The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-10
Editor Howe b Seen to Quit the
Big Ship Siberia.
And Now lie RiHds a Fondness
for the Old Vessel.
no LAND Ar HONG KONG
Considerably Shocked at the
Impudenee Of Henry George.
Expected Him to Show Some
Respect to Justice Tracy.

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Friday, December l.
We returned to the ship at 10 o'clock
this morning, ard learned that those
passengers who did not 80 to shang-
hal yesterday enjoyed the best dinner
OF the voyages Shell oysters, quail, ter
rapin. turkey, plum pudding, pumpkin
pie. a Thanksgiving feast the chief
steward had prepared before leaving
San Francisco. It was a much better
dinner than we had ashore, and, as we
came UP tho stairway on the ships side,
the passengers who met US. gave US the
merry hal hal Stiu. we had a pretty
good time ashore ana enjoyed our broad
beds.
One OF the passengers a bachelor girl
who was noted for her Big appetite,
was married to a missionary at Shang-
hal and he came back with her IN the
tender after her baggage. We didn't
like his looks very Well but as they
went down the stairway, they were
shoVered with rice IN true American
fashion. The bachelor girl expected to
meet the missionary at Hong Kong, but
he turned UP at Shanghai and they
were married somewhat hastily.
All she missionaries left the ship at
Shanghai, including Henry George and
all the children. I did not dislike Henry
George any more than the other pas
sengers did He was very inpudent,
and not much worse than his little sis
ters. When we came back to the ship
at Kobe, Henry George was waiting for
us as we came Off the tender, and said;
"WeI, it's time you came back We
had been away five days improving our
minds by travel 1 did not expect him
to show me much respect, but l was
shocked at his attitude toward MI.
Chief Justice Tracy
We lost a good many of our passen-
gers at the different stopping places
seven of the tables in the dining room
are not occupied at all now, and the
, others are not FULL Those of us who
remain at the captains table, have re
moved up toward the head, and there
is no one at the foot Of the table. The
purser's table Is next to ours and 1t
is not more than half full The chief
engineer and the first officer, and the
second officer, also sit at the head Of
different tables. and they have sustained
losses. A new passenger at the second
officers table is a. Chinsman who came
on board at Shanghai. w e rarely meet
him except at meals He wears his hat
fin the dining room and there is a red
button on top eff his hat I heard in
San Francisco that red button on top
of a Chinaman's hat derOted high rank.
Nothing ia it, Nearly every Chinaman
i'm China years this red button; 1T Is as
common as a hat band in America
The Chinese are a queer people, no
one knows much about them / doubt
if they know much about themselves 5.
A missionary told me that he often ac-
cepted things as fact in China and
afterwards learned that he was mis-
taken Trustworthy history IN China
~ A.asE-
Christ. The period shortly after the
birth OF Christ was noted in China. for
the promotion of science Industry,
education and commerce. many things
we now regard as new were known in
China before the Christian era. 1t is
admitted that certain of the wise say-
ings in the Blbls originated In China
Notably, do untD others as Won would
have others do unto you which the
best historians credit to Coufucius
But in the ninth century, China Was
invaded by the Tartars- ana from thai
period to the present year, the coun-
fry has lacked progress, in spite OF its
great resources Every province has
coal and its anthracite fields ar nucE
larger in eEtent han ours Iron. tin
copper. lead, silver, granita- porcelain
clay, kerosene etc, are abundant
China is like Missouri produces
nearly everything, including tobacco
It has the highest mountains in tht
world, and the greatest rivers oul
and the river was forty miles wide a
its mouth Long before America wa
discoveTed-long before the Christian
era-Czaina was great country, note
for science, education and commerce
but 81 received a great blow of som'
kind and has never recovered Al
Kamaas hlEtDTT dates from fifty year
anD- there iH Trustworthy Chinese his
TO- sa4ln1 xix hundred years befor-
our year One before our Christi l1
era what the country was before tn
days Of CDTfuca71H- B C---no or
knows. The Great Mdl OF China on
az the worlds wonders was built tire
hundred years before Christs time
since the coming Of Christ, China ha
lost fts glory and It's greatness I'll
total area OF China is q million sQuar
vnG1ea greater than that of the Unite
states yet ft has only a few miles o
railroad and five times our popuia
don I do not know much abou
China no one does Every general
accepted fact about the Chinese
liable to be authoTitatively denied to
mnoxrow. The old Tartar chiefs seer
% have found China civilized an
made slaves ana Wild men out or II
peouae. And this faint of slavery
stili Ia the blood OF the people, 70
wherever they are known. they sui
init to injustice and oppression; the
lack the nerve Of little japan ana c
the little thirteen New England co
oniea.
Thfs has been the calmest day I eve
arperfenced at sea. The ship runs a
most as steadily as a river steamer BJ
OCCASIONALLY there are great storms
this section: awhile ago We passed u
wreck OF a Chinese cruiser on the rock
shores Of an island. where # ran at fu
rnaad some time ago during a bad nigh
About the visest man on the ship
ne harder When he says we viii NAL
a landing at a certain hours you ca
dsDend upon st. When I hear runs
az any kind Up on deck, can 60 GOV
~ f51e barber and get the real fact
SFlqe pasgenReTa say we viii land
ions KONG Sunday afternoon, and
an preparing 70 60 ashore Sunday q
-, a Nd nn.R that I am about