The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-19
FORD TELLS OF
TRAVELS in
CHINA
Journeys Two Thousand Five
Hundred Miles to Many Of
Principal Cities in Spreading
Hands-Around- the Pacific Move
ment Several Clubs Are Or
gained.
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(By Ale1ander Hume Ford.l

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YOKOHAMA, April 3O,--I have ira
veled $500 miles by rail through China
within two weeks, and l have seen the
beginning Of an effort on the part Of
the government to entiee the tourist to
remain for an extended stay in China.
In Picking | met with the heads of the
Imperial Railways of China, and So
cured from them promises Of eoopsra.
ton with the other countries OF the
Pacific in a great effort to attract tho
tourist to the lands of the Big Ocean.
Moreover, we planned tourist guide
book to China to be issued by the I'm
perial Railways on the lines of the
splendid booklet gotten out by japan,
and IL is possible that China may have
before long a tourist bureau patterned
after that of Japan.
In Picking il was not difficult TO
arouse the returned students TO get to-
gether and organize weekly luncheon
club as part of the Hands-Around-th the.
Pacific Movement, with the intention of
having all speeches and proceedings in
the English language; distinguished
visitors to be entertained weekly, and
noted Chinese ministers making fire..
quent addresses.
Our minister to China and others
promised to assist in getting members
of the foreign colony to unite with this
organization, which will be named the
Progress Club of China, - with prob
ably the President of China as its hon
orary head, and as active President.
DR.. z. &. Wong, a most progressive man
on the Imperial Railway board of
China, and who, by the way, is presi.
dent Of the Chinese Y. M. G. A., a
most delightful, intellectual and ad.
yaneed Chinese gentleman. ~
In Seoul, the matter Of a branch of
the Hands-Around,th e,Paeife Club is
being taken up actively, and the work
OF organization is going forward.
But to return TO Shanghai. After stir
ring the Saturday Club up to be-
come a weekly luncheon organization,
with clause IN the Sonstitution com.
hitting it TO the policy of a Hands
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS banquet once a
year, and to promotion work to secure
the tourist ahdf1ook' after him, / left
byaraii for Picking, Mhkden, Seoul and
fusan and then by ferry to japan.
was the first person to buy a through
ticket from Shanghai to Fusan, as this
route has just been opened up, and my
ticket was numbered "O0O0.5I / be-
lieye IL was the sample ticket, that
should not have been sold, but then /
am always getting something that
shouldn't have.
From Shanghai to Marking the road
Is good, and the travel luxurious. The
first class coaches are excellent, and tho
second class quite possible for men, but
it is not advisable for women to travel
second class, not even when accompan-
led by their husbands Third class is
impossible for the foreigner.
Nanling Filled With Soldiers.
Marking has changed little. The SOL
diers are everywhere III tho streets, as
revolution is expected at any moment.
Mr.. Martin, who keeps the hotel in
Marking, was the only foreigner to re-
main in Marking during the revolution.
His hotel was utterly destroyed by i'm.
perial troops, but he is rebuilding il,
wing by wing, and he is one of those
men who knows how to make the tour.
st wish to stay with him for a week
instead of day. He plans trips to tho
surrounding country, where the tourist
Us taken ctre Of by the missionaries.
Mr.. Martin in this way loses the tour
ist for several days, but he gets him
back again-a living advertisements
that will do more good than tons of
printed stuff en. sa sa p ...
From Nankiugit Is necessary to cross
the great Yangtse Kiang by ferry to
Fukow, where the new railway to Pc.
king begins, and the cars on this line
leave much to be desired but the mat.
ter is being taken up in Picking, and by
the traffic manager in Tientsin, of put.
ting on up-to-date cars, and when this
is done this route from Shanghai 10
Picking, Mnkden, Seoul and Fusan TO
Japan will become most popular one
for tourists. Already | have a plan be-
fore the Imperial Railways to issue
monthly tourist ticket good for travel
over all the Imperial Railways, in con
nection with our iye.dolar.a-day
around.the Pacific cruise, and it is look
ed upon fayorably. ea
This ride through central China is in.
teresting. You see the real life of the
people, the walled towns, and the great
treeless country where every square
inch is cultivated The methods are
primitive but effective. At Tsinanfu
the sphere Of German influence is reach.
ed, and what a difference. A splendid
hotel has been erected, and the pToprie.
tor gets out gufde,book to that section
of China. From here excursions are
made to the grave Of Confucius. and by
rail TO the German port of Tsingtau,
which is the livest city on the Pacific
coast of China. II has its own tourist
bureau backed by the government,
which sends printed literature all over
the far east, with the result that this
German city is making the other ports
feel quite sick. Instead of Cheefoo
raising the apples for the Far East, as