The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-16

and engaged in battle until the toast
master OF the evening. Mr.. Shen TuI-
Ho. stopped further hostilities and
raped for attention 70 the speeches OF
the evening. His exeellencv. Wa Ting
Fang who was the Chinese minister 10
the United States 4 few years ago,
made the address of welcome Consul
General Amos ?. Wilder. as a sort OF
diplomatic middleman. added a speech
OF mingled welcome and appreciation
and Willis H. Booth. president Of the
commission. responded with q careful
" worded statement Of the commits
sion : mission here and the results
hopes for il. and voiced the gratitude
Of the entire party for the very gen
erous reception accorded IL Besides
the Americans and Chinese present at
this dinner. several prominent foreign
residents attended
Nc Sunday Rest.
Next day was Sunday The commits
sioners had expected that this day
would he spent in resting the forces
on both sides OF this friendly eampai gn.
hut our hosts are unspariug in their
hospitality. so merely the morning was
left free. In the afternoon q reception
WAS given at the international Tnsti-
ture. an organization founded for the
better acquaintance and cooperation Of
all the residents Of Shanghai. native
and foreign. Y. c. Tong. who met tie
commissioners AT Yokohama and won
. the hearts Of every membe- Of the
party. is president Of the institute
He made a good speech that afternoon
IN his easy English, polished off al Co
. iumbla College years ago, and ". L.
/, Gerstle Of San Francisco responded to
I. That evening an important dinner
was given AT the Palace Hotel. the
headquarters Of the commission. The
dinner was given bv the Associated
Chinese Press Of Shanghai There are
seven daily newspapers here. printed in
The Chinese language. So far as We
know. they have been uniformly friend
X TO the visit Of the commission, and
this courtesy Of a dinner was much a3-
FrecIated and welcomed. His Excel
lencv VA Ting Fang presided at the
dinner and made an interesting address.
in which he contrasted the libel laws of
England and America and advised the
! Chinese journalists to attack man for
whatever wrong he NAV 10 in his off
cial capacity. hut TO leave him alone in
his private life
On Monday morning an interesting
round Of visits was made. in autou,o-
biles again, to the Yu Sing cotton mill
and 10 the Shut Lon silk filature. fur
Their evidences of the industrial awaken
| ing Of China. 4 fine exhibit OF silk
/ products was made in beautiful gar
den. under the auspices Of the SILK
Guild,
Pandenaonium Let Loose.
After . somewhat hurried tifin at
{ the hotels. there began a period Of ex-
citement. the memorable trip to Hang
+ chow. The excitement began al the
! lettv IN front Of the Palace Hotel.
/ where lay a feet Of about twenty house
/ boats, each with a crew of eight China
men. preparing To gather their freight
/ OF American commissioners and form
/ into four trains behind -ughoats for a
/ trio Nh the Wangpoo River 10 Marco
/ Polo famous city Of Hangchow No
/ pandemoniUm in vogue in any quarter
/ of the world can equal the noise that
i attended this embarkatiOn. As a result
Of the noise. or in spite Of Il. the trains
were finally formed and started M the
river. Each commissioner and his wife
had a househoat TO themselves and eight
attendants. Dinner was served on the
boats az they glided up the river in the
gathering dusk. Sometimes the trains
would draw near together. and then
there would he greetings and songs
across the wafer It IS probable that
he crews slept somewhere on board
that night. although the eve could not
discover where. unless II was in an
eighteen-inch space between decks.
IN the morning the party found them
selves at Ka Shing. several hours late
On account Of a late start and heavy
tow, and 50 il was nece ssarv To leave
the houseboats after breakfast and pro
coed 10 Hangchow by train. The trair
. itself made a noise that troubled the
/ ear, but the roadhed was remarked by
all as comparing favorahlv with the
best American roads. the ballasting he
: ing especially complete. This road !:
entirely a Chinese enterprise, built ani
financed bv the Chinese themselves. T
has only 20 improve its rolling stock
at least change the wheels. 10 remove
, much of the noise which was dis
, comfort.
Marco Polo's Streets
, When we reached Hangchow W.
; found several thousand people al the
station. all banked il quiet order OF
, the stairwavs and bridges of the sta
, ton The official of the town and mem
! bers Of the chamber Of commerce greet
? Cd Us and then we took sedan chairs