Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-20
EX-GOV. BAXTER
Tells CT HIS TRIP
AROUND the WORLD

The meeting of the Mems Club of
the South Parish congregational
church in the assembly room at the
Y. NJ. G. A. Tuesday evening was
well attended, 100 being present at
the very appetizing chicken dinner,
which was served there at $50 p. NJ,
followed by a delightful talk, EX-
Governor Baxter telling of incidents
of his recent trip around the world.
In introducing the speaker the
president of the Club, Ralph G.
Governor Bakers affiliations with
tae South Parish church while
resident of Augusta and this renewal
of cd friendship; how the Governor
had for this occasion taken time from
Lis campaign which we hope will
lead to Washington"
Governor Baxter has circled the
globe twice. is a keen observer and
his description of what he saw was
intensely interesting. From Van
couVer six days to Hawaii. where he
learned much about the great racial
experiment there being made with
10000 Japanese, 10000 Portuguese,
and Chinese and Russians born UNI
der our flag. He came away from
this place which he declared to be
TIC licol SOIItlty pi USpcICuS o. any he
visited, impressed with the convc-
ton that this great conglomeraJion
Of races would in emergency be loyal
TO America.
Then to the Fiji Islands, as rich
respecting soil and climate but with
no markets and in striking contrast
with the progress that has been made
in Hawaii. Four days voyage and
he came to New Zealand. with an
area three times that of Maine and
a population twice as large, more
British than Britain, all but five per
cent living in one story homes of
their own set in the midst of attrac-
tive gardens and remarkably pros
porous, with no illiteracy and with
a death rate about half as large as
ours. New Zealand had no markets
but she established them by means
of refrigerator ships carrying her
mutton 10000 miles to the British
markets.
Then a voyage of four days
brought him to Australia, believing
in itself and resolved to be reserved
for the white race, barring out from
citizenship any trace of color;
where community jealousy Is such
that the grades of the railroads are
changed whenever they cross the line
of one state into another, where i'm
mense undeveloped areas offer
tempting prospects to barred Asiatics
living in overpopulated countries.
There by means of compulsoryIyot
ing. (fp which he was interested and
OF which he approved when he could
be assured they would vote rightly
(applause,) the conservative element
had kept the radicals in check. The
slogan of the radicals is: five DAYS
in week, five hours in a days work.
and five dollars per day.
Thence to Java, where Holland has
a much larger dominion than many
suppose. a hundred million people
with but 10000 Dutch soldiers, but
where. in contrast with the policy
OF Australia the Dutch government
encourages intermarriage between.
the Dutch and the natives, though
this means the children must con-
tinue to live in Java. But not having
soldiers enough to govern the coun-
try the Dutch hope to rule through
the intermingling of the races. On
the other hand the English. the wis
est or all people as colonial COVER
nors. will not encourage the mixing
Of blood with the Eastern races.
India, he said is not a nation. TIVE,
hundred different languages are
spoken there; nine out of every 10
are doubtless hungry and 95 per cent
1--we In mud huts. The speakers
description of the scenes on the
Gauges at Benares was a revelation
respecting the attitude of those peo-
pie in ways difficult for us to under
stand. He found the work being done
by the missionaries creditable and
worthy of support. Clear compre-
hension of the governmental prob
lens coming under his observations
lent especial interest to Governor
Bakers remarks, for which he was
giving a rising vote of thanks.