| Show chinese diplomat welcomed with cheers at banquet at del bonicos Mo nicos ey york april 21 bearing messages of peace and good will from the celestial empire and expressing the conviction that the relations between china and the united states will become closer day by day wu ting fang minister from china speaking tonight at the banquet of the american asiatic association at del cos made his farst public address since his return lo 10 america the awakening of china to civilization and the broad industrial field opened in consequence to american trade were the themes interestingly developed tonight by judge L R wll fley of shanghai judge of the united states court for china and john barrett minister of the international bureau of american republics both of whom shared with wu ting fang the principal guest in the honors of the evening wu ting fang was welcomed wlter cheer sand applause by tho diners who ros and drank a const to the diplomat front tho orient when he was introduced the chinese minister was gowned in a fetching brown polonaise with casmon hued sleeves and a black and red buttoned cap in front of which blazed an enormous jewel denoting his high rank wu ting fang said it Is worth for merchants who wish to have dealings with china to study tho progress she is now making china has become modernized that being the case her people will necessarily learn moro from the western countries and they will acquire some of the western habit and tastes this will increase the trade with foreign countries 1 I quite agree with your chairman when he says that in the history of the intercourse between china and america there has been no time when there were so few matters of controversy requiring treatment there are no matters of great controversy between the two nations which cannot be amicably amic aply settled and the political horizon Is smooth and clear there Is no mist or cloud such as I 1 am sorry to say existed some years ago and which happily has been dispersed jn this connection I 1 am referring to the incident which Is well known to you alla mean the boycott on american goods it was alleged that I 1 started this boycott or it not that I 1 inspired it I 1 cannot understand how this absurd rumor originated I 1 can say that it was ono of the most malicious libels that could bo invented against a person as it has not the least foundation the boycott was started in shanghai and in the south of while I 1 was one of the in the wal wu pa the foreign office in and I 1 and my colleagues were doing all we could to stop the agitation after yeara of slumber our people tho most intelligent portion of our people have bad a feeling of patriotism stir in the breast whatever you may dub it patriotism unrest or whatnot la there and the people are very sensitive about it which we know from experience Is natural both with and with nations now thero the ro are some people who would poke fun at this feeling disparage it or even suggest its suppression by force or by demonstrations it Is needless to say that thia shortsighted short sighted view does not tend to pacify or soothe the feeling the effect Is just the opposite |
