| Show II r f Y 11 l H j I R Oy O OF O d V A NC 1 I ATA A TALK ANDT AND k WITH REFORMER i o A Jg CHINA CH FAMOUS NA OF sIl IN INTERIOR RULER ULER Jf 34 j r r i II I c I Special Correspondence 1903 Have you ever aver HANKO heard of or Chen the N i j Jj Viceroy of oC He Is one oner oneN r of H mighty men en of 01 this Ul great f Chinese empire He rules two pro provinces inces three times as big bl as the slate s ato bl Jf New York His subjects subject are more than than those of oC tho the kaiser of oC Germany German f rand his power is greater than of I f the Uio czar Py p raiding ra ills his land liand he cnn can j throw n a man Into prison and with a 11 aJ J wink of or his hL cy can c n silo alien oft off a head lead f j The T e viceroyalty of or lies lIe about bout miles inland from the thc Pacific It Is cut by b tho the I ang and It Includes include tho the two of tied And nd Hunan Is 11 bigger than limn Jils ts 15 and null its population Is over OCI It Tt Is u a urich rich country Is famous for Cor manufactures and for Cor its cotton colton and andt t fields Hunan is over Oel llio tho of oC Ohio and Its population Is 1 22 I I It has tea lea and forests forest forestt i 1 find t Is II so rich In m coal and iron irim Ir n tout that It h 1 t promises to lU be one of tho the Treat mont l regions of or China ChinaI f I T TIle The fie Hul wan provinces have hae mauv mam 4 Jare cities has walled towns tons r at it overt every few and hero here at Ifan lIall I JOw tow there thero arc three i which have a combined population as u a aI I great preat as us that of or Berlin These ace aro and Han Ilan t t lies on the bank of ot i I the from where I am writing f Jt t Is II the official capital where the I l viceroy lives In a great reat yamen ramen or 01 I palace i with many officials A VISIT TO THE VICEROY f w It was through a n letter from front Mr James dames ames Wilson Nilson our secretary of or agriculture ture iture whose fame unc has lias gone ono all over the I 4 world that I was abler able to meet this dis distinguished Chinese and to secure from rom liim 1 a n letter fetter of oC good will to the people J of the tho United State States My 11 audience was arranged by b our consul at U Mr William H Martin It was In a steam launch that wo we crossed tho tiro thoY Y and landed under the walls wails alls of or Our way wa for Cor two or three miles was up the Uie mighty might river past pait the business houses of ot the tho for fort forr f t sign settlements of at We took ship In the Japanese concession and steamed by the tho German quarter with Its Us fine banks and the tho branch offices of tho the North German Lloyd and the We e next passed 1 tho the immense brick tea ten factory owned by the Russians and then went on beyond the great exporting houses of or the tho Americans French I ench and British After that we skirted tho the native city of ot which is bigger than Boston seeing tho the people looking like gigantic b blim bill u ants as they climbed up the Ule steps from the river ller to the tho streets which line Uno the bluff During this voyage oage our captain steer steered ed ell us through h shipping I such as can be bo seen nowhere nuis ido of ot China There were ocean liners iners which had I t come up the tho for tea Chinese Japanese British antl French I steamers and hundreds of great Chinese junks with smaller crafts of ot 1 sizes JAS wo we passed tho the Han Hun river which flow Into tho between a and ld than JIan Yang wp W e looked d up through n a lone Gong thicket of or masts of such hueh crafts at anchor enabling enl us to believe the tho statement Mt that China has bas s more inore boats than all the rest of oc tilt world orld put together On the opposite te side of tine the vo voi 0 i could coul see the tho immense steel ste l vW awn Jr rk y s of the e viceroy ceroy and the arsenals These were In the th pity city of r Yang whose houses l o ov r the north bank of the has as far Car arias as tho the eye C o can reach It was at this f t we crossed over ocr to tl the city jf or on the opp sid of the Tho city stands s high over oer I and we canio ca l no toan to t anchor 1 at nt t one one ne of the which granite stairways y which load lea d dh hit ip to tho tiro bund 1 h N STATE THROUGH i s The viceroy had fixed fixed the tI o ho hour ot pur corning coming and an had sent two Uvo of ot his ca car cr U ages to bring us to the tile palace One w would uld havo hao sufficed for tho the consul and aud myself for Cor neither is s fat Cat bu but It w 1 inure courteous to send bend two two and ad so s g inn fo wo we had Each carriage had its Hv coachman and footman and each was ivas w s preceded by two officials on horse hor e back who wore crystal buttons as bit big I f around as a walnut on the tho top of 1 their caps and carried long whips to clear clar tho the common people out of ot tha th way say Our carriages es were of ot the th kind which the call They Thc were coupes Imported from front Europe They The were upholstered in fine Russia leather and ami equipped with little mirrors that flap passengers may primp themselves ns as they ther go Our Oui way wa to tho the palace was through the busiest parts of ot the tho city and we taw saw everywhere ce the signs igns of or Chinas I awakening The streets had been beon wid wd widened coed ened In