Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
WI PREDICTS CHINA AIR LINE
WILL FLY OVER SEAS YET
SAYS DIPLOMAT.
He Returns From Peru-Hopes fol
Court to Decide 1nterna-
tional Wrangles.

NEW YORK, September 16.-Wu Ting
fang. Chinese minister to the United
States and minister plenipotentiary to
Peru. Mexico and Cuba. returned yes
terday by the Royal Mail steam packet
Oruba from Lima via the Isthmus Of
Panama.
He appeared to be in the best of health,
and received the reporters in the lounge
of the Oruba. Following his usual Gus
tom, he put questions to the reporters in
stead of replying to theirs.
DR.. WI said he had been to Lima for
the first time. and spent two months
pleasantly at the Peruvian capital. He
should have gone there before, he said.
but something always happened at the
last moment to prevent him.
He was the first Chinese minister to
visit Peru for ten years.
Peruvians Polite as Chinese.
What were your impressions of the
Peruvians?" he was asked.
They were very polite-something like
our own people," he replied.
Il spent seven days in the Canal Zone.
said DR.. WI. and was much impressed
with the systematic manner in which the
work Is being carried on, especially the
enormous steam shovel, like giant hands,
methodically scooping out the earth and
casting it aside.
The opening Of the canal will be a
boon to the world at large, and an I'M
provement in trade conditions will assur-
edly follow.
Il was informed by Col Goethals that
he expected to have it finished by 1915.
and I hope to travel through it on my
way to or from China.
This is the twentieth century. ana 1
am prepared to see many wonders. Moth
ing is. impossible any longer. l expect to
see people Tying through the air like BIRDS
in the next ten years, when we know
how to live and regulate our lives. People
laugh now. but it will surely come, when
we pay more attention to aviation ana
improve our appliances"
Foresees Flight to China.
do you think that aeropianes will ever
fly across the Atlantic?" He was asked.
to China Also" he replied. I'VE must
take this seriously, and not make joke
about flying machines"
What do you think of the use of fly
ing machines in war;
II hope there will be no more wars, and
that all nations will advance far in civil
ization that there will be a universal
court to settle all disputes without blood
shed. / believe in peace. not war. If you
and 1 quarrel We may come to blows or
go to the courts. but we are not allowed
to incite other human beings to slaugh-
ter each other.
Il fear, though. that war is not yet en-
tirely eliminated, owing to the advance
of nations in all parts Of the world
Asked if he thought Germany intended
to go to war with England. the diplomat
replied that Germany was a nation of
traders and that commerce always suf-
fered through war, even when it was a
victorious one.
1.-THE doors of China are open for all
the world not only for trade, but for all
people without any distinction of race or
religion. and its motto is peace and good
will to ALL
DR.. WI added that his successor. Chang
Yin Tang. was formerly consul general
in San Francisco. He was expected to
arrive at Washington in two months, when
DR.. WI will leave for home. via Italy
and Egypt unless he receives instructions
from Picking to go home by the Pacific
direct.
He was accompanied by his two secre-
taries on the trip to Peru and left for
Washington on the midnight train.