The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-09
CHINESE ADVANCE.


Deen very thoroughly covered with the western veneer large
number OF japanese with English German and
French Those who Korea understand the language the
country and Russian The japanese moreover has read the liter
the whose language studied
japanese write foreign languages better than they speak them
The Japanese have adopted European military naval sys
their railroads well built and well their university
at Toxic planned liberal and broad scale The racial char
acterscs remain but the manner and style OF an educated Jap
the those OF educated American other
westerner.
The Chinese however western manner or
style except limited number OF instances The Chinese
his distinctive dress His ambassadors consuls
appear robes which their ancestors
used appear before Kuba Khan The Chinese
uniformed the American European plan neither is the
army and only very small portion is drilled upon American or
European models As for education where Japanese has
modelled his upon methods with primary secondary and
the most advanced institution of learning the Chinese remains
steadily by his old systems and whatever of western education he
acquires is obtained in missionary schools the institutions
abroad
They saturated with Chinese ideas before they leave
their country they proved good students but however well
they acquire learning they thoroughly under
stand the western spirit They polished gentlemen, urbane,
cear-mnded but they fail understand the
able Minister WI his remains distinctly
Asatc in mind
There however small class of Chinese growing up which
thoroughly westerned Such class have here Scores of
young Chinese and Chinese OF mixed Hawaiian grow up
here surrounded with attend English schools
from childhood mix with western people in their in their
studies in their discussion and become thoroughly and COM
petey Wesenized Hawaii has the wesernized Chinese in
the world Many of these young eventually go China.
The effect of these young upon the Chinese masses can be
nothing but their effect upon small sections should be very
siderable The value of such appreciated by the western
capitalists who interested in China and the Star is informed
that positions OF trust and emoument are readily obtained by
these educated Hawaian-Chinese
Hawaii peculiar influence, which has been
ced has been quiet and unobusive but when China begins
to asslmate on large scale western ideas Iiawan VIII be able
claim that her educational work supplied considerable i'm
towards that consummaton and that her work has not been
in vain
The high respect in which the late g. Acrton held
by the spontaneous closing OF many and places OF
business yesterday and the universal closing at twelve today
The appointment OF Bishop Montgomery tie See OF Manila
shows that the Pope recognizes that hcnceorth the Philippine
Islands will entirely in the phre OF United States influence
This appointment will have paeitying effect
Some remarked apropos the agnaton in public works.
hat the appropriations had run out and bystander smngy
added OF the Chinese fund had run off The only
fellows who can't get the Chinese fund those to whom
Z legally due
Wray Taylor very nearly got the clutches OF the law We
easy going and the legislature did fit money
bring him Justice Had Taylor been under bonds supplied
by OF the companies who make business OF such things he
would have been down matter where he might be and
matter what it might cost
The phegmac Duchman has taken striking and Holland
seehng with labor trouble The few months promise to
be lively in the world What with strikes and wars and re-
beons and revolutions We look forward to strange
changes before the year is Fortunately little Territory
has such troubles imminent The only troubles 1t has are
Legislative and financial and these after all minor ones
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We shall be celebrating the completion of the aAmerican line
the Pacific in few months The cable ships have started
England and will their work The force
the going be increased and when the full
line is in working order there will be further increase 1t would
pay OF Youths take full course in teegaphy, teo
retcal and practical upon the mainland
There nothing like taking time by foreocl One
Portuguese who have acquired japanese have started for Pana
be ready when Japanese aborer arrive jobs
transato Should large number OF Asiatc
aboers be taken dig the canal there will be quite number
of men here who would understand the handling OF such boers
could speak them in their tongue we'll enough
make them easily understand the work that they would be