The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-06
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Honolulu Entertains
Notable Party of
Chinese.

The S. S. Siberia, which arrived from
the Orient yesterday morning, brought
to Honolulu a distinguished and nota-
BILE party of Chinese visitors who
spent the day in town and who will
resume their voyage to San Francisco
today
The party. which numbers SO men,
and which includes two high commits
sioners from the Emperor of China, is
going to the mainland on a most i'm
portant mission,
The errand of the visitors is to visit
the principal nations of the world and
to station at various places a number
of students who will make a diligent
and other conditions, knowledge of
which may prove of benefit to the en-
pire of China.
In short, the mission is being under
taken with a view to the enlighten-
ment of the Chinese nation.
The commissioners are H. E. Tuan
Fang, H. 1. c. NJ. s High Commissioner,
and FL. E. Tai Hing Shi, H. 1. c. MS
High Commissioner.
Those of the party are as follows:
Mrs. Lum Shee, Gee Hing, Tong
Pung Shu, Tsung Shia Ling, Kwan
Min Chun, Fung Chung Kuang, Sao-
Ke A. Sze, Y. A. SEE, Luh Chung Yu,
Kouau Chung Ping, Kwan King Lun,
kwang Pao Lun, Muk Hung Chun,
Lung Kien Chang, Wong Ye, Wong
Fung Ko, Wu Kuang Kien, Tong We
Chang, $50 Kwok Sun, SEE Yu, Chen
Ke, Tso Hok Yin, Lin Yo Tseng, Liu
Ku Yen, Kin Ting, Tsai Ie, She Ching
10, Yao Kwan Shung, Low Liang XII
en- Pan Lun Sin, Tien Woo Chao,
Kuang Yu, Yo Chan Chu, Tang Tain,
Chu Lun, Chen Ye, Liang Chi Sin,
Tong Nan, Wong Pao Sum, Ow Yang
Yuk, King Huan Chang, Wong Chun
Chao, Y. o. Tong, Wan Bing Chung,
Chan Sin Can, L. Y. SEE, Yoo Chu-
nang ON, Hok Wan Liang, Hisia Ming
Ko, Tai Churg Chi. Jeu Hong Me, Kao
Eurh Kien, Ouei TIE King.
Besides the students there are a
number of secretaries and attaches in
the party.
The distinguished guests We're greet
ed yesterday morning by prolonged
blast of whistles. They We're met at
the Hackfeld wharf about o'clock by
Colonel Soper, Captain Rose and Lieu |
tenant Cummins of the n. G. H; LII
Cheung, secretary to the consul, dele |
cation of Chinese merchants, and !
school children from the various insti- |
tutions. The Chinese cadet corps was
present in uniform. The Mu Hook kee
Buo Union turned out in force.
The band was present and played
program of specially selected music.
The debarkation of the visitors was
greeted with cheers, the band played
the Chinese national anthem and the
blew their 1oudest.
The party boarded conveyances and
were driven to the Chinese consulate
on Victoria street, where a reception
was held. En- route to the consulate
light mounted police acted as escort,
The merchants and societies following
he commissioners in carriages
The guests We're received at the con-
suIate by Consul Chang Tso Fan, as
sisted by his secretary and other rep
'esentative local Chinese.
After a brief conversation with the
consul the commissioners withdrew to
he yard of the consulate, where s
arge crowd of Chinese was in walt
ng.
An hour was spent in speech-makins (
~ the commissioners, the remarks De
ng concluded at II o'clock.
The two officials and the party were
lext driven to the Capitol, where |
all was paid Governor Carter. Chief ,
Jerk Buckland received the visitors {
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