Show ll LI hung hone chang no living public man of asia aria has haj been SO BO much the subject of discussion and BB as lt li hung hag much of the exoticism has been unfavorable and his critics are 0 often unfair it lg is hardly last just to him to eo e dimate hla his c character har acter and attainments according 0 to the standard of western nac dac d along ons his education la is exclusively oriental and his big life has baa been spent in china hla his knowledge of our la Is such guch as aa could be acquired in the motley society of a tre treaty aty port L As a statesman he be has had to deal wt with h a very conser atlate and bigoted constituency and with associates prejudiced against and ignorant of foreign nations nations judged in the light of his education his experience and his surroundings he must de be regarded a as 8 the first drat 0 of f living s statesmen e n of asia and one of t the he most distinguished of toe the public men of the world the vic viceroy ero LI hung chang by john W poster foster in n the e august century |