Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-31


ne visited the prir cipal countries of Asia
and secured the cooperation of every ono
o: them Later Mr.. Barrett sent TO
Europe to conduct negotiations there with
several governments. Upon his return 10
America he placed in charge. the
minister of foreign affairs, of all the for
e,En exhibits At the worlds fair.
Upon his recent appointment United
States minister to the Argentine Republic
Mr.. Barrett resigned his position in Connec-
ton with the worlds fair, having put the
whole subject of the foreign exhibits in
good shape He will proceed to South
America August 81.
Will Surpass All Former Fairs.
Unless all indicatio of the present mo-
ment are wrong" said Mr.. Barrett to
Star reporter today, the ST Louis worlds
fair will surpass in almost every particu
lar. all the international expositions that
have been held heretofore.
Not only will it exceed those that have
taken place before In mere area, In size
of buildings and in variety OF exhibits. but
In the novelty OF It's features and It's wide
spread educational effect upon the country
and the world at large. 1t will be eXcep-
tional
Perhaps the best tangible evidence OF
Its real greatness is the unprecedented ex
tent of foreign participation. | do not say
this because | am connected with the for
eign section, but because the facts of the
L.
According to our latest estimates for
eign nations alone will eXpend more money
in the preparation. installation of exhibits
and the erection of paviions than the en-
tire cost of the Buffalo and Oma IA expo
sitions together. In other words, If there
were To he nothing at ST. Louis but foreign
exhibits and foreign buildings it would be
one of the largest expositions ever held
Space Wanted by Foreign Countries.
The demands for space from foreign
governments have been great that We
have been actually alarmed lest should
not have sufficient room left for strictly
American exhibits. For instance Germany
France and Japan have each asked ap-
proximately for l2J,tsO square feet in the
manufacturers building Great Britain
wants nearly AS much.
Thus these four countries alone would
use up approximately 100000 square feet
which would make an immense building.
So extensive have been their demands and
those of other countries. that we have been
obliged To cut down their first requests.
China has asked for 10000 square feet
and 1t has been necessary to cut her down
in proportion To the others.
Then. again. a number of important ma
lions like Russia, Austria and Spain, which
at first declined to participate, have
at the last moment accepted and want
abundant space for exhibits and pavilions.
This all means that the American peo-
pie will have a practical opportunity to
make a world Journey right within the
worlds fair grounds at ST. Louis. The
products. the industries. the art and the
educational processes Of every important
nation under the sun will there Toe dis
played in convenient and accessible form.
Interest In the Orient.
looking at the orient as an example we
zee that every important country of Asia
will take part on an unprecedented scale
When first started TO conduct ncgotia-
lions with China. Japan Corea, Siam and
India / found them nearly all opposed to
representation at St Louis because they
did not appreciate the magnitude and char
acter of the exhibition and because the
European influence IN Asia opposed to
the countries of the orient making large
exhibits for fear that IL would tend TO add
to Americas commerce and prestige in
that part of the world
by careful representations of the plan
and scope OF the exhibition and all the ad-
vantages to be derived politically and COM
mercially | was able to influence these gov
ernments TO reconsider their first declina-
tons and not only make large approprIa-
tions. but appoint commissions composed
of the most representative men
'Chna has gone beyond all original
pectatons by not only appropriating from
the imperial treasury 10000 taels, equal
to about S+0OSO but by order of the en-
press dowager has named a prince of the
royal blood. Prince Pulun. a nephew of the
present emperor, as the head of the i'm
peral commission to come to St. Louis next
lines of architecture. is now being erected
IN St. Louis for his royal highness to &C.
cupy.
Mr.. Wang Kai Ka, the imperial vice
commissioner OF China. has arrived In ST
Louis with a large STAFF of attaches and
secretaries. and has rented a beautiful
house his official residence He is super-
intending the arrangements for the Chinese
exhibit and the preparations for Prince
Pulun.
I'm u few days the imperial Japanese
commission
large force of secretaries and attaches
That government has appropriated nearly
100000 yen. equal to S5Uo.Oop. and will
not only make general exhibit almost
equal to that of any European country
but will erect beautiful building on one
OF the hills of the fair grounds on the
lines of the famous Nagoya castle which is
the finest piece of ancient architecture in
Japan.
Representation of the Philippines.
THE Philippine exhibit will represent an
expenditure of over $4,000. and according