The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-08
LAVISH WELCOME
TO THEIR GUESTS
Chinese 0verpOwer Businessmen
by the Greatness of Their
Reception.

Fred L, waldron, HonOlulu's repre-
sentative with the commercial commits
sioners touring China as the guests OF
that country, has finally caught up with
his party, having been behind them un-
til recently, He writes to H. p. Wood
that the Chinese are giving their guests
the greatest welcome ever.
"They are doing more for our dele
cation than has ever been done for a
body of business men anywhere" he
states.
The following description Of a part
of the doings, sent on to Honolulu by
the official reporter of tho delegation,
bears out Mr.. Waldron s enthusiasts;
HANKOW, China, October 1.-The
honorary commercial commissioners to
China left Shanghai in state ON the
morning of Friday, September go. They
were the guests of the Shanghai Nan
king Railway and nothing was forgot
ten to make their entertainment COM
plete. The station at Shanghai was
gaily decorated with the flags of the
two nations; a special train, made UP
Of all the railway officials private
coaches aud fitted with bountiful
buffet and the usual swarm of attend
ants to serve from it, made the party
most comfortable, and ms this train drew
out of the station to which the mem
bers of the Shanghai Chamber of Com
merce had come to say goodbye, there
was fusillade of freerackers to en-.
phasize the farewell. Sixteen Chinese
gentlemen accompanied the train to
Marking. These included s. Y. Tsong,
who had come from Marking by the
Viceroy's order, to convey us to that
ancient capital where China is holding
her first national exposition. Mr.. Tsong
is associate director of foreign affairs
at Marking He is\a graduate OF Yale,
in the class of 'S4.
The journey to Marking was marked
by the enthusiasm which has surprised
and overwhelmed us already. At 500.
chow, a stop of two hours was made.
Here we were driven through the
streets outside the city wall, the streets
inside are too narrow for anything but
chair borne by coolies, and then we
were taken to the beautiful garden OF
Sheng Kung-Fao, one of the big mag
mates of China. This garden, one Of
the few in this part of tho country
spared by the TAPPING rebellion, is a
labyrinth of paths winding between
lotus ponds and among elaborate ar.
rangements of rocks. At this garden
banquet tiflin was served in an elab-
orately decorated pavilion. Tho gov
ernor of the province made US q speech
of welcome and toasted as usual the
President of the United States. Captain
Robert Dollar of San Francisco made
happy speech in reply to this wei
come.
Eager, Yellow Faces.
AT Wusich there was reception by
the local chamber of commerce and
George Burnham Of San Diego respond
ed to the welcome. At Changchow,
another station gay with flags and
crowded with eager yellow faces, l.. II.
Freeman of Pasadena spoke the thanks
of the American visitors. The brass
bands Mt these stations were not all of
equal proficiency, but they did their
best to complete this most surprising
welcome that has greeted our journey
through China so far.
At Chinkiang there was no reception
proper, for preparations had been made
to receive us there on our return from
Marking, but we were joined there by
two fine men, General Chin Chez, direc-
tor.general of the Hanyang exposition,
! and X p. Chen, manager of tho exhi.
bitiOn, two men who have had most to
do with bringing the exposition into
actual realization. These gentlemen
gave us escort to Marking where Nom
bers of the Marking Chamber of Com
merce met us and saw us safely quar-
tered in our hotels.
Western Airs by Chinese People.
Soon after dinner we were called for
IN, nd 20 -,
ton hall where an interesting concert
was given by Chinese people singing
western music The choruses and glees
by Chinese students were very well
done.
The next morning, Saturday, found US
early guests of the exposition. None
of us was fully prepared for a fair of
the size and quality of this one. The
buildings though small, are well built
and well arranged, though to western
eyes they would have been more pie
turesque had they been more Chinese
in character. They are formal white
buildings for the most part, some are
brick, and a few follow the native style
Of architecture The exhibits are shown
very well and cover contributions from
ten of the eighteen provinces of China.
Strangers can have little idea of the
labor ana energy required 10 gather to-
gether such a representation from the
Isolated divisions Of this enormous eoun-
try. A banquet was served at noon In
the exhibition hall and General Chin
made a careful address, interpreted by
Mr.. Chen. W. w. Weilbye, of Oakland,
read a paper upon the value Of expedi
lions and Q. II. Moore, Of Spokane, also
spoke on the history OF expOsitions in
America.