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Title: The Old World and Its Ways

Describing a Tour around the World and Journeys through Europe

Author: William Jennings Bryan

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THE

Old World and Its Ways

BY

William Jennings Bryan

DESCRIBING

A TOUR AROUND THE WORLD
AND
JOURNEYS THROUGH EUROPE

ST. LOUIS
The Thompson Publishing Company
1907

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Copyright 1907
By William Jennings Bryan

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Author's Preface

This volume is published in response to numerous requests from many sections, and my purpose is to put in permanent and convenient form the observations made during travels in the old world.

The illustrations will throw light on the subjects treated and it is believed will add much to the interest. The photographs from which they were made were collected at the places visited or taken by members of our party. Chapters one to forty-six were written from time to time during the trip around the world.

I was accompanied on this tour by my wife and our two younger children, William J., Jr., and Grace, aged sixteen and fourteen years respectively. The trip was taken for educational purposes and proved far more instructive than we anticipated.

We left our home September 21, 1905, sailed from San Francisco September 27, and arrived in New York August 29, 1906—the day before the date fixed for the home-coming reception in that city—and reached Lincoln September 5, sixteen days less than a year after our departure.

While most of our travel was in the North Temperate Zone, we were below the Equator a few days in Java and above the Arctic Circle in Norway.

In this narrative I fear I have sacrificed literary style to conciseness, for I have endeavored to condense and crowd into the space as much information as possible. The statement of facts may be relied on, being based either upon observations gathered at first hand from persons worthy to be trusted, or taken from authoritative writings.

Mrs. Bryan assisted me in the collection of materials and the preparation of the matter, and I am also indebted to the American Ambassadors, Ministers and Consuls, as well as to the officials of the countries which were visited, for valuable information.

I have included a series of articles written during a former visit to Europe in 1902. As I have avoided in the World Tour Narratives the subjects treated in these previous European articles, the two series are appropriately published together.

All of these are published with the more pleasure because I believe they will give the reader increased admiration for American institutions and a larger confidence in the triumph of American Ideals.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Lincoln, Nebraska, 1907

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CONTENTS

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@45376@[email protected]#Page_101" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">101 Chapter X—China—As She Was—Part Second 112 Chapter XI—Chinese Education, Religion and Philosophy 119 Chapter XII—China's Awakening 127 Chapter XIII—Chinese Exclusion 137 Chapter XIV—The Philippines—The Northern Islands 151 Chapter XV—The Philippines—The Moro Country 177 Chapter XVI—The Philippine Problem 186 Chapter XVII—The Philippine Problem—Continued 197 Chapter XVIII—Java—The Beautiful 205 Chapter XIX—Netherlands India 215 Chapter XX—In The Tropics 223 Chapter XXI—Burma and Buddhism 234 Chapter XXII—Eastern India 247 Chapter XXIII—Hindu India 260 Chapter XXIV—Mohammedan India 273 Chapter XXV—Western India 285 Chapter XXVI—British Rule in India 295 Chapter XXVII—Ancient Egypt 312 Chapter XXVIII—Modern Egypt 321 Chapter XXIX—Among the Lebanons 331 Chapter XXX—The Christian's Mecca 341 Chapter XXXI—Galilee 349 Chapter XXXII—Greece, the World's Teacher 358 Chapter XXXIII—The Byzantine Capital 366 Chapter XXXIV—In the Land of the Turk 376 Chapter XXXV—Hungary and Her Neighbors 385 Chapter XXXVI—Austria-Hungary 396 Chapter XXXVII—The Duma 403 Chapter XXXVIII—Around the Baltic 417

class="smcap">Chapter XXXIX—Democratic Norway 425 Chapter XL—England's New Liberal Government 435 Chapter XLI—Homes and Shrines of Great Britain 445 Chapter XLII—Glimpses of Spain 456 Chapter XLIII—A Word to Tourists 464 Chapter XLIV—American Foreign Missions 470 Chapter XLV—World Problems 478 Chapter XLVI—A Study of Governments 485 Chapter XLVII—The Tariff Debate in England 492 Chapter XLVIII—Ireland and Her Leaders 498 Chapter XLIX—Growth of Municipal Ownership 504 Chapter L—France and Her People 510 Chapter LI—The Republic of Switzerland 521 Chapter LII—Three Little Kingdoms—Denmark 525 Chapter LIII—Belgium 527 Chapter LIV—The Netherlands 529 Chapter LV—Germany and Socialism 533 Chapter LVI—Russia and Her Czar 542 Chapter LVII—Rome—The Catholic Capital 549 Chapter LVIII—Tolstoy, The Apostle of Love 559 Chapter LIX—Notes on Europe 567

