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Show 1 BRINGS THANKS OF CHINA H t Tang Sbao Yl, tho high commissioner of tbo flfl t Chinese omplro to the United Statos, who i:amo rvflB so many thousand miles to thank tbo United jl States government, tor remitting pntt of tbo flB Iloxer indemnity, Is one of the most brilliant mtd jfl capable; men of tho Flowery Kingdom. In fuct, 9flfl bo Is American in many ways, having- receive, flfl hlH early education nt Springfield, Mnss, IIo flfl arrived there In 1S74, when 12 years old, became Iflfli a guest of tbo rnmlly of 10, C. Gardner, but later (flflj moved to Hartford, Conn,, wlioto ho attended 'be ifl high ichool, preparatory to bis' entrance Into flH CYtumhta university at New York. He was nt- flflj ii tending that university, when ho was recalled to flflfl BUfli rhlnnlnlSSl. H Tang flhao Yl Is not only tho benror or let- tors nr.d rare prgsonts to President Roosevelt , Sfla nnd othor olllclals or tho American government, ns a token of China's oitleem ' flflj and gratitude, but ho Is commissioned to observe and nbnorb all ho can con- ' Jfll coming tho financial and commercial systems of the United Slntep, bo tht IB upon bis roturh his country mn; profit by what he has learned. jB After his education In this country, Tang Shno Yl was made manager or ' flH tho imperial railways In North China and later became ambassador to Thibet. whoro he adjusted successfully, a dlfferi'nco between Bngland and China over flH tho perpetual Thibetan question. Later be was made minister to Buglum! iflfli and then became mandarin ot a Manchurlnn province, from which ho wns flfl promoted to the board ot foreign affairs. jB At present Tang Shao Yl Is director general of railways of tbo Chinese fl empire, high commissioner of cuttems nnd a member of tbo grand council which govorns tho nntlon. While Tang Bhao Yl for a time wns an nrdent progressive, ho la now , fl Identified with thoso whose motto Is "China for the Chinese." Hut those who fl know him best nssert that this is simply diplomacy with him, that ho firmly believes In progress and occidental civilization but be reullzes that bo can flflj hope to bring It nbout only by degree?. That his visit to this rcuctry means morn thnn the more preiientutlon Bfll ot n letter ot thanks from the emperor, Is thoroughly understood, nnd II l flfl conceded that no man In the imperial government Is better fitted, not only ; flfl to master the Intricacies of the Ammlcun financial system but to adapt It '-flfl tho peculiar conditions that exist In I bo Flowery Kingdom, Iflfl |