The evening world., 1913-06-21
Warner Van Norden, After 2
Years in Orient, Returns
grg 10 Sell Tea Here.
TELLS OF HIS TRAVELS.
Chinese Look to United States
/ IS Best Friend, Says For
mer Banker.


pany and the Nineteenth Ward Bank.
editor and general manager Of the now
deeanet Van Norden's Magazine and
iutorsstins figure in the affairs Of sew.
srai trust companies. 10 back In New
Yerk again after long absence in the
intsrio.' wiids Of China, and has be-
come tea merchant at No. 90 Lee.
ington avenue.
\ While Mr.. Van Norden was among
ne Loios many New Workers. not
knowing that he had gone to China 70
peach an anti.opium campaign among
the unsniightened, wondered at hts
sudden dlsa ppearance Immediately fol.
iowing sensa tionai ROBBERY. whereby
eA.ooo Of the funds Of the Van Nordsn
Trust Company disappeared.
oas January night In 1910 young Mr..
Van Norden left . business conference
q the Waldorf with that sum. In bills
% big denomination, securely reposing
10 Q wallet In his coat pocket He was
Lseeestsd by two women. SO the trust
company President afterward declared.
. tn. y-third street between Fourth
and Fifth avenues. One knocked him
AOwn. while the other snatched the
wallet and ran. Subsequently detectives
ssrssted two women on suspicion. but
Van Nordsn failed to appear against
them. and when II was known he had
gene to Europe they we're discharged.
Van Norden was attired In
very fetching suit Of summer
wsight clothes when found By the
Evening World man sitting At . heavily
carved mahogany desk In the rather
,uxusiant shop where the odor Of teas
ahl Oriental spices was distinctly prev
alsat And while the place was not
crowded with customers Mr.. Van Nor
Gen was IN the happiest frame q mind.
= said ~ loved China and ioveh to
tan sbout It ANA" he added. II ops
- return to that country In the "a for
sssshsr six months stay"
NJ. Van Nordsn believes that the
Caiaaman 10 the merchant OF the ~.
tufsAthat the almond eyed and much
the great international money maker
and dispenser Of utilities. During his
two years absence he visited all the
eastern half OF Asia and saw many
things that the tourist never gets .
chance at.
sAvs CHINESE LOOK TO W As
BEST FRIEND.
''China loves America" said Mr.. Van
Norden. I'VE arc very solid with the
newsst. clever man Of the East. He
dec not like tho Engiishmsn and the
Jap he abominates. He has thrown all
Atfs japanese teachers from his schools
Ma the idea that Japanese ofhcsrs will
ever man his armies 10 absurd. He
dbitkes the Enslishman because the
letter 10 stu dealing In opium In oppo-
oltiou to the authorities. and the real
fesling against the Jap 10 one Of jeal-
ou1y. In the old days the Chinese
taught the Jap all he knew. Then the
Jap picked w the ways and manners OF
the West and became modern. He then
treated the Chinaman As an inferior
ana the feeling Of hatred was born.
That feeling will take centuries to wipe
out The Chinaman likes the French
people. but his real love is for the
American. and he shows II every way
hs cah
'9hls country made its big hit with
China whsn' II refused to take the elo.'
eoo.o0 indemnity imposed after the boxer
roaollion. While the other countries
hsld China down to the last penny We
turned the money back to be used for
educational purposes. That act won the
heart Of every intelligent ctnnaman.
II was much interested IN Cochin
China. which 10 under French DONNA.
tisn. The French are remarkable colon.
isers. They are not 30 mercsnary ana
srasping a. the English and Germans.
TS>1 try to make II pleasant. for their
sut0ects IN strange land. Why. In
HAND. the capital Of Tongking. the
Preach Government erected . 100000
franc opera house and each season an
epsss company from Paris 10 paid So.ooO
francs to perform. ana ssts all tia door
recsiptA
"rhsrs are 800 Frsnchmsn In Hanoi
| AID they have 800 miles OF automoohs
NvaAs.
TRAVELLED THREE MONTHS IN
INTERIOR or CHINA.
'sYor three months travelled In the
tuAsvsor Of China with Edward ThwinS'
vSo V an American very popular IN
,PSktns because Of his snu-opsum cru
ssds. We had several very exciting sx'
psgisncss.
sOncs, while in the city Of Kwellin.
which 70 about 1900 miles from the coast
We found ourselves In the middle OF q
BIT OF Aghting that was most excltins,
The revolution was on. but there had
b~sn no violence IN the city for some
| uma We all were asleep one nish'
N5oen the host awakened us.
e~Wo listened and heard fusirade OF
muskstry. Soldiers, some thousands Of
Huusnsss. were In tho streets outside
shooting everybody who showed hia
hsaA. They had made an attack on the
city treasury and been beaten on And
wSrs taking revenge on the city. yos
- Says " s'Rs AaA's'+ and On ~