to England Then
he was asked: who paid your pas
;age?" He wrote: knowing nobody
anxious to pay it, | paid it myself.
Then came the question: Have you
'ver been in prison?" Mr.. Davis says
hat, having inspected prisons without
lumber, he answered Yes Then {
rou can't land replied an officer
Mr. Davis was detained for
ome time, but subsequently met an Of ;
icer of superior rank, who deigned to I
listen to his defense, and set him free. I
These things account, in a measure, {
or the fact that, Notwithstanding what
he United States has to show, but
mall part of the $50, 900 annually
pent by American tourists in Europe
ONES back to US at the hands of for
ign tourists. We have managed, with
,reat care, to make the country so un-
that not even Niagara, and the
Park and Yosemite and
he splendid civilization of the East r
an overcome the annoyance of for
igners at our methods. 1T is poor |
olicy but Americans seem to be. we'd
ed to it.