Show CHINESE MINISTERS VIEWS Had Heard That Washington Confined Con-fined Himself to America New York Feb 23 Speaking at the Washingtons birthday banquet of the Southern society last night AVu Tin Fang the Chinese minister said he had heard of Washinston and revered his memory When a boy in China he had understood that Washington had confined himself to the conutry which he governed His successors had done likewise A change had come however within the last year There were those who accused President McKinley Mc-Kinley of Imperialism The presidents idea of imperialism means civilization and liberty For himself he would add the qualification of fairness to meuof all parties without regard to their race or color The United States now possessed the Philippines There was a discussion whether or not this country coun-try should keen them The hesitation was commendable because it showed a noble spirit A costly gift bestowed upon an Ignoble man would be accepted accept-ed by him without question The Philippines were near neighbors of the Chinese empire and his people would rather have friendly neighbors than unfriendly ones The trade of this country with China was increasing and with the establishment of our government gov-ernment In these islands this trade would be greatly increased There was one obstacle that stood in the way of thoroughly friendly relations between be-tween this country and China and that was the Chinese exclusion act This legislation was brought about because of the impression the people of this country had obtained of the people of China from seeing the poorer classes of laborers in San Francisco He believed be-lieved the establishment of closer relations re-lations between the two countries would tend to do away with this prejudice and the abolition of this law China Is constructing a railroad from the north to the south and had practically practi-cally thrown open the doors to the trade of all the world The people of the United States would be welcomed by the merchants of China with open arms |