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European Exhibits Reach Panama Pacific Exposition
Ho Foreign Nation Eaa Withdrawn From IU Participation; Total Foreign Fundi Show Increase of More Than One Million
Dalian Since Outbreak of the War; Four Car Loads From Rotterdam and Consignments From England, Ireland,
, France and Luxemburg Reach Fair Grounds.
ON September Jlth Secretary of,
State William Jennings Bryan i
tsssued a formal announcement'
fee the effect that no foreign country'
had withdrawn from Its participation
la the Panama-Padfte International
Exposition. i
Since Mr. Bryan'! announcement
many large consignment! ot costly
exhibit! from Europe and other
countries hare reached San Fran
cisco and a number of chartered
teamen will eeon leave with great
loads of exhibit! for this city.
Thousands' of friends of the expo
sition hare asked for detailed infor
mation as to its progress, especially
Insofar as foreign participation is
concerned.
A summary of the present status
ef the exposition discloses that many
Buropeaa nations, associations of ex
hibitors, and lndlridual exhibitor!
will be represented at the exposi
tion; that there will be many im
portant entries from Europe In the
various events. '
Several of the European nations
have increased their funds for par
ticipation since the outbreak of the
war; others have made appropria
tions contemplated bat not ratified
before the commencement of the
Conflict
. In addition to the participation of
the foreign countries an unprece
dented number of eelectire exhibits
will be shown from South America,
the United States, Canada and the
Oriental countries, plana for exhibi
tion from those regions having been
greatly amplified during the past
tz weeks.
Holland's Shipment First.
During the week ending October
11 the first shipment ot exhibits
reached San Francisco from Holland;
Chess comprised fire earleadi of rare
bolbe and plants gathered by the
government commission In each of
the provinces of The Netherlands.
Shipments of exhibits during the
week were received from Luxem
burg, from Ireland and from France.
A large consignment of exhibit! from
tendon was installed in the Palace
Of Mines. Five carload! of social
economy exhibits. Including wax and
Class models illustrating hygienic
improvements In factories and made
under the supervision of the celebrat
ed Dr. Philip Hauer of Stuttgart,
hare reached the city. More than
one-half million tons of exhibits and
materials for the Japanese displays
and pavilion are leaving Japan in
two shipments, one of which is
scheduled to arrive within a few
days.
Many entries have been received in
the live stock and other events from
European countries and elsewhere
during the past few days.
.Construction Advanced.
The construction of the exposition
la far advanced. The main exhibit
section is completed; the installation I
of the works of famous sculptors,
embracing more than eight hundred
different pieces and groups of stat
uary, is 75 per cent completed; the
landscaping of the exposition grounds
and courts is 82 per cent completed;
hundreds of thousands of acacles,
rhododendrons, tree ferns, orange
trees, date plains, rare shrubs and
ornamental plants, brought from the
far corners of the world,-are now
thriving In their new environment
Work has progressed far upon the
"Zone," the amusement section,
which gives evidence of its high edu
cational character and great intrinsic
worth; an outlay of $10,000,000 will
be made in this section when com
pleted and more than seven thousand
persons will be there employed dur
ing the exposition.
Beautiful Pavilions.
In the vast section devoted to the
pavilions of the nations and the
buildings of the American states
large number of the huge edifices
are finished and others are rapidly
nenrlng completion.
During the second week in Octo
ber the construction force engaged
on the handsome Australian pavilion
was doubled. '
The beautiful pavilions of Sweden,
Bolivia, the Philippine Islands and
Cuba are from tS to 9t per cent
completed. The Honduras pavilion
Is finished. The huge Canadian pa
vilion, a claaale structure to be filled
wholly with Canadian displays and
moving picture halls, Is finished ex
cept removal of the scaffolding. The
second consignment of Canadian ex
hibits has reached San Francisco.
The German Kail Syndicate Build
tng, constructed In part by the Ger
man government, is more than half
finished and will be rushed to com
pletlon. The exposition headquar
ters In Berlin, established by import'
ant German industries, received ap
plications for exhibit space from
leading German firms two months
after the outbreak of the war.
The framework of the Netherlands
pavilion is completed. Active work
upon this imposing structure has
been tinder way within the past two
months. The government of the
Netherlands has increased the
amount of Its appropriation by an
additional 300,000.
t Denmark and Italy.
