| Show Liang Jiang Cheng ethe i the New Chinese Minister i JQ a I The Brainy Successor Suc of the I Popular Wu Ting Fang F ng 05 01 o I 1 H 4 HIS III city h b holding breath In preparation pr for tor the tho long Ions gulp gnip p of dr b 6 e Cl G G I delighted ml m 01 which It i expects fu to cel ee i I emit when nhsn the th net Chinese minister Sir U il J r Ll Man ang ot Cheng Chen If shall give his hlA I v t i ll n In HIP th tI handsome U n nn n building at nt the corner lOm r of ot Nineteenth 11 D and U A tree els la which his hi n It HUB as Ib 1 1 Juki J ju J 4 cumulated completed Honey l hM hab bean pen h sp p nt aril and surprise In In ido 11 architecture ni a expected to say coy MI noth nothing all t Ins ing nil o ot of i fife he which It II r i tit t t when tho ho contents content of more than then a tap zee 1 Vr Iry large 8 mysterious boxes bon Witch tOh M Clang brought with him heat from r shall be un i and at 11 ar Up the tho walls of ot the new oil au t residence re i Hut 1 t itle t efrom e from all these coll collateral t ral tat t of i is Of tit Interest t the th new II minister U l I ei by reason of or orill lilt ill fils d views his hl hi liberal N Ni thin Ion and IInO iii his almost aggressive Irr ler ay of af v f American Indeed toi to Iii Iti n hla hll country will have to 10 OB O tt looks no t her than to 10 the United ly J States 1 nil ull that thai II U worth know Iris Eris In III th ny uy of government and I tp lf It I If of He laugh laughingly that politics In China Chita bM has b bb hasi b i pine Ui lost a II science and amI that the thes titan ian f the UtI pull got gets the b best bilt at s tho gh he h does doe not to go 0 ao to far tar as to ad j I rill that the statement applies to him 1 l t tt t Perhaps ll tint claim to great distinction occurred when the Ih Von lint j teler tB Ir expiatory was i sent nt to 10 per Ou Out malty mil II The Tile had bad prescribed the t Orm of t which In ht the opinion j of t Liang and amI th tin other member members of the th I would have Involved n a sac NIl NIlI of dignity lI y on the I hI part pari of ot fl f I ClAn Chin the Chinese Chines cmor coull and ahll 0 however hoer P me was Ira M Mr r t tit r t jl t l n a 4 q t A r I t tl l air r M tw s SIR LIANd LIANG AND TILE THE NEW CHINESE LEGATION AT WASHINGTON able to suggest a 11 way tray ny out of ot the for It wan Willi recognized that It would Mould never nover do to further offend Oer Ger Germany many until Liang took the matter In hind hang lie He appeared ap to 10 the jus Ius justice Lice tice ot of every everything thine demanded by the kaiser but bul pointed out the embarrass embarrassment ment In the peculiar circumstances of ot carrying It out to the letter The re te reo Mull KUlt was waa that niter certain concessions had been blen made mado and Chons work had 1 been completed It was wall found that the German statesman had been outwitted by 7 lang JIang langIt It li is not surprising that Sir Bit Liang should have advanced views nor that those views should Include u warm ad lid admiration for the United States Slates for tOI It was wan here at nt Andover academy and later ut at Amherst college that ho he received hi his education tt i t Gi i a 11 matter of ot record that Liang LIn was one bno nn of the best bent baseball players at both dons and that he be was also an excellent oarsman Sir Air Liang Cheng Is about forty years of at age He lie e was one of the Chinese ChInes boys sent by the Iho govern government went ment to 10 this IhlA country to be educated H lie went to 10 Phillips academy emy at Ando Andover Andover ver vcr Mass Mau and amt while not nol the star atar of ot his class he attained a n proficiency In his studies which s on gave him a n good rank among Ms Ills fellow students Llani then Ihen went wen to Amherst college where hll hI progress was wan really remarkably rapid ld am and It become became certain that he hl would graduate with n high honors Hut But this Will was not nol to 10 be bl The rhe home authorities persuaded the emperor that his throne would Mould be e ultimately undermined by b the liberal which the young youn men were getting In tho the United States Stales So I 1 Liang Inne along with the teat rest of ot the un on fortu ales was packed back to ChInn China In Jn Poking he soon attracted the Iho at al attention ot or the tho leading spirits of ot the for tor foreign foreign eign and aud when an Interpreter was wanted at nt Washington for tor Minister Chang Tin Hoon oon afterward after rn beheaded for