most places they were clean and well drained and I saw stone gut ut tern along the sides of the chief busi busl business V ness avenues Uniformed policemen with clubs stood at ever ee every corner o handle the tho crowd and every eel now and then we passed d soldiers His excel lency leney Chen has lias an army halt half as lI large as that of or the tho United States Elates and it is equipped with foreign guns and has bas been drilled in foreign stylo We Ve went by bo a largo large drill grounds grouns i and barracks on tho the banks of or the river I and farther tarther on were guarded guarde by b troops I in blue uniforms As we neared tho the palace p we e saw more and more soldiers soldier a and d found companies of oC them on guard I I lathe inthe hi the various arious courts j i l IN THE VICEROYS YArENI I wish I could show you the amen or v where till the viceroy received us It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is like the official palaces of ot most great Chinese capitals comprising the tho vicc Ice roys residence and his chief s sOnIC offices OnIC S It is laid out in many man courts cour surrounded by b administrative build buildings Ins ings In s and beyond be ond residence apartments 1 p of various kinds hinds the tho whole covering acres Wo We e entered the tho grounds by b a 1 road roadway roadway I lions lionson lionson lionson way wa guarded by Immense marble marblo on pedestals Tho Thu lions were wore painted bright blue and their wide open jaws were Intended to terrify all who came in Still SUII farther Carther on were three gates leading lea Into the great courts upon which the main yamen Lunen buildings faced Tho The two side gates were opened but the one In the center had Imm ne c wooden doors upon each of or which in rod iod rot and an black Was as painted the tho fl taro uro of 01 a n giant about 20 feet high Such giants are aro found at pt every such entrance and they the are arc considered terror It Is g only nl the thu viceroy J himself and men of ot high honor who lio are permitted to KO go through this tills central gate all common co III III on people passing in III at atthe atthe the sides shiel I As we wo carne came up the tho doors deans of the thc tile die i cute ute were ero closed but we halted halte our I es until the great padlocks could bo removed and a then drove dlou on fin In Instate instate state until we wc reached a t I bull building l e facing tho the court which was walled on all nil sides s etl by b buildings lower F Form r n Js is much unto In lit Chloe ChInn and m tho consul eon who ho has hl been long Ions In tin the country countr knows lmos s well how Important It I is Ie to insist that himself and his country countr should h be pAd tho the proper per respect Mr Martin and myself crich had hall nyse nce curds ready leady for Cor the occasion These were of o tho the size of ot a page ln c of or note paper paler were bright red rell In color and ami hone boje the Chinese characters tt M our names They TIle wore cro e b the officials into tho and Lik a n fo fow fon ow moments l later the th e viceroy accompanied panted panle by b a u dozen ozen retainers interpreters Interpreters t rs and deputies all Chi Chinese nese in silk gowns came cant forth fort h The Tho put his two iwo yellow ellow hands hands together to cthel shook sh ok them at us a did In n Chinese c fashion r bowing low as IlS asso he did dd so 00 We Vo d our hands s and did hm one ono better belter by bowing still lower His excellency then led us through room after atter room until wo AVO came camo into a long hall in which was a dining table set with plates of ot bananas orange or nger ap apples de s sand and pears as well as dishes s of ot assorted a biscuits h had been evidently im imported ported pu in tins u pu u The viceroy directed tho the American consul to take the chair at his l right t tand and placed mo tue at his left lert the tho seat of o ohonor honor in China Cups of oC delicious tea were now note brought In a bottle bottlo of 01 cham chain champagne pagan was opened and amI a glass of the the latter placed before each of or us We Ve did not touch the tea nor tho the cham champagne until the Hie close doso of at the Interview and then not before his excellency had nod raised hIs own glass and begged us 3 to tJ drink Chinese etiquette provides that hat thata a guest must not drink k until a r hs h host and also that the caller must rust mus never neer begin drinking until his host has 1111 indicated his pleasure sure THE VICEROY OF F pK ANG ANGlY My lY talk with the viceroy was carried carrle on through h an interpreter t I a Chinese e I Iwho who ho speaks English as a well as IlS I do o thus It lasted an hour and as wo sat mt thu thui touching loathing g V elbows elbow hours I Ind had ad a chance to study stu the viceroy Icelo Chen I w id s tho the personification n or of o tho the tty doal well fed Chinese official He Is h olt 1 Ingman lag InS of o medium height weighing I judge about OO pounds s Ho lie s a elands straight and walks with a 1 swing swIne of or orthe tho the arms arm reminding o one of tho the nobles of or Korea He lIe had ltd on V today toila a long tons with lining of ot M black bilk sul gown the lambskin Below this IS showed showe out black velvet dt boots nail ana above It roso rose his Ills big