Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-07
VIEWS Of HARTMAN BAY REVEALS REDCS
JAPAN IS The DOMINANT
FACTOR OF The ORIENT
THINKS UNITED STATES CAN
MAKE MOST FOR ITSELF BY
COOPERATION WITH STATES
MEN AND BUSINESS.

San Francisco, Oct. 26.-President e.
H. Hartman arrived yesterday from
the Orient on the steamship Siberia.
He and his family and Miss Roosevelt
and party did not land In the city, but
were taken direct from the Siberia 10
Oakland Mole, where they started at
once for New York.
Mr. Hartman was accompanied by
Mrs. Hartman, his daughters, Misses
Cornelia, Mary and Carol. and his
young son. Roland. When the quaran.
tine officers had finished their inspec.
ton of the vessel the tug Golden Gate
ran alongside with number Of of.
fcials of the Hartman lines who had
come out to meet their chief Among
them were julius Kruttschnitt and ].
c. Stubs.
Mr.. Hartman and his family were In
the best Of health and all had enjoyed
the trip thoroughly.
The railroad magnate handed the fol.
lowing statement to the representa-.
tives OF the press who met him on the
steamer:
IL was interviewed when last In San
Francisco and either misquoted or mis-
understood, and therefore request that
you will publish this statement In the
exact language in which | give It,
Our visit to the Orient has been one
not only Of much pleasure to us all, but
interesting and instructive. We were
treated by all classes, especially in
Japan, with the utmost courtesy and
consideration. While our visit was
solely for rest and recreation, we were
enabled TO learn many things which
will help in our future relations. These
considerations were extended to us
from all sides, and mainly because we
were Americans representing American
interests. The Government and the
Bank Of Japan especially gave us OPP
portunities for seeing and learning
much which we could not have done
otherwise. We visited many of the i'm.
portant points in Japan, went thence
to Dalny and Port Arthur. had a few
days in Picking and returned to Japan
via Korea.
Japan is working out her own des.
tiny. Her people are intelligent and
active, the Government is well organ.
lied and alive to the interests and
working in close alliance with the peo.
pie, and will continue developing the
commercial welfare of the whole coun.
try
China is beginning to wake up and
Will probably open herself, which
awakening has been brought about by
the development of railroads construct.
ed during the last six or seven years.
Were II possible for that country to
organize and the people to work to.
gether, as has been the case in Japan,
the future development might be quick
and phenomenal. She Is, however,
learning from Japan and it is said that
there are In the schools and universe.
ties in Japan upward of five thou
sand Chinese students, two thousand
Of whom are sent and expenses paid
by the Chinese Government.
Korea is still problem and her
destiny will probably be worked out by
the aid Of Japan. My opinion is that
the Japanese are the dominant factor
In the Orient and that there will be a
large future development, though not
immediate, and II the United States is
to participate therein to any extent 1t
will have to be by cooperation be-
tween Its statesmen and those repre-