The San Francisco call., 1910-02-12
TINY CELESTIAL
IS PET OF SHIP
Women Passengers on Liner
Asia Make Little Chinese
Boys Trip Memorable

Among the passengers who wanted 10
cross the Pacific on the liner Asia was
Chin Wong. a wealthy merchant whose
place of business in in Chinatown, tbis
city. AS Chin was suffering frOI
trachoma Doctor Thompson. the Asia's
surgeon, refused TO receive him on
board on the ground that he would be
refused landing at this port
Chin accepted the medicO's fiat phiio-
sophically, but insisted upon sending
Chin Foo. his II year old boy. because
he wanted Foo to go to school in this
city.
Little Foo had a staterOOm all to
himself and a Chinese servant who
travelled in the steerage. to look out
for him when he lands. The women on
the ship adopted the little pigtailed
boy, and If Chin Foo could return to
China right away he would take with
MIN the conviction that American
women are the kindest on earth. He
was beautifully spoiled and equipped
with a wonderful vocabulary by the
time the Asia reached this port. They
taught him to raise his hat whenever
he addressed a lady and in return Foo
showed them his seven beautiful silk
coats. which in cold weather he wore
all at the same time.
Journey From Remote Spot
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hanna and
reached the last stage of a journey
that has kept them travelling by land
and water and in all sorts of convey
ances since October %. On that date
they left Yunnan, where Hanna has
been stationed as missionary. at
tached to the China inland mission
They arrived here yesterday on tho
Asia.
Yunnan probably is one of the most
isolated places on the face of the earth.
The nearest seaport is HaifOng and it
takes months hard travel to get there
from where the Hannas were stationed
and where Baby Hanna was born. The
first stage of their journey was to
Chenyuan in the province of Kweich0w-
They made this trip in sedan chairs
carried by coolies and were 21A days on
the way.
They travelled in a houseboat to
Hankow and the rest of the 5000 mile
journey to Shanghai they made in big
and little boats.
The Hannas will leave in few days
for the east.
Hindu Invasion Continues
The Asiatic passengers who arrived
here yesterday on the liner Asia In
eluded 46 Hindus, making a total of
more than $40 of these dark skinned
British subjects to land here within
two weeks. OF those who arrived on
the Asia Al are SikhS and MOh4m-
medans These new arrivals are just
dirty as those already in the country,
and they all expect to return to eastern
India in a few years with big for
tunes.
Most of those who arrived on the
Asia gave their occupation as farmers
One of them declared that thousands
of his countrymen were heading this
way. At the suggestion that this gov
ernment might take some steps to stop
the immigration. the Hindu laughed
and said:
Your government can do nothing
You allow Germans and others to come
TO your country and until you stop
them YOU must receive us and as many
of us as choose to come. We are Brit
ish subjects; we know our rights. That
was all explained to us before we left
India Thousands of my eOuntrymen
are going to come just as soon as they
can"
Educator Returns on Liner
Among the passengers who arrived
Yesterday on the liner Asia was Dr.
David l.. Anderson, president of the 500
Chow university. 500 Chow is about
so miles west of Shanghai, and Doctor
Anderson has been stationed there since
1882 He has crossed the Pacific to
attend the general conference of the
Methodist church South at AsheviIles
n. C.
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