Show rilE rA PA U LI SIlca mong the great gret leaders leader that tl ina bi cued classed I as ot of th the Liberal riot not Properly tIme tho Reform pat party II is the only Chinaman whose reputation Is world Hung Chang hl I is I a mn man of t the measure ot of as 1 I a states inert Wih WIth but one exception he stands Ita and shoulders houlder above any of hll iii countrymen lie He I is Chinese In his hll general conservatIsm In his conceIt In iii his duplicity anti and In Inthe the wa way silver sticks to hil his palm Hi lie knows knowe Chinas weakness le lie knows the strength ot of foreIgn govern Ills shrewdness Is mor inure than Ilman I a match for tor that of al all wih wIth whom he comel cornea In contact his hll return tram his trip around the world In an audi once nce asked wih with the empress dowager she Telle Tell me truly no now whit whet you OU think of the foreign barbarian countries through which you rou hae PU passed 9 us as wih with ChIna ChInaI I You want lt to knol know trul truly their con dlton dillon re Ye I want to know trul truly I Welthe are In I a luch better con dIllon tItan than China They ar are more pw pow cleaner more enlightened I It is II said that the em lre dowager was not well pleased to her hear the truth but her lips lip remained sealed 4 few month ago Sir Claude Mac MacDonald Donald the British minister suspected that Li 11 hung Chang was favoring Rue nUl sia llA against Great BritaIn and he man managed aged to have Li 11 Hung Citing removed from time the Yamen This ws was the worst move lie he could have hae made In Iii IL a few rew weeks week the old statesman managed to Ingratiate himself Into favor with the empress dowager In such luch a W way a as to secure cure hi his own appoIntment II as viceroy ot of It thiS two to lie Ile II I one of the kind ot of whom It may mar hi be said old Soil may Put me out but you cannot put ut ml me down 11 hung Chang is as al great a states statesman mn man III as a as great reat R a warrior III as Grant Orant as great relit a Politician Q as Platt arid and as 11 great Ireat It a man nian as al I feUn feller A large part ot of his hll lies lIu In pawnshops He ll is II probably the I greatest pawnshop In the world orld I T HeRd headland land In I |