Ground was broken for the magni
ficent Danish pavilion In September
and its construction is being rushed
to completion. The building is a
reproduction of the famous Kron-
berg Castle at Elsinore, one of the
fortresses which guard the approach
to Copenhagen. "We will concen
trate our efforts on making an Im
pressive display of certain products
in which Denmark excels, rather
than hare a promiscuous exhibition
of everything we hare. Among the
products that will be given promin
ence is the celebrated Danish china
from the royal porcelain factory in
Copenhagen,'' said Mr. O. Wadsted,
Danish Consul In San Francisco.
Since war was declared Italy has
formally ratified the appropriation
of $400,000 for the Italian national
display, which had been passed by
both branches of the Italian legisla
tive body but not signed prior to the
outbreak of hostilities. Construction
on the Italian parilion, which tn
reality is a section of a typical Ita
lian city and comprises seven dif
ferent .structures, is more than fif
teen per cent completed. Spain has
made an initial appropriation of
$100,000 for Its participation and in
addition to the Spanish government
display there will be a large indi
vidual exhibit made by manufac
turers. Norway Liberal.
Exposition Commissioner J. Heyer-dahl-Hansen
of Norway, who re
cently arrived In San Francisco,
brought official notice of Norway's
determination to carry through its
plan for participation regardless of
the state ot war. The liberal sum
appropriated by the Norwegian
Storthing for Norway's participation
has been supplemented within the
past few weeks by an adequate fund
raised by the Norwegian-American
societies of the United States.
A comprehensive shipment of
roses and bulbs is now ready In
Belgium for shipment. The exposi
tion Department of Horticulture in
the latter part . of September was
advised as follow" "We do not
anticipate trouble in shipping to tho
United States,, we will send early
the shipment of 10,000 bulbs and
plants. They will be in many col
ors and will take up a space of
about 2,000 square feet." .
France sent word within a few
weeks after the declaration of war
that there would be no change in
her plans and entries were received
from France in the live stock, horti
cultural and other departments dur
ing the latter part of September and
subsequently.
The Swedish pavilion is complet
ed. The Danish participation re
mains unaffected with a part of the
Danish exhibits now on the way to
the exposition.
Turkey and Persia.
The pavilion of the Ottoman Em-!
plre, architecturally a reproduction
of a famous Turkish mosque, is!
nearing completion. The Turkish
exhibit will be the most interesting!
and beautiful ever sent to any
world's exposition from that coun
try. Among other exhibits will be,
one hundred Arabian horses and!
Angora goats and blooded sheep.
The Persian exhibit has already been
assembled at Teheran and is now
awaiting shipment to the exposition.
Included In the exhibit Is a price
less collection of rugs. Food prod
nets, tobacco, and the fine fabrics
which are produced here In a per
fection not known elsewhere, win
also be shown. Vahan Cardashlan,
Imperial Ottoman Adjutant High
Commissioner and Executive Direc
tor to the exposition, recently ar
rived in San Francisco and will re
main until exhibits arrive, when he
will personally supervise their as
sembling. Mr. Cardashlan gives as
surance that his best hopes have
been realized in the material to come
to the exposition.
Representatives of British eihibl
tors arrived in San Francisco as
early as August to inaugurate the
plans for presenting their exhibits
and subsequent shipments of exhib
its have reached San Francisco.
Japanese Exhibits.
The Japanese government made
an original application for 144,000
square feet of exhibit, space In all
of the exhibit palaces. Under later
urgent demands from Tokyo, Com
missloner Ishii, after the outbreak
ot the war, arranged with the expo
sition directors tor an additional
space of 11,419 square feet of ex
hibit space in the Palaces ot Food
Products, Manufactures and Horti
culture. The Japanese Commission
reports that the most representative
displays of Japan hare been gath
ered from every portion of the Em-pire.-
The site of the Japanese govern
ment pavilion covers 147,000 square
feet The central structure is a re
production of the famous temple o
Kin Ka Ku Jl at Kioto, the original
of which is more than 1,000 years
old. The buildings are surrounded
by beautiful Japanese gardens, the
materials for which, as well as for
the buildings, are shipped from
Japan, together with the native Jap
anese artisans and workmen who
will erect the structures and lay
out the gardens. Every item, even
to the stones and turf, will come
direct from Japan.
