Deseret Evening News | 1907-12-21 | Page 25 | Secretary Taft's Reception at Shanghai and His Speech

11 1 Secretary Tafts Taft s Reception jl I At Shanghai and His Speech g F MIN II s Or A r f i 0 Neon to ta Tuft quit Shanghai earl early v s hi h r i As All the result o oi of e i I visit lilt of lee lew I than th a IL day da ti to to fn p f the Orient he left toft OH Ute I at K such h an ox IX W D r l t w ecru i never before heard thug I Ili d r ih I h Pacific a r r r i r i ir r us as It an Inspiration andr and American commerce and anil anili t r i i in I u China bin fur for a to tot t if rr r message he d dx lIe le leI lIeI I I x nation in to the th Americans UN rIk to In h stiffen the th backbone I I rate alt department nt Iy I mi rat Ender 1 11 It In s It Itna JIll na I it i be ta b depended upon ulon that rIhl p thi K v awaken II sn them to a 11 Ile r I i i rill In tie fine has ha romp come om I when Am Alii Amt Ami tri al i is I in China must lio IW I nm om t rl red and mid And A I lust 10 Ti II I 1 v i 0 I lion o 1 1 nit lilt to 10 u Mr Sir Tart Tarts s ro rn roi f M i i t or his hi hi h Int r n r ii h fore r the Ih American no aus in la lat t r p J it a without rioting in lu I I i In sup superlatives or a ori i of enthusiasm 1 i o rd that not be bEo Ms i i r un nimi tn the 1118 th ar eh eha ari 1 a i ml nu 1 un an obvious leaning to tor the ther r ultra I l u WIL O t I T r I n e with wilh nn on one Justly take lie ih tl It t no CO SO SOI w wI I I i 1 to 0 China Thine Per ever ri a l ai lI i i I whole shote fouled sin eln ln than Ihan did Mr fl Taft Tift stem II h I n iI s In Shanghai Iba I und std from troll r Se i n I fitly nor noi no ao r i I ti I bIs nii I or comparison exists re ru th Ih h m mental or LII u n of Or r Mr Tuft Tun have seldom Idom i 1 china with their prat pm iI el Irani Irant cams cam as u asi i 0 of nr r them In rat i th thIP the IP I e 11 to I gross the ther Ua o p r in nier Ij polite ri l f nr lItS 3 s habitual f r INK oh Ii other in to I the th warmer wanner h I thin hM ha It Its Ita tn In Inn in ill n the thi heart und and d not to Ita the tile theu tiler h r I Iu It Ih u II it I e ere Grant ame same to I I i l states it loomed but dimly In Inn n 1 hI with which itch the non u heI nd th t I i en es There Th r few rew Chin h di r with the th and aid andr a ar r i he h Old t Fewer ewer Jew had hadn n I 11 Ii und and nit universities N n J v r hn then Nt tl 11 I I to t i china bIns with mind taU all r l to i 1 s ni nl Toner 1111 ii iii 1 the Ille future I i s e of tit the I h I that States tot tai ta to t tI t I L i Isle lal tie of or r progress and aa adl r ih th cause of ot chinas China awaken g O inlet n ml Grants time Um condition hI ha I istl lIy altered China Chita In not re Jt reu I u 11 ha lian had occasion to feel eel the tM I I I always alway for Rood pond that 1 f tt iced J ha he exerted Mara ullOn her heri herf f a I i I Ion relations between the theo then n o have hIlI l hen een t I rI r 11 ii n the vexation of the IIi i oter the th enforce HII r t if exclusion act hr M hl h In lii the abortive boy bo bop it v p Hut Hoar n u Mr Ir Taft pointed out In Into lil to M last night an understanding tae a u i 1 on en 11 reached d on the exclusion usa tea ar ire while lilli hll th the boycott bocott Is la I history of un I Iager ager moment In the annals annal of oC ofa iv lb of the nations nation AMERICANS A WANTI D INFORM I TION Mr Taft Tart Will weed asked to go so to Shang hw 1 to aci accept ept a n dinner from the Atner Amer AmerIan mtH Iran Ian oi of China and deliver I 1 a h The lh Invitation vaa WS convey convoy conveyed fl ed d i him In Japan This was wan all the first ber J tn at a lo that mme came to him of ot what te oR afoot toot lie H told that the Amr Amer i j us I representing American rommer i Hal a 8 Interests lu In the empire were ere I t Isten aeten to a II ni massage from home dl rent from Washington and the shadow if t f the Capitol They wanted to know where here they and ami the Interests they represented rep represented represented resented stood no MO far tar as oa national back backlog lug log went There were points upon which they especially desired to be lie One Onen Tan n u as the tho Intentions of ot the United Statue r regarding the tho future of the tho Philippine Thinking men In tn this far corner cornu of ot tho the orld where the KOS gossip IP and news of Manila Japan India and the territories for tor a II huge hUlle number num number ber br of r nulls nines IJ IllS are ar as all eagerly 11 rl tJ J al ssell dissected dl and employed f tl fr inferential aa M a the hap pings p of or a It homlet which serve the thern ther rn r i