fur opposing the bill big Boxer revolt was wan selected ejected When his hi superior re returned reo returned turned to 10 China Liang wont went with him himlie He lie continued d In favor t or with the tho powers thru that were cro and became one of the tho see sec secretaries relation to the pears commission when negotiations looking to 10 thin termination ot of the t war var with Chinn were In progress He lie performed his duties In hs this connection connection tion so satisfactorily that thai he was sent sont nil nn secretary with the tho envoys to 10 the coronation of at King J VII VI n of England Next ho was won secretary of the tho Von Yon 1 expiatory and later was the principal secretary of ot Clio Chen n the tho Ih son non of o Ching the tile tread head of Chinese foreign office sir Ir Liang Is a 11 wealthy man Ills His fad tad fadIs tadI fadis Is I the tho collection of ot rich silks and other fabrics fabric and rare jewels Of ot the tho latter I he Is said to 10 have havo a n magnificent collet tion and It need not be mentioned that thata a 1 poor luor man would not be able to Indulge I this fancy tancy if It ho he had It How did Liang Nang I make his money mOlloy That Is a 11 question quo which must never nover bo be asked concerning I prominent All Mi prominent are arc wealthy and It la is no l bodyl business bu how they happened to 10 get their money mane It suffices sUl that they thc I Invariably In know how Itow to get It and It must be admitted how to tl spend It aft after after after er It has hall been got gol But hut It Is 18 rumored that Liang Is III connected wIth sumo some vast enterprises In China Chinn and Ind that he has hns even thought of ot establishing a great rent trading tiding company corn ln having laving for Its Us object tho the elimination of ot the middleman or broker In China Chinn to whom says Kays Ia s Liang the high price of American goods and their consequent comparatively I mire Infrequent quent Use U e are r attributable No man who follows Wit We Va Ting Fangal Fang Pang at al Washington Is going to have an easy ens time to live IIvo up to the formers thou tion Wu was vas a jolly good fellow th the I most moat popular Chinaman that ever vis cis 19 lied Iced this country and despite the tho tact act that many of at his hla witty sayings would In lu nn an ordinary person parson p r on have bave been re regarded reo garden as all rank unadulterated Imperil which they the were he ho loft left a host of ot friends behind hm hem m In III this thin city H It its was it n scholarly man too und and unlike I must most Chinese e was Willi nn lilt excellent sp r From the standpoint of and ed education oration It Ills is not likely ely that Ihal liana Liang will suffer by comparison with his A Alor a sor lor or In the t matter of at broadness of oC t tho view w ho Is at least Ida his equal and In ht hl his ough sympathy with western methods method I and at t d tho ability to separate tho the l worthy from the unworthy When hen the tho question qu slon L Lof l of applying them to his hll own wn country r f li is under discussion he Is III undoubtedly Wits Wua superior put But ut Wu Vu wits an aa ex excellent eo hr and Liana Liang Is la lato said not notto to 10 be In III tho matter of ot our language knowledge ot of It Is vastly supe superior nor to 10 Wu ti both Loth as regards fluency and accuracy Sir HIr Liang Nang Is 18 more than six feet teet tall talland talland and weighs w about pounds His nth edite lette experiences nt at Andover and Am beret horst Iu rt hae have served ened to keep this bulk firm and hard for tor he Is still stilla a n very ery strong man loan with as great a fondness for tor outdoor exercises end sports though of ot a II different sort per perhaps perhaps haps hops an nil President Roosevelt and Ills his two old oM horseback Tiding riding chums Ger German German let letman man Minister Speck von on and und ador Herbert Sir flung Liang Is III genial to thu last degree dere and Is II nn an ex ax excellent excellent listener Ie lie Is n a 1 widower of ot about two years standing He Ile has hils SP SPen sev seven ev even en children but Jut only three of ot them are oro With him In this thin little boys bo s and a very ery pretty daughter of sixteen who will go Into society next Winter Finally Liang Llong denies denlea emphatically emphatically the widely Idely published report that h hp he is shortly to wen wed the daughter of ot th the Iho present Chinese minister to 10 France JAMES L Ii Washington Wn |