i dr b h c Ul brim was turn turned turned turned with a black hat whoso whose wh o ed up ull all around Ol crown fn was s ornamented by hy a long lono peacock feather e there by b a 1 button The TIle feather extended out for 18 inches s ba l o of tho mint hat anti and it bobbed up upI I and down as ne no shook Iho k his read head while he talked talk d Out Ou of Ir the tho bade of 01 the hat huns hung hun a long queue of an oily black hue hands hand rested o on n the tho HIS of oC him They wore were as as ason front table in ond lI v soft boft as and I venture Unit that they have havo neter done dono a stroke of ot rough work ork They could not and an preserve pr ervo tile the the tine line linger finger lIns r nails nalls The n nails on the hand nearest mo trio were an au inch long longan as though cared ed for forby forby and an as well kept by ono one of or our fair mar s CHINAS S NEW CONSTITUTION The viceroy opened the tho Interview by o asking me mo the usual questions as is to t how long I had been lIc n In China and whither I was going He spoke kindly referring of the United States and In return of the Boxer icy to our ideal said fald that his people from one end of the country countr to tho the other felt rell grateful to us and an that they y were glad to be able to send bend so many students to be educated e in the American schools At this point the consul remarked that I was an author of o school books bool s and had lead written books bookson geographical subjects This evident evidently on ly Iy improved my standing In III the vice viceroys ce roys loys eyes ees and ho talked tal ed of the modern educational movement in China Chinn C n saying Y ng that It had como to stay slav and that there would eventually bo ho 1 0 public schools in every eer city and town I asked as to tho the new constitution His Hs excellency replied There Thero is lit no doubt that China will have havo a constitutional government Our plans for It are aie well troll established and the tho preparations are arc now going ong on It ItIs ItIs Itis Is a great task to reorganize a 1 gov government government government 1110 ours Wo We e have havo been moving along alon our present lines for over overa a 3 thousand years and we have to introduce in introduce Introduce our new administrative meth methods methods methods step by step Wo We c have havo a n fixed plan for Cor educating the people ahead to tho the new government and ap this s is already 1 In operation over oer the tho empire Our edu educational educational educational plan runs through eight years and at the tho end of that time we shall have hae a parliament at Pekin and shall have a constitutional mon monarchy monarch monarchy archy arch The prince regent Is s In favor faor of or the scheme and since the deaths of ot the emperor and the great dowager a number of or imperial edicts have leave been published urging that the I I v l CX VIII b bo 1 o 0 0 p 0 I 0 0 f fo o S So o r a 8 y 0 o I I I g CITY OF WHICH IS BIGGER BI THAN BOSTON Photographed for far Uhe Deseret Des ret Nuns by Frank Franl G Carpenter l u u I work be carried on along alons the lines upon which It has been started THE RAILWAY I hero referred to the Canton Cantos Han Hall Icon kow railway for which had the concession co and ask asked al whether that road would be built His excellency replied that the matter had been given oer over to oth other r officials but that ho he thought that It would bo lo 1 0 rapidly push hush pushed ed on to a completion I understand that the tho road is and that the rails for lor It are already alread being ben made mado ma o oat at the Han Ian Yang Iron works The rhe viceroy tells me ho he Is s anxious to have railroads built buill throughout his provinces and that their Industrial re ro resources sources will probably mako and great railroad r centers He lie then referred to the tho fact that ono one can now go from to Paris P s toy by rail raU Thereupon the American consul rather facetiously ventured that tho the limo might yet et como when one would bo be able ablo to go from front even ovon to New Now York Y rk In comfortable ble cars But how could that be said tho the viceroy You cannot cross the oceans by b railroad No returned tho the consul but but wo cnn can go so under tho the lc ocean at Bering strait and wb we W aught ml ht possibly male moke mal e a bridge bri go there by which we could cros from SI o to Alaska ana thul anath thence th go pO by land lanc to Now YIU know Asia and amI North America are arc only 35 3 miles apart at that point and if Ir Russia is willing I think thul wo can build tho the bridge Upon this I burst Into a laugh in which both our conSul gad and tho the viceroy Joined jol CHEN CHEN G SLEDS DS Gm ET INGS TO SI SAM Tho The next subject was the tho boycotting of oC foreign nations by the Chinese His ic that 1 C honc 1 there ula ho be l th I nit ot of tl daft t future tute In Chinas s f r with ith tits s He thereupon added 1 kind ex x lom as U say sayIng sayIng Ing lag that the Chinese have hae always al ys felt that the Americans have h leave e no desire to take Tiny tny part of their empire e and they the look upon us as their safest friends It was at this point that I asked his If ho would not send a greet greeting ing ne to the tho 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