The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-23
CHINESE MINISTER PUTS IN EIGHT
STRENUOUS HOURS DURING HIS STAY
PAD Two Official Calls, Ate Two Lunches and a
Dinner, Made Two Addresses and
Saw the Floral Parade.

tt was a great day for the Chimes
Of Honolulu, and busy one for Min
lister WI Ting Fang.
Just how busy a day it must have
been for the minister may be judged
from the fact that, leaving the steam
ship at the Hackfeld wharf about
o'clock, received with military honors,
he made a call on Governor Frear, and
later received one from the Governor.
Then at the Chinese Consulate on
Sheridan street he received something
like fifty members of the Chinese Stu
dents Alliance; had look at the
Floral Parade as 1t entered the Puma
hou grounds; was the guest Of honor
at a luncheon at the Chinese Consul
ate; was rendered a reception at the
United Chinese Society headquarters,
where more than a thousand Chinese
paid their respects; was the guest Of
the Commercial Club at luncheon. and
made an address; and then was the
guest of the See Yup Society at dim
ner at it's club house; and was whirled
by automobile out to Waikiki and back
by way of Punahou and Makiki; and
reached his steamer at quarter to
fve o'olOck
Two official calls, two receptions, two
luncheons. and a Chinese dinner, be-
sides turn at Seeing Honolulu" all
in less than eight hours, is almost
RooseveItian in it's strenuousness; and
Minister WI is sixty-one years old.
All over the Chinese section of the
city the yellow dragon standard of the
Middle Kingdom, greeted the rising
sun yesterday morning. The Siberia
chose a most convenient part of the
day to arrive, and the powers that
control the weather were propitious,
and sent an ideal day. The good ship
was sighted at daybreak off the har-
Dor. The Quarantine doctors were
more than an hour aboard before the
yellow flag was lowered from the fore
top. 1t turned out however that DR..
Wu himself was the cause of much .
OF the delay. Then all souls aboard
We're mustered under their respective
classifications, it was found that there
was one fewer cabin passenger than
the ships manifest called for. Search
presently revealed that it was the most
notable PASSENGER aboard, DR.. WI, who
was missing A search revealed that
he was in his bath. Pratique waited
on his additions and his dressing.
Consul Chang Tso-fan went out in
the customs launch to receive his
country's distinguished representative.
Lieutenant George Smithies or Govern
or Fears staff also boarded the vessel
outside the harbor to acquaint His Elk
cellency with the plans which had been
prepared for his entertainment, and to
secure his acceptance of the invita-
tons which had been extended to him.
The Minister breakfasted leisurely,
and the Siberia was almost at the
wharf before he returned from the din
ing saloon to his apartments where he
received Consul Chang. With him he
discussed the plans for the day and
through him arranged for the ex-
change of official calls with the Gov
ernor. and the acceptance of sucn of
the invitations as his stay in port
would permit.
William Wong, a representative of
the Chinese Students Alliance. also |
went outside the harbor to greet Min |
lister WI on behalf of the Alliance. |
There is a Chinese Students Fedora |
ton. world wide. with which the AL
Hance is affiliated. OF this a number |
of Minister wu's suite are members. |
When Minister WI came ashore, he |
wore the badge of the Alliance, a. |
rosette and ribbons of blue and gold, |
to show his sympathy for the purposes
of the Alliance and the Federation.