barrel forum torum In the grocery ill v the Philippine problem to vex Opinion divides equally as to tonet net hither her we hall sell Hell or retain them reckon perhaps overmuch upon the t h uio of American politics poll tI ca Weighty and plausible arguments ere are advanced pro and wed con If UM UMI Unit d 1 Staten Crawfishes from the Philip Phillp pure 1111 say nay the Americans In China Chloe hat hit hope IH is I there that Washington HID rani III la do do anything for ua id Hide this they hungered for tor frank trank of what would be our ihli bk 11 attitude In the th event of ot any na Ie nati naIl Ien ti n in n seeking to 10 traverse traver th the i pIh n y laM laid down by John Hay na sewn seven i its me ng II ago go Her Ilert lay la the crux of their curiosity Will tho the United State Slat stand firm Oran for tor th the open policy they vl What f have havn we that In the went vent of China b becoming embroiled with Russia Rusl France Germany Japan or another power power our trade trad which now ow f amount 11 to oo an nully with a steadily rt U tree UGe H would t not be bf Jeopardise bv by b a supine administration In Wean W I Inon For or a 1 Ion Inn lung time the th association dallon which h Is I a II solidarity 0 II of or I all Americans American and end American Interest I In debated the adl I or petitioning Il a i man matt of the th of Mr Taft IRn lo to romo om to tn Mims hal hat end and do Ito what Mr Hoot dl dal I In III hl hi i Kouth MI C In h Th Ih I h y an cu a in i m nd th thi y td It ti to tu uw use U Ulc Um UI I tot hot off oft the th bat I 1 nOT lOT 1 Tri Mr MI Ir Taft A eastern do j i Ii i c t n t p n ro TT I 1 r ON their cliance They seined seised It Mr Taft TaCt accepted the Invitation General ral Inter later Interest est et was val felt fait not lane atone lon among amonI the live Americans In Shanghai but by rp o of ot commercial Interests of other countries lI aa as to the tin note In which Mr fr Taft TaCt would pitch hU hla speech The English especially were we to M fee how far Mr fr Taft Tatt would commit him colt palf I lf Uneasiness Un lne has h bet beset them cause of ot the Impending revision In the method of or compiling the thA st tt upon which IB Is based the representation of the van rI OUR oue nation nations In th U the Imperial Chinese customs custom Great Ot now domi dominate dominate nate the customs because of her hr ap al apparent apparent parent prAt of ot exports and Import Imports We eo are Hie fourth on the exist existing existing ing In rating All Imports and exports export are lire credited to the ports port through which they pas paN Every dollars worth of or American Roods ROOd going Kolne through the custom house at t long Hong Kong which Is Isa I Ia Isa a British port Is le I placed t I t the th credit of England who thus Ian gams by our lost Iou rio CI Close observers observer soy aay that w we should IH lie an n easy uy second If It Indeed we w do not press the British uncomfortably un uncomfortably OID close for first place pla Hence British Interest In Mr dr Taffs Taft remarks While no one nn v d to suggest to Mr Taft TU what viat he h should any h hwa r was wa given to understand I unqualifiedly the temper of or the Ih un In China Chin No one on who listened to w his bin speech lat last night could roule doubt that his hi expressions game am quite up to the Ih hopes hOf and ex x rf pw tallon g of or the tho Ann Am an Ills His 11 dir Ii u H claimer at the outset of or his hll appear appearing appearIng ing log In a representative capacity Iet beer bear bearing ing In a message In respect 1 to China was Res ResIn In no sense n a damper upon uron the Ih en fin enthusiasm and appreciation of nr the t h MO American who broke hr k l ht with him The speech h l than U It reads read d lie He spoke apok ron r There Then must mut have h he n for tor him In the th roar mar of r f the IhO tine time III times timer three th American i he here torl r from American throats throat which burst out at t his hl bl introduction tion Uon eagerness ws was N spoken In the th In Intense Intense tense less ate of ot tin the II diners diner din In the file th poise of th hp outstretched to tn auri l the Ih he a j id Mr Taft was 1111 at ot othis athi athis his hi best MSt 1 very very every n of ot what whet out our attitude In rhino China should hollid and would 11 hi declara declaration lion tion and lid h upon the th pre re II of If tin th II of oC the list th op o n dent polli II 11 hi hIs lips Ill iii full hull und and boa kid kd b h by palpable tv ty t In I be hl hi his 1 conviction that thet hn I he I mis nu I n 1 ing was all right and lint th it II It ass n tI