| Show THE TSUNGLIYAMEN Something About the Foreign Office of the Chinese Empire Chicago Itcoord There are seven or eight executive departments under the Chinese em perol Ills cabinet c > iisto ol rise grand secretaries of whloh 11 Hung Chang Is I one olld oil commlluleotlon that pasit hetn him and thc rest oC the government go through their hands When a report uC 0 proVOI thin liacheK the enror It In I marked with the Ormlllolt pencil according to his pleasure arid then 1lod down through the cabinet to the particular bureou or board linMnif Jurisdiction Over that paitlcular subject There are boards of censors revenue tell olll cors rites and cereunlo Army and navy punishment public works ana the TsunglIYamen whlh has Jurla diction over foreign affairs and Is composed oC the presidents oC the other boards a lId the grand secretaries There Is also a council of slate mined pris min-ed of the same men who have regular reg-ular meeting for consultation but a foreigner llnds It Impossible to comprehend com-prehend their duties and distinguish where their jurisdiction begins or ends Uefore the war of 1800 with Cng land business with foreigners vm conducted at he colonial office and by the name officials whu looked I after the tribute irnld the emiieror by his vassals In Thibet Manchuria Cores and elev here That tAs considered < 1 the proper department for the affairs or foreign devils and birbarlanB Hits the queen of England the emperor of lrrance and the Iresldent of the Unit Pl Mates mere regarded as vassals of I he Son of Heaven After that war ihe ministers from foreign countries refuted to accept this situation any longer and the Tsung11Yamen was tempoinrlly organized of the presl dents oC the permanent looorls to confer con-fer with the diplomatic representatives residInKin Iokln and tmnct uh other business as the emperor might jhave with contractors and other foreigners for-eigners Recent events have made It the must Important of nil the government govern-ment boardi nt Iekln It Is I the only one that has unices outside of the forbidden for-bidden city whose gates no foreigner Is I allowed to enter except the turns bets of the diplomatic corps and they only when they present their letters of credence 10 the enlperor The TsunKIIYmn occuplo an old temple within nnwnlnt distance oC Legation lret upon which nearly oil I the foreign legations are situated It Is now composed or the most eminent men surrounding the emperor LI Hung Chang who Is the best known to foreigners for-eigners Prince Rung Weng Tung Ho Kong Yl and Chlen Ylng Ill who compo com-po the emrra cabinet tire liar tlcularly Influential and whatever they say Is usually the law of the council Prince Ming Is uncle of tho present emperor and Pon oC the late emperor TaoeTaung lie Is I considered tin excellent ex-cellent man of liberal Ideas and good Intentions but Is old and In bad health Weng Tung Ho was the emperors tutor tu-tor during his minority and Is considered con-sidered the ablest and most Influential man at court Ile Is president oC the board oC revenue which corresponds to the Ircur department In our government govern-ment and Is the most Important omce under the emperor He wo on 1m placable foe to all foreign devils and insisted < oil Progressive movements until the late war with Japan when his eyes were opened to the Importance and necessity of modernizing China Since then he has been regarded < as the leader of the piogresslve faction but he has never been outside of the city of Pekln He his no knowledge of rrn graphy or foreign affairs or modern elvlllzatlon ixcept what he has learned In oonOaUol with foreigners and being stubborn and superstitious find vain Is therefore very difficult to deal with Hong Villi the leader of the anti foreign fcUona conservative oC conservatives con-servatives who rlsts oil Innovations and believes that China represents the highest degree of clvlllratlon Durlnr tile Into war with Japan he ordered the soldiers 10 he armed with how and arrow ar-row Inlead of guns and Insisted that thoie who carried muskets should have bulli made of clay Instead nt wastIng wast-Ing money on lead 110 Is n fair representative repre-sentative of Chinese statesmanship In the thirteenth century Chlen Ylns Pit la I president of the board of public works and lthough he has never been outside of Chua he has a very fair knowledge of foreign nffalrs Is I earnest In his efforts to promote rOIly build Ing I find nlhr internal Improvemen > band b-and Is free from prejudice against foreigners for-eigners It was he who lecently Introduced Intro-duced n postal service Into Chino Jung Lu is I n Manchurian general who has spent mot of his lift In com mnnd DC an nrmy oC Trtar nn the northern border and Is considered the ablest mlllton man In ChIn Ito Is narrow bigoted Ignorant and Super stllou4 Ching ITsIn another Manchu 14 I also narrow find bigoted find lie 11000 lIt China I tho grealt nnd most powrCul notlo on earth lie knows nothln About foreign affairs I and line nr left tile northern l > rov Inces oC Chln1 ChonI Yn bijr 100 ws formerly minister to the United Staten a1 went its London no it line via 1 n mlinAm4or to the nuns jubilee I I thblt and MnPt Intlllognt mm Ir oC the TunIIVntnn hut his tvmparntlnl low rank prevents him from having much Influence There tire roport Also that since his return tn China from the jubilee lie Ilan oCCend < some oC the morn conrvllv and punetlllnu oC r his associates bv nwum Inl foreign lira Wn Ting Ten the Youngest member of the TsimrMIyn men In I a plot of Prince Kuni Ito heUmpis 10 the reform nnrtv end li I the leader or the vounner and liberal ole mnt Mst nblllty Irnlnlt 1 nn < l lnlo mall skIll mnke him tho mot proml Inlt among Chlnp statesmen and film Influence with Prince Kuns through whom he con rah the emperor is I very great |