The exhibits will consist of silks
and the processes ot its production
and manufacture; forestry exhibit-s
with models of typical Japanese for
ests; the fisheries, with models of
Japanese fishing boats; a model of
the volcano of SakuraJIma, the most
recent active rolcano in the world
The Imperial House hold has de
cided to loan the Imperial art col
lection, gathered by the late Em
peror MelJI and most of which could
not be duplicated.
China.
The Chinese pavilion Is rapidly
approaching completion. In Septem
ber 148 tons of material were land
ed" from China for the erection of
the temple within the great walls
already erected. The pavilion repre
sents an expenditure of $300,000 of
the $750,000 appropriated by the
government for participation in the
exposition. In each of the exhibit
palaces China will also be repre
sented. A comprehensive display
will be made of silks and art prod
ucts and of all Chinese Industries.
The essembling of the exhibits has
been accomplished under the direc
tion of the governors of the Chinese
provinces and from this assortment
the most representative displays
have been selected,
Philippines.
The Philippine building Is prac
tically finished and ready to receive
exhibits. An extensive display of
hemp, woods, maguey, sugar and to-.
bacco will be made. A demonstra
tion of the progress made in edn
cational lines by the native school
children under American instruction
will be offered.
The Honduras parilion was the
first among the foreign buildings te
be completed and the elaborate gov
ernment exhibit Is now being he
stalled. Bolivia has completed the erection
of her pavilion. This enterprising
and progessire South American na
tion rfll show an extensive exhibit
ot mining products, gold and pla
tinum especially, rubber, quinine and
its production, chocolate and other
products of the tropics. The com
plete process of the manufacture of
rubber, from, the planting of the
trees to the delivery of the finished
product to the consumer in the form
ot manufactured articles will be dem
onstrated to the finest detail.
Increased exhibit space has been
applied for within the past week by
the Cuban government commission.
,The appropriation is $250,000 and
the exhibit will include a collection
ot magnificent Cuban royal palms,
60 to 76 feet in height, and growing
pine-apples and banana plants in
fruit
- South America.
From Central and South America
will be shown in the Palace of Hor
ticulture orchids in great variety ot
color and form; from Hawaii are
coming tree ferns and banana
plants; Franee and England are
sending rare varieties of hot house
plants and Japan will add to the
horticultural display in the palace
a collection ot lilies.
Entries in the livestock depart
ment have been received since the
outbreak of the war from Brittany
and Boulogne, France, tor two
breeds of horses new to this coun
try, the Bretonnese and the Boulon
naise, the subjects of especial inter
est upon the part of the French
government which strongty desires
to foster the demand abroad for reg
istered animals of this class.
Never before in all exposition his
tory have the nations of South .
America taken the same interest or
participated in any exposition upon
the extensive scale here shown. The
Argentine, with Its appropriation ot
$1,300,000, established a record.
The viewpoint of the Argentine is
well Illustrated by a recent address
of Commissioner-General Anasagastl:
"What will be the result ot the
coming Panama-Pacific International
Exposition?" he asked, recently.
"It will be," he continued, "that all
American countries will draw closer
In their relations and that the com
mercial development will increase to
splendid proportions. Why seek
European markets for the sale of
various products when everything
can be realized in America! We are
Americans and our duty Is to
strengthen our relations and develop
our commerce.
' "In our exhibits we expect to be
second to no country."
The Argentine exhibits not only
will illustrate its progress In the so
cial arts, the administration of its
schools, and the charms of Its cities,
but it will be especially directed to
present the opportunities of Argen
tina to the colonist The system
under which settlers are advanced
land, farming material and lire
stock and assisted by the govern
ment to independence will be illus
trated. Argentina will be extensively rep
resented in all the main exhibit
palaces and It is of interest to know
that in the Palace of Mines and Me
tallurgy the republic will have $.781
square feet of space, despite the fact
that its mines have received but
small attention compared with Its
other interests.
Australia.
The Australian pavilion Is 30 per
cent completed. Australia has ap
propriated $400,000 for its exhibit
Live stock, poultry, meats and wool
and modern irrigation, all sources
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