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Geisha Girls 38 Yukio Ozaki—Mayor of Tokyo 40 In Count Okuma's Conservatory 43 Marquis Ito 44 Count Okuma 45 The Guest of Gov. Chikami at Kagoshima 50 Japanese Lady in American Dress 53 A Japanese Maiden 54 Yukichi Fukuzawa, Jr. 57 Sumitka Haseba—Japanese Statesman 59 Japanese Water-Carrier 64 A Visit to Count Okuma's School near Tokyo 70 Japanese Stone Lantern 74 Korean Lion—Yes 75 Korean Lion—No 75 In Front of Nikko Temple—Japan 76 Admiral Togo 82 President of Diet—Japan 84 Baron Kentaro Kaneko 85 Mr. Okura, a Successful Japanese Business Man 87 A Shinto Gate at Nara 89 Two Korean Families 91 In Korea—Group of Natives 92 A Korean Scene 95 American Hospital at Seoul—Korea 99 Doing the Family Washing 100 A Group of Chinese—Pekin 103 The Wall at Pekin 105 A Street in Pekin 107 Chinese Emperor 108 The Father of the Chinese Emperor 109 Empress Dowager—China 110 One of the Principal Streets of Pekin 111 House Boats at Canton 114 Yuan Shi Kai—Viceroy Tientsin and Pekin 117 Altar of Heaven—Pekin

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@45376@[email protected]#altar" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">123 Illustration of Foot-Binding 125 Traveling: in North China 126 Viceroy Chang Chih Tung 129 Wu Ting Fang 130 Chinese Cart at Pekin 133 Chou Fu, Viceroy of Nanking 134 A Canton Bridge 136 Manchu and Chinese Women—China 139 The Chinese Wheelbarrow 143 Fashionable Conveyance at Hong Kong 147 Colossal Statue of Ming, Ruler of China 150 A Filipino Village 152 Filipino Houses 153 General Emilio Aguinaldo 154 Filipino Boys with Blow Guns 155 Group of Filipinos 156 In the Philippines 157 The Accomplished Wife of a Filipino Official 159 Filipino Night School—American Teachers 161 A Filipino Belle 165 Emilio Aguinaldo, Mother, Sister, Brother and Son 167 A Filipino Teacher 169 Hauling Hemp 170 Moro Huts 176 Threshing Rice 176 Moros 182 Moro School—Zamboanga 185 Henry C. Ide, Gov. Gen. Philippine Islands 187 Datu Piang and Grandson 188 Dr. G. Apacible 191 Plowing in Sulu Land 193 Sailing in Manila Bay 195 Carabao Cart and Driver 198 Harvesting Sugar Cane 199 The Rice Harvest

align="right">200 A Driveway in Botanical Garden—Buitenzorg 206 Extinct Volcano, Salak 207 A Java Road 210 Temple at Boro Boedoer 213 A Native 216 A Group of Javanese 219 In the Tropics 224 The Lake at Kandy, Ceylon 226 Singalese Chief's Daughter—Showing Jewelry 228 Singalese Carpenter 229 Tamil Girl—Ceylon 231 An Elephant at Work in Rangoon 235 The Park at Rangoon 236 Five Hundred Pagoda at Mandalay 237 Burmese Woman with Cigarette 238 Buddhist Temple 239 The Shwe Dagon Pagoda 240 Burmese Family 242 Gathering Precious Stones in Burma 245 Bronze Image of Buddha, Built 1252 246 Calcutta Burning Ghat 248 The Maharaja of Mourbharag—An Indian Prince 250 Indian Princess 251 The Great Banyan Tree—Calcutta 252 A Calcutta Street—India 253 Keshub Chunder Sen 255 The Bull Cart in India 256 Thibetans, as Seen at Darjeeling 257 View of the Himalayas, as seen from Darjeeling 258 The Camel in India 261 Cultivating Psychic Power on Spikes at Benares, India 262 Bathing Ghat on the Ganges 263 Pundit Sakharam Ganesh 264 Hindu Types

