The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-10-20

Mr.. Wong Kai Kah. the Chinese Spe-
cial Commissioner sent by the EN-
press Dowager to Japan and the Unit
ed States to study modern industrial
methods, passed through Honolulu yes
terday en- route to Picking to make a
report Mr., Wong Kai Kah was here
last year with Prince Pu Lun. He Is
a graduate of Yale College.
II have been in the United States
for the purpose of learning something
of the methods by which the country
is developed industrially" said he
aboard the Korea yesterday afternoon.
1T is the desire of the Chinese gov
eminent to open up China CONNER
cially, to develop her farming. manu-
featuring and the vast mining indus
tries. We want to make China one of
the great industrial countries. The
Empire possesses the people to do this,
and her vast territory Is valuable for
agricultural expansion. We want to
build railroads through all the prov
inces and thereby open up sections
which till now have lain dormant.
There are vast mineral riches in the
Empire which have never been develop
ed except i'm a crude way.
"In the past the various provinces
have never pulled together. and the
government wants to secure uniform
advancement so that the whole EN-
pire, unified. will develop along lines
which will make 1t great. Yes, the
government will exercise supervision
in this direction. We may import the
most modern machinery manufactured
h,,
farms, mines and factories.
"As to Manchuria? No one power
will have a preponderance of influence
in that province. China will nave alb
| solute suzerainty there. and will open
it to the world so that it may be
developed. or course, those sections
under lease, and which have been
bones of contention between Japan and
China, will continue as before, under
lease. l am glad the war is over so
that China may go ahead and develop
that great province. We will invite
the world to help US create a new
Manchuria.'
In the forenoon MIR. Wong Kai Kah
was in the hands of Mr.. Chang Tso
Fan, Chinese Consul here, who pilot
ed him about the city. They were ac-
! companied by secretaries of the con-
sulate. Mr.. Wong. following out the
plan made by Mr.. Chang, visited Ca
hu College early in the morning. He
arrived at the school at 1915 and spent
about half an hour there The stud
ents were assembled in the Assembly
Hall where Mr.. Wong made an adj
dress.
MIR. WONG's ADDRESS,
| He was introduced by President
/ Grifflths as one OF the Vanguard of
! Chinese gentlemen who have been edu-
Gated In America, and who are bring
ing about an awakening industrially
and commercially in the new China.
! Mr.. Wong's speech was one OF the
best that has ever been given In Pau
ahi hall. He spoke in fluent and lido
matte English, and with an ease that
! excited admiration. The address made
fine Impression. In part, 1t was as
| follows:
1t is indeed an honor that your presi-
dent has conferred upon me in asking
me to speak to you. / hope you Will
pardon me In case / do not speak the
English language correctly, notwith-
standing the education 1 have had in
the United States for several years.
Although 1 have been educated in
America. It is more natural for Amer
lean students to speak their own Ian
guage than for foreign students There
fore you can not expect me to speak 1t
as well as the native-born Americans.
Your president has aptly said that
China is trying to adopt the western
ways. 1t is true that we have our own
olvilization, and 1t is the conceit of this
that has prevented our adopting the
western civilization. 1t is not on our
own account that we have closed our
gates against civilization, but the true
reason is that there has been Httle
appreciation and understanding be-
, tween the Chinese and the western peo-
lple. The pioneers who went to China
from the western countries have not
encouraged us 10 take up the western