Show W Wu u Ting Fang as as He Is The fhe report of th the appointment of or orIu Wu Vu Ting lIns Fang as Chinese minister to the United States has called out some vcr very frank franJ comment on his hh personal personal- ity Perhaps the bust best pen llEn picture of him Is the tho following from the tho Washington Post Ills picturesque and erratic career In this country Is well known to the American public Ho lIo was vas popular with the newspaper reporters and correspondents correspondents correspondents cor cor- respondents for he delighted to be Interviewed anti and have his views ventilated ventilated ven yen In public But he was a constant constant constant con con- stant source of anxiety to th the state department because of his utter dis- dis disregard of diplomatic proprieties his I flippant way of discussing international International I questions and the Intercourse of diplomats with other departments of ot the government go His Ills unannounced visit to the capital to remon remonstrate ato with the senate committee on appropriations attracted universal attention brought down upon him him the censure of the press and would have caused his dismissal had any uny other persons than the kindly and forb forbearing John Hay flay been secretary of ot state Although h he had been educated from front childhood by y tho the Pro Protestant missionaries missionaries mis mis- and baptized In the O EpIscopal Episcopal Episcopal Episco EpIsco- pal church at when he I came to the United States he did not hesitate to publicly repudiate his early faith pose poso as a and criticise cl cise e the missionaries In China In rc resentment for his failure to se secure so- so e- e cure the tho repeal of ot the Chinese Chinese- coolie exclusion jaws by bv our congress It Is pretty well weB established l that when he returned to China ho designed and selon set sel seton seton on foot at Shanghai the boycott of American goods was so go disastrous disastrous disastrous trous to our commerce and which put in III peril our good relations with the Chinese government Mr Wu Is bright and anel witty his European education by the missionarIes missionaries missionaries mission mission- aries grafted on his Oriental cunning makes him him an interesting personality ho he Is amusing amusing- even een through IndIscreet Indiscreet Indis IndIs- creet erect as an dinner after talk talker r and gr great M fun for tor the reporters but he ho Is I not such a representative of the tho great greal reAt I Chinese empire as Is needed now more than ever In and not such sucha a diplomatic f character as would be consonant with the straightforward and frank rank intercourse of or Secretary Hoot Root The affairs of tho the orient are aro becoming becoming be be- coming comins more mare and anti more of ot tho the highest Importance to the United States and arid China should send to Washington one of or her wisest and anti most sedate t statesmen statesmen states states- men not h it tricky politician not a 3 smart wit not a representative 1 who disregards all diplomatic convention con all tiN a |