The sun., 1908-12-20

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SsreetSuy Different From tho Others.
Z. 8, g. LOUISIANA.
U. 8. BATTLE FLEET.
HoNoKoNo. Nov. 9,
CANA gave a good old fashioned Ameri-
can handshake TO the second squadron
az the Unitod States Atlantic heet when
Ii arrived at Annoy on October 30. The
Welcome was different from the greeting
60 other ports. 1t was exclusively on
eias, A few gentlemen Of high rank.
areaI refinement and superior intell1
eence caInc from Pekin and they andSthe
s.ilicia;c OF the province OF Fukien. OF which
Z Foochow Is the capital and Annoy the
ieading city, said they were very glad
( indeed to see the Yankee sailormen of
! hiRh and low degree and then gave OF
China's hospitality cordially, delicatey.
proiusaly.
High bred courtesy was the keynote;
.eratitude to US as people. the we'll SUE
falned theme OF the occasion. There
we're no reservations in the welcome;
\ it was formal but not perfunctory; 1t was
s punctilious but mono the less from an
absolutely open heart.
China was sorry that only one-half
OF The feet could come because OF tho
! need Of beginning the battle practice
PRESENTATIONS OF a month In Manila Bay,
but she was az profuse in her welcome
ns. IL the entire sixteen instead Of eight
ships had arrived. She received the
sluadron with unfeigned gladness; she
parted from It with unfeigned regret.
There was not an American on the heet
that did not leave China yesterday with o
feeling ekin to affection.
wHY AMoY WAS vIstTEp.
II was matter OF some surprise that
China elected TO receive the squadron at
Annoy, but there we're good reasons for
H.. Annoy 10 known far and wide az the
air4iest seaport on the China coast; 1t
I,robably is, but mono OF those In tho
sddadron can speak with knowledge on
that point because not q man entered the
city during the stay. There was sup
T;osed to be plague. there and cholera
piso. and undoubtedly those diseases were
prevalent in the city.
The reason why Annoy was selected was
That Ii was the most available place. 1t
isstriotly q Chinese port. Chefu was not
available because the anchorage is bad
there in October and November. Shang-
hn5 was ont Of the question for two reasons.
The squadron could not get within several
miles Of the city. and there are 20 many
foreign concessions there that tbe reoep-
ton would have fallen largely into the
hands OF the foreigners. Hongkong u
an English port, and Of course China could
not rsoeive there. Annoy has a fine har-
Dor, and China exercises full control Of it,
and hence IL was decided TO ask the ships
se go there,
At once there came up the question Of
what to do with the men and officers when
they came. The Chinese solved the problem
by building place okentertainment two
miles below the city at what is known as
the parade ground and the racetrack.
Temporary buildings were put up around
the great oval Of the parade ground, and
Il gss turned into a great reception place
for the officers and an enormous play
ground for the men,
Then came the matter Of food and drink.
Nothing Of that kind must be obtained
from Annoy. There was danger Of cpl
Cenlic from that source. China sur
mounted that problem by bringing all
supplies from Shanghai and in addition
to that brought even horses and carriages,
ricltshaws and mandarin chairp with the
men to work with them from the northern
provinces. In fact. although the recep-
ton was held at Annoy. it was as far re-
moved from that place az II had been
held thousand miles away. The enor-
NOUS work involved was performed with
4 marvellous perfection Of detail.
SAuRKHT OFFICIALS EXTEND WELCOME.
Not only did China send all this material
down to Annoy and practically build
little town and establish separate COM
1nunity for the squadron but she showed
her keen interest In the visit by sending
10 represent her some Of her most eminent
and abls men. At the head OF the oom-
mission was Prince Lang.
~ The princes Of China are OF four kinds.
The first is that Of the immediate royal
household, members Of the family OF the
Empress Dowager and the Emperor.
The second are immediate relatives, but
liJt of the household They are such kin
an COUSINS and uncles Of the Emperor and
Impress Dowager. The third are the
Immediate descendants OF former EN-
perors. The fourth are the princes made
by royal favor for distinguished services.
Prince Lang is Of the third GLASS. He 10
q grandson Of former Emperor. About
10 years old, Of moderate stature. has q
thoughtful. kindly face and head with
a dome on II that suggests at once the
scholar,
-fe was most aifable but simple in man
ner and unassuming, He never failed
In dignity in any way and In intelligence
culture and gentleness was q fine type
Of the Chinese gentleman. II is pity that
70 few Americans know what Chinese
6 gentleman is.
With Prince Lang came a most inter-
,stipg man, LANG Tunyen, vice-president
Q the Waiwupu, or Board OF Foreign
AEairs. and practically Secretary Of State
OF China In addition 10 that he is a Yale
man Of the class of 50. the famous Ting"
OF those days, pit icherPf his class baseball