PRETTY PAIR PAY Ir Yenta HmM In lift Mora Thin HIOODOll for Two Months Work It Is claimed that John W Foster will ecelvn morn than 100000 for two months service as diplomatic advlier helping to let 11 Hung Chang down at easy as possible with the Japanese Mr Foster Is ono of tho most experienced It not one of the ablest commercial diplomats diplo-mats In this country perhaps In the world but tho Importance of his tern Ice to tho Chinese government can hardly be overestimated 118 II I clearly shown by a statement made by a wide awake member of tho diplomatic corp Ilefora John W Kojter left this country coun-try said this gentleman ho had made I contract with the Chinese minister by which ho wa to receive a very large um for loll service as adviser to the Chinese internment In the efforts then wing made to secure peace with Japan The cable Indlcitea t that ho has earned very penny of It When Mr Foster wan nut engaged It had not been decided to send 11 Hung Chang to treat with Japan Tho first thing Mr Fotter did wa to mist that ho bo called to 1ckln eslored to his former honors and tent out with full powers to negotiate a treaty Ho knew that the Japanese would receive the veteran statesman with greater courtesy than It would extent ex-tent to any other living Chinaman and loa shrcmlly guowicd that LI Hung Chang would command Dome eym nlhy for tho liarah treatment received re-ceived by him at tho hands of his emperor em-peror The remit has fully Justified ill expectation 11 was received with llttlnctlon and since tho unfortunate Incident of his attempted assassination which however In view of the happy outcome can be hardly be called iintor unate tho Mikado hns done everything In hie power to melee tho teak an easy one Tho shrewd Foster was constantly constant-ly I at his elbow foul < I when Japan demanded de-manded nn Indemnity of 300000000 facts It was at rosters suggestion that 11 1 besought tho Japanese minister not to rrlpplo tho revenue of China for nil Imo by demanding so high n price for peace Tho plan was successful for tho apaneco finally consented to put tho amount at 200000000 tads As a loch la I worth about 73 cent In cold tho minis lets shrewd work hu probably sated Chino moro than 70000000 that tho emperor can well afford to pay the Americans little bill