The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-02-05

-SEMI-WEEKLY.
send any more of the stuff into the
United Kingdom imported 60O0 tons
from India, while the amount of home
grown opium was 6l25 tons, which
shows that Great Britain at that time
limited the importation to a certain
extent.
"In 1905 the missionaries prepared
memorial and presented it to the
throne through Chow Flu, then the
Viceroy of Marking, and powerful
friend of reform, asking that the
throne take cognizance of the great
increase in the opium trade in China.
Three months later an Imperial edict
was issued, promising immediate steps
along the right direction, and ordering
that the traffic be entirely abolished
within ten years. This edict was sent
throughout China, was circulated
among all the districts and provinces,
in the shortest time in the history of
the nation. In the following year. as
an illustration of the work that was
done, $500 opium shops at Chentu, the
capital of Szechuen, were closed and
demolished in one day, and rs per cent.
Of the opium shops along the coast
provinces were closed. Besides this,
the areas of land on which the poppy
was cultivated were restricted by order
of the government. Great Britain
gave moral support to the move
ment, and also aided considerably by
prohibiting the drug in Ceylon and in
all the British settlements along the
| coast.
Burned Opium Outfits.
Gin Shanghai we had a great burn
ing of opium smoking paraphernalia
last June One magnificent opium pal
ace, which had apartments for 1000
smokers, was closed, along with mum
Der of other shops The pipes, many
of them richly chased in silver, and
all the appliances were heaped in d
great pile, on which kerosene wa:
poured. A wealthy European of Shang
hal noticed in the pile beautiful pipe
which he wished to purchase as a souv
enir, and he offered fifty pounds, Oh
| $3.50 gold, for it. The master of cere
monies, Chinaman, heard of the
offer, and as reply and rebuke, said
'This pipe has been used in the degra
dation of our country, and all the sill
yer in the mines of Mexico could mo-
buy it, Let it burn And it did,
Chinese Students in Japan.
"The gradual breaking away from
all the ancient traditions and custom
of the country has been marked o
late, especially in the last five years
In educational matters, Tor example
the Chinese are realizing their posi-
ton, and, besides giving our mission
airy schools the right kind of encour
agement, are sending thousands o
young men to foreign countries flo
an education. There are at present
strange as it may seem, $4,000 of tn
younger generation of China receivin
their education in Japan. Then, o
course, there are Chinese students i
many Of the leading institutions o
the United States.
cit is a fact worthy of mentionitha
out of ffty-four students who recent
took examinations for official position
| in Peking, eight passed, and thes
eight were Christians who had been &c
ucated in the mission schools. TIL
only one who accepted a government
position is w. w. Yin, who is no.
third assistant secretary to the Leg;
ton at Washington, d. C. In Pekin
there are 200 schools where the stud
. of Western subjects is taken up, an
. there are also schools for the noble
where the blue-bloods of China al
, given an Occidental training.
|, Former Honolulan Working.
, GA. L. Cory, who was formerly
, Honolulu, is doing great reform wor
: for the Foreign Missionary Society
China. He is stationed at Nankin,
T and was recently appointed secretar
! of the committee on Bible study
China, at the centennial conference
One of the greatest missionaries
: China is DIR. w. L. Macklin. Beside
his medical practise, which is larg
4 enough to keep two ordinary me
busy, DIR. Maclslin has proven a gref
factor in evangelistic work, his preacl
ing at Marking and vicinity havin
had the effect of turning several ell
tire villages away from idolatry. On
of his most important works in Chin
has been the translation of 4 humble
of historical and social works into tt
Chinese language, among them bein
Greene's Short History of the Englis
People. He sent the manuscript {
a this translation to Tuan Fang, then
powerful viceroy of China, who WI
( so pleased with the work that he wro
y preface TO the book, in which
= said, addressing the Chinese peopl
IF you wish to know what const
@ tuition is and want to realize what Il
n benefits of one are, you must stuC
Dr. Macklin's book.
: Notwithstanding the present pro
1t lens in China, Mr.. Ware, who is ca
8 ed senior missionary by reason of i
IS long service in China, is very op
e mistc over the future of the countI
d stating that the reform movement W
d eventually prevail. He leaves for Ca
Il ada on the Moana this afternoo
# While in Honolulu, Mr.. Ware has be
Il the guest of Walter Weldon, the t'