The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-05

Centuries Of ancestor worship and a
lifetime of subserviehce to the iron will
of hardheaded old Isl An, empress dow
ager of China, are seen in the compla-
cence with which Prince Tai Tseh &C.
cepts thep respect of her domination
should he gain the throne.
Since China became the stage OF
many important moves in the drama of
world politics, Kwang Sui, the present.
emperor, has earned an unenviable repu-
tation as being a mere puppet in the
hands of Isl An. But the unhesitat-
hing naivette with which Prince Tai says
1.-The dowager empress would tell me
throws new light on the power of Tsi
An over those of her family who are
nominally at the head of affairs sceles-
tial. Prince Tai is the heir presump-
tive to the throne Of China
Prince Tai and his brilliant suite
slept last night in st. Paul and the
party came over to Minneapolis today
| to see where the -four comes from. Thru
his interpreter, Tso Ping Lung. VINO
talks English volubIy, the prince gave
a guarded interview.
No Boxer Uprising.
Under our royal law I can talk but
little, = he said, but this am at
liberty to say: There will be no Boxer
j MI 1OA LILO LIZ. C1AlLcu 1JQK-
/ srs. What you call an anarchist in this
.,ceuntry is the same as our Boxers.
China has come to what you call
modern civilization sufficiently to know
| that something has been going on In
our centuries-old record of which we
knew nothing. We believe that we are
being i'll treated and misunderstood.
but we also believe we can disabuse
| your Ideas as soon as our upper caste is
put in a position to see things from
your viewpoint. This is the main rea-
son that this commission has been dele
| gated to the European countries. Per
haps another commission of similar
rank and capacity will be sent to the
United States.
Municipal ownership will be one
OF the principal objects of our observa-
of our discussion.
/ That is one of the main things we
want to find out about. Our mission
has been generally misunderstood. Our
commission has nothing whatever to
! do with the present differences that un-
doubtedly exist between China and the
/ United States. OF course, as we 90
tions as is possible to our limited orr
entail intelligence, but we have no hand
IN either diplomacy or legislative mat
tiers. Our orders, our aims and our
sole duty are those of students, and
we have naught to do with the United
States at all, except to, of course, take
natural observations.
4 Work Of the Commission.
"We are accredited to only four ma.
tions, the British empire, France, Bel.
gium and Germany. In these nations
we will closely study all the topics to
which we have been assigned. In the
I United States we are merely cursory
i observers, and so, with my limited
knowledge of this nation, it is neither
incumbent upon me nor would it be judi
express any opinions on your social or
I industrial life. can say this, how
/ ever. | have met many of my country
/ men since / came to the United States,
and L have met none but who were
thoroly satisfied with their transfer to
the western continent and the conditions
and methods of the United States Of
i course, cant agree with them in many
Of the suggestions they give me, but
IN glad to discover that my people
are In better condition in the United
States than has been believed in China
have held European and American
clothes in abomination, but since ]
came into your great northern climate
1 have begun to believe in some of the
CuluSS tOlu Mo ny lily SAuCe, the major
/ ity of whom were educated in this coun-
try and England. -
Crowd Is Cosmopolitan.
i Dramatic is the most fitting word TO
describe the visit of His Imperial High
4 ness Prince Tai to the great mills which
have made Minneapolis famous thruout
4 the orient
Celestial dignitaries in their rich gar
ments mingled with motley crowd of
millhands, captains Of industry, white
i aproned girls from the packing room,
i newspaper men and photographers
about the immense waterwheel away be-
low the surface of the Mississippi. This
same cosmopolitan crowd trailed thru
the various departments Of the Pills
bury A mill from the wheel pit to
the roof
1 The Cinnamon walked thru the maze
I of laundering machinery without the
i slightest hesitation. Their expression
was one Of deep interest and at times
they murmured few Chinese words to
4 each other
Interested in Falls.
4 When the party stood OH the roof and
looked down upon the Falls Of St. An
thony they manifested the greatest in
terest and Henry L. Little, G. E. Stone
and Louis w. Hill, the hosts, were kept
busy explaining things to the interpre.
4 tiers who in turn repeated them to the
higher dignitaries in fluent Chinese. The
fact that they were gazing upon the