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">266 Hindu Fair at Allahabad—India 267 Hindu Fakir 268 Mrs. Besant's College 269 A Gala Day in India 270 Cremation of Dead Bodies—Burning Ghat 271 Hindu Group 272 Angel of the Resurrection 274 The Honorable My Justice Badruddin Tyabji 275 Ruins of the Residency—Lucknow, India 276 Pearl Mosque at Delhi 277 Gokale—Prominent Indian Reformer 278 A Pool at Lucknow—India 279 Mohammedans at Prayer 280 Klanjiban Ganguli, Supt. Instruction 281 Taj Mahal, Agra 283 Street in Jaipore—India 287 An American Maid in Parsee Costume 290 Maharaja—Jaipore 291 Mohammedan Lady, Bombay 292 Elephant Parade 293 Assembling for the Bombay Meeting 294 His Excellency the Earl of Minto 296 Viceroy's Palace at Calcutta 298 Sir James Diggs La Touche 300 Sir Andrew Frazer 302 Lord Curzon 303 Gov. Lamington—Bombay, India 307 Indian Students 309 Famous Asoka Pillar 311 Karnak Temple 313 Mummy and Wooden Statue 314 The Pyramid and the Sphinx 319 A Sphinx 320 Climbing the Pyramids 322 The Ostrich Farm near Cairo

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">323 Egyptian Ladies 324 An Egyptian Merchant 325 Khedive of Egypt 328 Reunion on the Desert 329 Temple at Baalbek 332 The Giant Stone at Baalbek 334 Cedars of Lebanon 336 Beyrouth—Syria 337 The Big Tail Sheep 338 Damascus Dogs 339 Mount of Olives 344 Wailing Place of the Jews 346 A Jewish Rabbi 347 A Bedouin 351 At Breakfast 352 An Arab Maiden 353 The Bedouin Shepherd and His Flock 354 Salim Moussa, with Party of Tourists 355 Mary's Well at Nazareth 356 The Parthenon 359 The Acropolis at Athens 360 Mars Hill 362 Demosthenes' Platform 363 Frieze of the Parthenon. 365 St. Sofia at Constantinople 367 The Bosphorus at Constantinople 369 Smoking the Hubble-Bubble Pipe 371 Robert's College near Constantinople 373 At the World's Breakfast Table 375 Sons of the Sultan. 378 Turkish Officials 381 The Danube and Parliament Building—Budapest 387 A Street in Budapest 388 Budapest 391 Prime Minister Wekerle—Hungary

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">393 Count Apponyi 394 Minister Kossuth 395 Carlsbad 399 Count Ignatieff 404 The Palace Where the Russian Duma Meets 405 Prof. Serge Murmetzeff 407 Editor Paul I. Miliukoff 408 Some Members of Russian Duma 410 Members of the Russian Duma 411 Maxim Winawer 412 Group of Russian Duma with Mr. Bryan in Center 413 Ivan Petrunkevich 415 A View of Stockholm 418 King Oscar of Sweden 420 The Viking Ship at Christiania 426 In Hjorendfiord 427 Troldfjord 428 Ole Bull 430 King Haakon and Queen Maud 433 King Edward VII 436 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 438 House of Parliament, London 439 John Morley, M. P. 441 John Burns 443 Melrose Abbey 446 Birthplace of Robert Burns 449 Shakespeare's Birth-House Restoration 450 Hawarden Castle—Home of Gladstone 453 W. E. Gladstone 454 Windsor Castle 455 The Old Bridge at Cordova 458 The Alhambra—Spain 461 Resignation 463 Vesuvius as Seen from Naples 466 Mission School 477 Four Statesmen of England

493 Irish Patriots 499 Charles S. Parnell 502 Meeting of the Waters—Killarney 503 The Broomelaw Bridge at Glasgow 505 Napoleon Bonaparte 511 Napoleon Bonaparte Crowning Josephine. 514 Avenue Champs-Elysees—Paris 516 Tomb of Napoleon 518 King Christian and Wife 526 Palace of Justice—Belgium 527 The Hague 529 The Market Place at Amsterdam 530 A Netherlands Statesman 531 A Dutch Windmill 532 The Reichstag 533 Leipsic University 534 The Rhine 536 Kaiser Wilhelm 538 Breton Peasants 540 The Czar of Russia 543 Russian Beggar 547 Kremlin of Moscow 548 Coliseum—Rome 550 Pope Pius X 551 Naples 553 Grand Canal—Venice 555 St. Peter's at Rome 557 Madonna 558 Count Tolstoy 560 Goddess of Liberty—New York Harbor 575

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