The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-08
TRYING TO GET
USED TO IT ALL
American Delegates in China in
a Constant State of Surprise
and Admiration.


delegates of the Coast and Hawaii com
mercial bodies, now in that interesting
and awakening country. The official
reporter with the party describes the
sensations of the visitors amid the va
rious strange sights, the succession of
banquets and receptions, and the royal
and lavish welcomes awaiting them in
every city visited.
Among the most interesting expert
ences of the party has been the trip
to the tombs of the Mings, Inch has
been described in letter previously
published.
Legislative Honors.
Next day the remarkable examination
halls, where thousands of Students were
once examined for proficiency in memo.
rizing the classics, were visited, and
then the Commission sat down to ban.
quet given by the members of the pro-
vincial assembly in the nearly complet
ed building of that body. Chang CHEN,
president of the assembly, and won
derful combination of scholar, manu-
facturer and philanthropist, presided.
! Willis Booth of Los Angeles and E. f.
Blaine of Seattle responded to Mr.,
! Changes welconie.> Mr.. Blaine spoke at
| length regarding the history of Amer.
! lea IS attitude toward China, and con-
4 graduated the people upon the begin
/ nings of constitutional government in
the empire. After this banquet there
was a review of the foreign-drilled
! troops, and a battalion of infantry
made a demonstration against sup
posed attack from one side OF the bar
racks. The physical agility OF the sol
] diers was especially noticeable.
An important commercial conference
was held with the representative Chi
nese merchants who had gathered at
1 Marking, and much information was
obtained by informal discussion of COM
mercial subjects. Plans were laid ten
tatively for a special committee meet
ing in Shanghai after the completion
; of the program which has been laid
out by the Chinese chambers of com
merce, to discuss with the greatest full
ness the possibilities of increasing the
trade and commerce between the two
nations, and ways and mans to that
end. The merchants of ten provinces
: further expressed themselves as much
; interested in the proposed Panama
E Pacific exposition, and pledged them
; selves to be represented there by the
gratest exhibit that China has ever
, made anywhere.
The Royal Tombs.
While at Marking the party visited
!, the interesting tombs of the Ming EN-
. perors outside the city wall, and wer'
/ given most enjoyable reception at tn,
s University of Marking, where w. II
s Dickson of Tacoma addressed the uni
e versity. On Monday evening, the las
of our stay at Marking q banquet wa
Il given at the hstor House Hotel by tn
+ commercial bureau. The decoration
a here were very fine, bamboo, flower
s and electric lights in red, white an
e blue being effectively employed. A
l. this dinner William Piggott of Seattl
expressed the commission admiratio
e for the ability which had made China
y first exposition so creditable one.
G Dinner was followed by processio
r of all the guests through the illum
# mated exposition grounds. The build
o inps, outlined in electric lights, wer
II reflected in the lotus pools that dot tn
!, grounds. The procession led to the e1
II position theater, where an especial pei
Il formance was held, which included tn
e. singing of English songs and gran
IS march in which the two flags of tn
l. nations were enthusiastically greeted b
g, full theater While we were in MAJ
A. king a great assortment of gifts wa
s, left at the hotels by the generous me
t. chants - lacquerware, photographs, pi
K, perweights, boutonnieres, tea, chlni
III canned fruits, framed embroideries @
t, silk-a varied tribute of welcome.
n Modern Transportation.
!" Tuesday morning our comfortab
II special train, with its modern Engll
~ coaches and hospitable convenience
h pulled out of Marking to the noise
frecrackers and arrived at Chinkial
to a similar greeting. Here We we
rendered luncheon at which we hea
one of China's most famous orato
Ma Sieng- Pah. This man did not ne
VI to speak English really; even IN t
* unfamiliar tongue of the country
stirred his hearers He also deliver
part of his address in English, an En-
fish spoken as Frenchman won
speak it. for Mr.. Ma is an accomplis
ed French scholar and learned his En-
lish from Frenchmen. The orator poll
ed out that fifty years ago, when
was boy,githe Yangtse River had ia
en- its course over the very spot whe
we were then banqueting and in the
waters British gunboats had lain a
bombarded the town of Chinkiang, LAT
the first port to be opened to foreiG
ers. He drew most effective CO
trast from the two events, C. IL. Hyl
of Tacoma, voiced the appreciation
the guests of the day.
Articles for Trade.
After lunch, while most of the pal
visited the beautiful monastery a
pagoda on Golden Island there was
informal meeting with the merchal
of Chinkiang at which it was fou
that many articles are in order for
port and export Chinkiang is rea
and willing TO sell hemp, bean oil, g
skins, eowhides, buffalo horns and b.
cake for fertilizer wood oil, Yarni
filature silk, eggs, Chinese mediein
indigo, sessimum seed, silk Innings,
laid pearl aud lacquer work, and I
ton, They are ready 10 buy from
eigners cotton thread, and yarn, cot
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