The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-02-03

great pile, on which kerosene was
poured A wealthy European OF Sbang-
hal noticed in the pile beautiful pipe
whleh be wished to purchase as sow
enlr, and be offered fifty pounds. OF
$3.50 gold, for it. The master of eere-
monies, a Chinaman, heard of ths
offer, aud, as a reply and rebuke. said:
This pipe has been used in the iegrs-
dation Of our country, and all the sil-
Yer III the mines of Mexico eouli not
buy it. Let it burn. And it did
Chinese Students in Japan.
''The gradual breaking away from
all the ancient traditions and customs
Of the country has been marked Of
late, especially in the last FIVE wears.
In educational matters, COR example.
the Chinese are realizing their posi-
tion, and, besides giving our mission
airy schools the right kind of encour-
agement, are sending thousands of
young men TO foreign countries for
an education. There are at present,
strange as it may seem. $4,000 of the
younger generation of China receiving
their education in Japan. Then, of
course, there are Chinese students in
many of the leading institutions of
the United States.
= II is fact worthy of mention that
out of fIfty-four students who recently
took examinations for official positions
in Picking. eight passed, and these
eight were Christians who had been ed
ucated in the mission schools. The
only one who accepted government
position is ". w. Yin, who is now
third assistant secretary to the Lega-
ton at Washington, d. c. In Peking
there are 200 schools where the study
of Western subjects is taken up. and
there are also schools for the mobiles,
where the blue-hIoods of China are
given an Occidental training
Former Honolulan Working.
GA. f. Cory. who was formerly in
Honolulu, is doing a great reform work
for the Foreign Missionary Society in
China. He Is stationed at Marking,
and was recently appointed secretary
of the committee on Bible study In
China. at the centennial conference.
One of the greatest missionaries in
China is DR.. ". f. Maeklin. Besides
his medical practise, which is large
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busy, Dr. Macklin has proven a great
factor in evangeiistic work, his preach
ing at Marking and vicinity having
had the effect of turning several en-
tire villages away from idolatry. One
of his most important works in China
has been the translation of number
of historical and social works into the
Chinese language. among them being
Greene's Short History of The English
People. He sent the manuscript of
this translation to Tuan Fang, then a
powerful vIeeroy of China, who was
so pleased with the work that he wrote
a preface 10 the book, in which he
said. addressing the Chinese people:
IF You wish to know what eonsti-
tuition is and want to realize what the
benefits of one are, you must study
DR.. Macklin's book.
withstanding the present prob
lens in China. Mr.. Ware, who is call
ed a senior missionary by reason of his
long service in China, is very opti-
nistic over the future of the country,
stating that the reform movement viii
eventually prevail. He leaves for Can
| ada on the Moana this afternoon.
| While in Honolulu. Mr.. Ware has beefi
| the guest Of Walter Weldon, the tive
being friends of long standing.