New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-02
sCHINESE ENJOYS HERE.
VISIT STOCK EXCHANGE.
Welcomed at Chamber of Commerce
-To-dca's Programme.


ss,tsrdsy two flags were displayed-one the ma
Iional ooors an6 beside IL the black dragon on |"
yellow field. the national emblem OF the hlp-. ,
Of China The flags were in henor OF ''io go.
from washington % his imperial Chinese nla)esI
special commission charged with the stuos % w
social educational commercial. Industrial emo
financial methods Of the United states More thah
1fty OF the best apartments I'm the hotei WIN pe
the ha hitst ~ the visitors unth u'ey oepHi' ~
Philadelphia on Wednesday next
TIM nsr1, VAS met AT Jersey City by James D.
REYNOLDS representing Governor Higgins; hsi
Shah the Chinese Consul General In TINS cry Ia
Wing vice-consul; J. NJ. Singleton OF 'he r
Association end Kwai r PAM. Of the orentai
-I,,h IT, dolaes.ion numbered ffty-one members
Accommodating the commissioners was Sir Chen-
i.ing Iiang-Cheng. tie Chinese Minister al "ash-
ingtsn. -, -,,oso and
Fourteen carriages. deoked with Chlhese anu
American flags were n the pier anu vi =. -.
two lines were Chinese nerchants-thrtS OF l''',
=, ther,and twoscore Chinese cadets, members 0t
the Empire Reform Association. unHer 0o'in'''' ~
~ Major McNicker Of the 6sth Regiment some %
the Chinatown citizens had been "a4''e -,
sunrise To furnish a musical welcome an I'a1i'i'
HAND did its best 10 render Celestisi seAectioi
I4esat,sr the procession were the two chief repre-
.er,a,ix-es If the Chinese Empire, Tai HUNG m
ard T4tsn Fong who are the Imperial ms" ~.
r1issioners The former. who Is the he@o %
commission is Assistant Secretary Oh ' -, ~
Treasury a, Picking. and the latter ls
a. tic pro,inces OF Fu-Ken and Cheh-hiahe
Following in the wake Of these ranking >f'leiOeI'
were the secretaries. attaches. students ana se'
wants The deputation. which included three Oh l'
,,,v,,.r, F9-lradier General Yao Rwans ehuh aho
-,t -, I, and sho Ching All, entered the
- ..-,,.g.s and were driven 10 the hote
escorted hy a squad OF ponce . -
.rLo ,e.coc,, hluc dress and the gold braid with
,,eIloV, and csrmL.e stripes. of the military mem
,s mas in striking contrast TO the ultra-Ainerlca
psrh OF some OF the merchant members OF the re-
.,i,-irg contingent. The party commanded atlen-
sion On route ans especially as II hled through the
hotel entrance. But il was the ARRIVAL OF the oss
rage that created sensation transfer wagons
snd draws were pressed into commission and when
The head poreIs had receipted for the last psrcel
,bero had been unloaded IN the hotel lobby 2sS
euitcases hat boxes. baskets csrryalls and trunks
besides boxes, rope and iron bound. some or the
latter so big that they were stored IN the base
sneut.
More than half a hundred typical Chinese names
were placed the house register, the baggage
was marked with the characters familiar on the
packages in 4 tea merchant shop. and as queue
wearing guests IN sken skull caps tipped "1th
,aTmine buttons seemed to be in the majority. the
scene was for time more Oriental than American
Early callers were Robert c. Ogden, the Rev
Arthur s LLOYD and eK-Secretsry OF State John
" Foster. Brigadier General Frederick D. Grant
accompanied BY his staff, came early TO accord the
visitors a military welcome. Owing TO the crowded
condition OF the main corridor. the general and his
aides entered by the 29d-st. door and went 10 the
Red Parlor. where the reception was held Here
the Chinese Minister presented the visitors from
Governors Island.
The rule of precedence that governs among the
commissioners was notably observed. Tai Hung
Chi who is attached 70 the imperial government at
Picking Is the ranking member. and this rule
WAS recognized when the two high commissioners
were photographed with General Grant Tai Hung
chi had the place to the American soldier, and
in entering or leaving public places the commits
he
Assigned to attend the commissioners while here
arc Detective sergeants Funston and Fogarty. who
conveyed Prince Pu LIN. of the imperial FAMILY
when he was here vesr ago. and who were deco
rated hy his imperial hghness as Sir knights Of
the Royal Dragon.
,,ei,her ~ the high commissioners speaks Eng
fish hut they are attended by two alert and capa-
lde secretaries Mr.. Woo Kuan KEN and Mr.. hs0
j A sze who eliminate all emharrassrhen's Oh
thai score Many Of the other commissioners speeAA
English huently. and among the secretaries are
those who are masters 81 Japanese, French' Ger
man and Russian. Most OF the members OF the Oct
egatiou have been educated either in the tn''e"
States England, France or Germany
Mr. Wan BinC Ching one of the English speaking
tecretaries IS the financial manager, and besides
acting as almoner acts transportation director
And while the high commissioners and other mem
hers Of the party the number Of dozen paid
visit to the financial district Mr.. Wan contributed
20 the convention Of chaotic conditions into an
orderly adjustment OF the entire contingent
The party which appeared in Wsll-st left the
hotel st noon in charge Of sergeants Funston and
I7ogsrty and arrived back at the hosiery shortly
before 5 p III. on the way uptown they halted at
the Offices ana shcwrooms Of the Singer Sewing
Machine Company at 10. -, Broadway, where
,hey made q csrefl inspection Of the company's
product and ste luncheon.
The commissioners were introduced at the Cham
her Of Commerce by Robert .. ogden. Morris K.
Jesup welcomed the visitors Tuaa Pong made
speech in Chinese. in which he thanked the Cham
Der for tas greeting He said that he hoped that
China and America would come more closely to-
gether In commerce.
Minister ChentUrg Liang Cheng was then in
frcduoed. He spoke IN excellent English. He said
the duty OF the commission study the insti-
buttons Of this country. 4 have no doubt that
the mission Or the commission will bear fruit he
added The members OF the commission feel
ever, This relations between the two coun-
iries viii he improved by the visit OF this commits
sion"
The party was conducted about the Stock Ex-
change by Z. H. Hartman, ana attracted consid-
cradle attention.
Soon after the return OF tho party from The
downtown itinerary Police Commissioner Bingham
hnd Deputy Waldo called upon the Chinese Min
sister in his apartments Commissioner Bingham
had known the Minister IN Washington and came
- pay his respects and introduce his deputy
Many Of the visiting Orientals are guests Of the
hotel on the European plan. and when the dinner
hour arrived last evening the delegation permitted
fyInpathetic countrymen 10 pilot them 10 a Chinese
restaurant az 7th-ave and 22d-st TberA chen
suey was premier fsyorite on the bill Of fare
Minister ChentUng Lang Cheng dined with
FRIENDS and FOR the most part the delegation re-