The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-03
STUDY CONDITIONS
ROYAL CHINESE COMMISSION Ar.
-RIVEs At SEATTLE.

0O(SeS " seaS N~suY OeAS essSG sss~ss - = =
OF Nearly Two Days-present Tour
Result OF Popular Demand OF
Students and riddle Classes and
win View to InstitufIna Reforms.
Seattle, March Twice within
the twelve-month have the gates Of
Seattle swung Hospitality to the Orient
once to Komura, the peacemaker of
the land that has wakened, and now
to the Prince Tsai Tseh and two dukes
of the royal blood Of China, the land
that is stirring ominously in it's sleep.
Komura's errand was to end the
bloody feud between Nipponese and
Russ, Prince Tseh comes that he and
his fellows may set before their
country the way to peace once it has
shaken loose from it's torpor and it's
eyes are fully opened to the world
around it.
With the burgee of the prince flung
from the peak of the foremost, the
huge Hill liner Dakota plowed her
way up the sound yesterday morning
and swung into her berth at the Great
Northern dock at noon. Nearly every
one of the liners staterooms had an
occupant, but that her passenger list
was not of the ordinary was made evil
dent to the waiting throng by the
cloud of rich colored silks and satins
that lined the decks on the backward
side, fore aud aft. That those aboard
we're of an eminence unusual was
made as plain by the nodding peacock
plumes, gemmed ornaments of jade
and pearl and by frocks and jackets of
hues which only those of the blood Of
the Manchu may wear.
An Imposing Spectacle.
The debarkation in Seattle of the
imperial Chinese high commission was
as imposing as it was brilliant, and
the cheers that broke from the throng
of all nations on the docks were the
spontaneous acknowledgment of q
spectacle which it has not been given
often to the Occident to see.
Preceded by Judge Burke, /. A. Ma
deau and others of the reception COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
Prince Tsai Tseh led his party down
the gang plank. After him came his
excellency Shang Chi Hong, former
acting governor of the province Of
Shangtung, and his excellency Lii
Shengte, third and last member of the
royal commission sent by China to
study the worlds governments. After
the commission came, with exact re-
gard to rank, the many members of
the Imp erial suite-the secretaries and
advisers, the censors, the military rep
resentatives and the naval attache 8.
every one chosen for the mission on
account of the emlnence he had at
tanned in one or another of the walks
in which China seeks world wisdom.
Just as the party went aboard in
Shanghai it was set down in Seattle.
1t lacked not one jot Of color and at
mosphere of the Orient. It lacked
only that extreme Oriental dignity,
which had, in measure, given way
to delight that would not be sup
pressed. The first glimpse of the new
land more than pleased the imperial
party, as did the warmth of the recep-
ton that was given by both Chinese
and Americans.
At the dock over 400 local Chinese
stood in line and welcomed Prince
Tsai Tseh.
After passing through a triumphal
arch, the imperial commission imme-
diately boarded the Great Northern
special train for the city.
From the cars the party was driven
to the Washington hotel, where they
were quartered.
Prince Grants Audience.
At the hotel Prince Tsai Tseh, cous-
in of Kwang Hsu, present emperor of
the Chinese kingdom, and grandson of
the former emperor, Tau Kwang,
through the official interpreter, grant
ed newspaper representatives brief
but impressive audience.
The prince appears every inch the
dignitary he is. Tall, with regular
features, peculiarly intelligent face,
very reticent and retiring. he is an in
teresting- study. The prince is IS
years of age and has never been out
side of Peking before.
"Our present tour is the result of q
popular demand of the students and
misddle classes" said Prince Tsai
Tseh.
The great number Of our young
people who have received their educa-
tions in Western countries have assim-
Hated many advanced ideas concern
ing modes of government.
ssChina is becoming conscious Of
herself. # she is slapped she re-
sents it.
ssWhile ur present tour is being
made with view to instituting popu-
larreforms, China is not ready for that
revolution yet.
1T is most significant, however, as
it indicates an awakening Of great
world power.
The boycotting Of American goods
is still in effect. Our people have