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Show I i Popular Hotel Man Homo From "a 'Tour of the Far East. MEETS SALT LAKERS IN CITY OF MANILA Has Been Around World and Is Ready to Resume i Business. I Wesley Austin, former cliier clerk of the KnuLsford hotel anil one of the bct-known bct-known hold men In the west, returned Friday from n ex-tended trip covering a. period of over four months, through Oriental countries, the Sandwich islands. Japan., China and the Philippine islands. 'Honolulu." said Mr. Austin, "is the most beautiful and attractive city west of San Francisco. There the people arc prosperous and happy. The city is being be-ing Improved along modern lines, and Pearl harbor, when completed, will be one of the choicest and safest on the Pacific ocean. The United States government gov-ernment is spending great sums of money In its completion, and to a good purpose, as In my opinion time will show. "I spent some time In Japan principally princi-pally In Kybo and Toklo. The Japanese are a wonderful people polite, hardy and appreciative of their prestige. With their standing army of over SOO.000 men and a trained reserve of two or three times that number, they fear no nation on earth. Japan today Is spending more money on naval and military equipment S tuan any nation of its size on earth. M (5 What it means I do not know, but some W I day the world will know, li "I spent some time In Canton and k a Shanghai. China. Canton Is a city of gj ncarlv 2.000.000 people, and is peculiar rt gi In this, that outside of the European c& J concessions the streets are not to exceed 1$ li eight feet wide. Just how they livo has Si J been a mystery for hundreds of years ?3l3l and' the mystery Is yet unsolved. " People Are High Class. "In Shanghai you1 find a splendid class of high-bred, well educated Chinamen honorable In all dealings. In fact, these Chinamen are esniploycd in nearly all the banks and financial concerns In Japan on account of their financial integrity in-tegrity and ability. The Chinese are a peaceable people don't know or appreciate appreci-ate their capabilities, and as a result the different governments of Europe, notably "England, havo acquired largo concessions without let or hindrance. I don't want to be understood as saying that these innovations in-novations on tho part of European countries coun-tries have been or arc detrimental lo tho progress of that country. On tho contrary, con-trary, a ride over some of the railroads there convinced mo thai the natives are just awakening to the possibilities of their power and what the country is capablo of producing. If China ever has trouble with outside nations It Is my belief be-lief thaL the Chinese will not bo wholly to blame. "Manila Is a great and wonderful city. There I me I several persons from Salt Lake, one of which was W. S. Beardsley, lJ 1 at the head of a great financial institution. institu-tion. I also met Harold Pitt, a recognized recog-nized authority on linunco and political economy. Many Millions Spent. "The government has spent many millions of dollars In Improving and beautifying beau-tifying the city, and as a result within ten years Manila has grown lo bo one of the most beautifill of earthly spots. The prison, built and conducted by the government. gov-ernment. Is the finest and best regulated in the world. It Is conducted by Uncle Sam more along the Hues of a reformatory reform-atory Industrial In its nature than as a place of punishment. For a visit to this place and for drives through the city's beautiful parks and other places of interest J am Indebted to Carl Hard, formerly of The Salt Lake Tribune and next lo the head of the police department of Manila. "In every country visited I heard much of tho Panama exposition scheduled to be held In San Francisco in 1915. Many pcoplc'wlll visit San Francisco that year from Japan. . China, the Philippines and other islands and countries of the Orient. "Now 1 am through with my peregrinations. peregrina-tions. Last year I tramped through Egypt, Arabia, a part of Africa and I India and also visited the art galleries of I Borne, the salon of Paris and Amerlcan- I lzcd London, and oh tho Sth of June I I hope to be found In my place as assistant manager of the new Utah hotel." |