The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-01

assiduous attention. Many illustrious
characters have been dimmed by some
rash action, the result of an ungovern-
ed temper and willful disregard of the
rights OF others. This quality can be
accomplished not to perfection perhaps,
for breaks will appear in the most
polished surface, but many quick tenn
pers have been completely changed by
determined efforts for self-control. |
do not mean TO preach to you for YOU
have had the moral code constantly be-
fore you during your domicile here; nv
sole endeavor has been TO impress upon
You at least one thought that may be
of value to you as climber. What l
have said this evening is but partial
review of life as | have seen it, pre-
scented without complete analysis or
logical sequence as / have put these
thoughts together amid the many in
terruptions incident to the life of a
climber.
Do not think that life is all work
and struggle for there are many com
pensations that come as a reward of
industry. Some of your day dreams
Will be realized and castles in the air
are not always unfruitful visions.
SOME LESSONS FROM CHINA.
(Salutatory by Kim Tong Hoo
There is a prevailing idea that for
whatever is of value to her in the mod
ern struggle for existence, China is in
debted to the Powers of Europe and
America. Through her policy of seclu-
sion, she has, unconsciously perhaps,
allowed herself to be eclipsed by the
younger and more progressive nations
ard oY.feI, s1fo civ
ton. In face of these facts, it seems
preposterous that the most unprogres-
sive of nations should be able to teach
the United States anything of value;
but, if age, experience, and accom-
plishn ents be a criterion of wisdom:
| if. to observe the ''Rule of Life" and
to hold marriage sacred be considered
virtues; and if temperance, economy,
and industry. be characteristics need
full in this commercial age to attain
success. then certainly, China is quail
| flied to teach the United States, or, in
deed, any other nation, something that
shall be helpful to her in fulfilling her
destiny.
That China surpasses the rest of the
| world in age cannot be questioned. Be-
fore Egypt had become a nation, be-
| fore any people of Europe or America
had a written speech, China was in
possession of a complicated civilization.
Even though her present condition is
backward, her contributions, neverthe-
less, to the progressiveness of the
world are wonderful She was the first
to discove~ the useful property of the
magnet and of the marirers' compass;
tod irlTi G%n
| lithography, gunpowder, and vaccina
ton; she was the first to use canals
as means of transportation; she had
| newspapers long before the so-called
"barbariansf' had learned to read; she
has led the world to appreciate her
pottery, silks, and tea. which have be-
come indispensable luxuries of modern
times: and she has taught the world
| the art of calculating and predicting
lunar eclipses. China has benefited
the world not only in the realm of
science and commerciaIism. but also in
the province of literature. The phi
losophy of Confucius. and of other Chi
nese sages is full of wisdom, and has
| become the heritage of the ages. Con-
fucius' Rule of Life" enunciated FIVE
hundred years before the Golden Rule
X
many along the paths of honorable liv-
| ing. 1t is seen, then, that China is
| old not only in years. but also in wis
dom She is, therefore, qualified to
teach: but what can she teach? What
message may China bring from her
hoarv past to the United States?
| Tn the observance, or rather the nom
observance, of the Golden Rule" the
United States has much to learn. She
has failed signally to live up to the
spirit of that noble precept, especially
so far as her treatment of the Chinese
| is concerned. do unto others as you
i would have others do unto you" Has
the United States followed this divine
teaching? Through the shameful treat
ment of Chinese under the rigid en-
! forcement of the Chinese Exclusion
| Laws. the United States has shown her
utter disregard of the spirit and letter
/ of the Golden Rule" A distinguished
French diplomat describes Americas
| treatment of China thus:
..The policy of America has been dis
| tinctIv aggressive and anti-Chinese
since 1868. The United States govern
ment has in every way outraged China,
| has broken it's treaties time and again,
| and if the history of these wrongs were
written it would show that CHINA mas
| had reason for a declaration of war
against the government OF the Ohlteo
States time and again.
! The United States surely needs 10
learn much in the way of living up TO
what she breaches. She proclaims free-
dom and equality to all, and YET SIZE
shuts her doors to a people because OF
race distinction: she claims to be an
enlightened nation, and yet she allows
an iniuuitous law-the Chinese Exciu-
sion Act-to remain on her statute
hooks. The action of the United states
In the matter of the Chinese Exclusion
shows that the Golden Rule" of
Christ is in form too mild for SO radl-
cal a people. She needs teaching
that will have a tendency to restrain
her from her rashness. What nation
in ALI the earth can serve as preceptor
IN the United States in this respect!
China is that nation. Before Chrls-
tianity came into being. before the
Golden Rule was proclaimed, emma
had a philosopher, who taught, what
YOU do not want done to yourself, DO
not to others Since her intercourse
with the world, China has lived up
IT. .oooL;,~ or ToufuciIIS Because