thi Ih tuni hunI n i July duty of ot tho the T d i hI l ti nd the thi protection tour linn flop of ot the th rasa rt x I lo 10 our mil trod Irad III In China Chinato ChinaI to tn I d II nl it u by hy Chinese as well 11 as a by tin III i HIM 11 and lo la I tolerate no In ii IH mi ic it i n i of ot our right X m H If his hili political 1 fortunes serve Mr 11 Taft TaCt will face tac no campaign audience next fall tall with more touch and go 10 and fire to It then than the Americans who heard he rd him last lut night They were as tickled as all a lot of ot school hool boys boy boyo So o tar far as u Americans American are concerned China Is III a B young mans man country The Tit exuberant delight of ot the youngsters ter was wu to be expected but the graybeards graybeard ran them a hard race rae Once twice and nd three times time all leaped to their feet to tend lend physical phy leRl Imp lv ss and anft lady hody to tu approval which mere cheers and were Inadequate quite quate properly to express When hen he h hew w was finished the th cheering grew Brew std multiplied Into a It steady roar that rat rattled rattled tied the tha casements casement of ot the old Astor Aslor out hotel and anft billowed through the dark streets of or the city Then they the almost almont mobbed tho the secre were secretary tary A concerted rush ru to shake ke his try hand cine aI when be he bad had reached leached hed his hie lusi lase 1 potto wanted it t we w That h It t M the way 11 straight from fro the shoulder cried one man That was a aking speech peach said ald another The only nn thing thine I J regret It Is I that I T Int cant nt get home to vote for tor you yowl ou said fall saida falla a third Youve lifted us u out Of nC the mire mInt and ami sat Nt our feet on firm Arm Im ground was w the Ih comment of a fourth man mil There were many Englishmen at t th table They sat Mat as u glum and chop chopfallen chopfallen chopfallen fallen as a courtesy court would allow and ab b orbed the th speech In silence Thy Th busy drawing Inferences Inference 80 So with W wire wei the Hermann lennan The Japanese JIon were po Interested and applauded with wilh rill Ml now HOW HONORED TAFT What ha I d do dues es II the I h reception that tha t has ba been given to Mr Taft especially I II by bythe bythe bythe the Chinese w mean 1 J naked one om oC tee the oldest mildest Americans In the tha colony after fler the tha Ih It alt that China official China Chinn Is I tin Ih 11 Plates s an B a the best beet ami nud t most mOlt r i II 11 Ihle friend she h hits has among amol Hie h said he hr h The Th n JIll Iw of f r n tin things thing that t HH le t A JI i I III to us UP u win who wh KM 1 Ile lien ter Ihan h i in an outsider Tin rim rh u lit n ul III MI n pure this thin Afternoon n A It was Wall WallI I 10 by y tin the tI chines t tI viii a i II hUI 1 from front a UI III vet bin ee li ti ut iK 10 till nil 1 guild Yuill In th the city s as i nII i pi M ni I Id il I mi u II the Ihl committee commit Iem None Non Is Ir Lk Ll i heu Titan TUII Pang Fang Fangel aliI vl el i ry r y ot oI ti 11 j Rl KIn ing heard hard thet Mi tl 11 Taft IM ii it 4 l In hI ordered his bl li I I uty h ii r M Mi ter f T TI UK rag 10 to welcome Mr Me Taft rn In III his hi mi 11 in with the highest pen pee po climb honors hon He Re If also ulso rd teat tIaM the garden pert be given Ive In b rat 1 Nt HII l and ami nd that the th us he sent tt him 1 t tr it you ou merely In to show alto hu ho hoth hue the th e n Kud our ur lIr country und tad Mr Taft Mr Tufts ri visit will Wipe sots h out nut UI tl th the A Alast teat last tract n 01 it II t hen lift i ft 1 li 10 Icy I he this II ills ilU 11 PUl Iut ovir over the nn lit nt of the th e ot s elution elusion not act and the th II red fl rI Inward the t h w wa waa w also by IJ thi lb I h W 1 II II of r th t the h Sour Boller indemnity and end the thu f given a aby by b A to the tho th famine n rs china now no I 1 that tiki II tie hit States Is I virtually th the only nation Uon who good 1 elu be he may depend under all ah I the Wh tutu has In III our nut rl idi and 1 Io lug ethos It If Mil hl r f ling ing illI iii not nt II Vint 1 Mr sir Tuft Tun null Mould lit hv I h en I r ic liy by I lb him It II a In lu the th I I j tim alts I to tod toI II toJa I d cia Ja I Perusal of f r Mr lr s clah I II In m full Will U be a 1 t H to h u who ho ore are I un at of how bow ho important nut nUl Ui trade trad relations In III China bins ar are sort io h now hIt heir and t f fI n I n nU c cis U is I r g nt l hv ray I y ii a ratan Illan mm h he ju lu tat g oi i iare are ar a as aloe sin 1 In m Ye 1111 K they Idly ego oi n crying in in t I I