The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-02-04
PROMOTING ABOUT
PACIFIC CIRCLE
H. P. Wood Reports on What He
Saw and What He Did on
Long Trip.

Long Trip.
The promotion committee, in its usual
spirit of hospitality for strangers, will
meet the German steamship Cleveland
at quarantine on it's return from San
Francisco, on its second world cruise,
and the members will, if possible, board
the vessel outside to decorate the pas
sengers with leis. Although the COM
mittee, as we'll as all other welcoming
committees, met with rebuff when the
Cleveland was last here, and were not
allowed to board the steamer, the mem.
bers of the committee feel that it is
their duty to the 700 American stran-
gers comprising the passenger list, to
give them an Aloha welcome.
The committee will go out in a
launch, bearing baskets filed with leis,
accompanied by a quintet club. They
expect to get aboard the big liner be-
fore the vessel starts in from quaran-
tine, and blythe time the vessel arrives
alongside the wharf expect to have
every one of the passengers decorated.
Some illusions were made to the uncour-
teous treatment accorded all committees
| when the Cleveland was here last
| month, by the captain of the liner, but
they feel that Frank Clark, to whom the
matter was to be reported at San Fran.
cisco, will see that all committees are
permitted to go aboard at quarantine.
Wood Is Back.
Secretary II. P. Wood of the promo
ton committee, who returned on the
Makura from long tour Of the Orient,
concluding his voyage by way of Aus
tralia and New Zealand, was present at
| the meeting and gave very graphic
description of his travels and the inter
| est he found manifested in Hawaii. In
| large number of cities he found the
| promotion committee 3 literature on file
and ready for tourists. In Japan he
was met by members of the welcome
committee and given every opportunity
to see the best that Japan offers in the
| way of tourist attractions. He visited
the tourist and steamship Offices and
found the Hawaiian literature there. He
| learned from the Office representatives
| that much interest is displayed in Ha-
wall by the travelling public. He spoke
of the Trans Siberian railway route
| and the plans for making that attrac-
tive to tourists. The Siberian railway
representative gladly promised to do AL
he could to reciprocate with Mr.. Wood
for favors at this end.
| Chinese Exposition.
He went to Marking for the purpose
of ascertaining the plans for the Chi
nese exposition to be held there this
year. He stated that this is the first
time in the history of China that an
exposition has been planned, and it will
| be unique Instead of being merely
local, it will be for all China. They are
tearing down portion of the old wall
surrounding the city and the bricks are
being used in the construction Of the
exposition buildings. Marking, he said,
has been going backward and losing her
commercial supremacy, and the city of
ficials now hope to direct attention to
the city once more and again reengage
in trade. The plan was to open the
exposition in March, but it will not be
open until September.
| Mr.. Wood reported also on the plaI
of the Chinese Chambers of Commerct
to invite representatives of United
States Coast Chambers of Commerce tt
make visit to China this spring. Tht
date has been changed to September
and Hawaii, through Mr.. Woods in
Prevention, is included in the list Of
invitations.
He spoke of the visits to other Chi
lnese cities and the cordial treatment
he received, and of the large touris
business being done there. AT Ceylor
he was very favorably impressed
with her numerous attractions. Ceylon
he said, has been regarded as Hawaii I
competitor for tourist business. 1t il
beautiful country with many attrac
tions, such as some famous ruins neal
Colombo, but Ceylon has no such eli
mate as the Hawaiian Islands. AS fol
tourists, he said that steamer arrived
every day at the port, and that was al
advantage which Hawaii does not pos
sess.
The young Ceylon boy who dis
tributes promotion literature on behal
of Hawaii, on board the steamers, wa
doing his work well, but he was un
! able to board Nord. DeutscherLloy,
steamers, on account of a regulation o
the company. Mr.. Wood intercede
with the captain of the steamer OF
which he was travelling TO have thi
: regulation modified in the case of tn
Hawaii promotion committee boy, an
the boy will now distribute the folder
among the passengers.
Java was a beautiful country to MI
Wood. He said the finest hotel in tn
Orient was at Batavia, and being rul
by Dutch people, the cuisine was tn
best ever. Although Java has bee
! noted for its volcanoes, none of thei
geysers compared with the crater 0
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