Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-25
ALEXANDER HUME FORD KEPT BUSY
PLANNING BANQUET FOR Letter

To return 10 the Eliminating BT1ton:
In Hongkong he has Ghewed over the
idea OF the Hands-Around-the-P Pacific
movement with every probability that
be will give it his support. At pres
ent the Chamber OF Commerce is con
sidering il, as IS the Colonial govern
ment and secretary. as we'll a. the
Chinese and British railway system
and the common people, but in Brit
ish country the common Deople must
not consider il first. 1t was ev3a
suggested that the hotel keepers and
small shop keepers organize diff
ferent club and come into the mOva-
ment. Rest assured that ! waXed elo-
quent on the ideals OF the movement
to get people OF all races. all classes
and all creeds to work together. first
for their home town and section, and
then for the whole Pacific.
We even carried the movement up
to Canton. and there are live progress
sive people, in both Canton and Hong
kong. There are pa4atial steamers.
running up the river to Canton and
a railroad That passes through some
of the most delectable Scenery to be
found anywhere. You pass through
the heart of agricultural China, and
in four hours you are in as typical o
Chinese city as there Is in the whole
republic. Streets four to eight feet
wide, and not a wheeled vehicle with
in the great high walls, that unfor
tunately are being town down. The
railway management is certainly up
TO date. 1t has just placed on ex-
press trains. one leaving Hongkong
at seven In the morning, and the
other leaving Canton at, seven in the
evening, giving you about eight hours
sight seeing in Canton, or If you wish
you. can go up by the, day steamer
and see the river, spend the night at
the delightful European hotel and re-
turn. the next night by train.
Trouble broke loose with our arri-
val In Canton, but not because of it.
Word came that the revoltionists OPP
posed to President Yuan Shih-kai
were about to attack Canton. We
rode down the street in our chairs be-
side hHrrying companies of. soldiers
who were being dispatched to patrol
every street and guard every corner
The nlonasteries and temples, were
hurridly filled with troops who pre-
pared to camp there, so we didn't see
many temples, and at night when we
returned by train, one car, as did all
the others Of the train, had four Chi.
nese soldiers in uniform, their belts
eneircled with shells, marching up and
down the aisles. However, all this
did not interfere with our seeing the
sights and talking the get-together
plan into the ears of any we could get
to listen. g..
The press has taken up the work
together plan enthusiastically, and
will begin an educational campaign. 1t
is the same old story of everyone say
ing he approves Of 1t, but that he is
certain that no one else will come in
How reminiscent of Honolulu five
years ago before we had the Ad Club
and civilization. -
We are on our way to Shanghai in
one of the steamers of the American
Manchuria line. She is 10,000-ton
boat and as soon as the canal is fin
ished We shall see her in Honolulu,
for the plan IS to send one of these
boats by way of Suez every month to
return by Panama, and one through
the Panama Canal to return by way
of Suez. They will make a round the
world rate of $2.50 a day gold, and it
will be trip worth taking.