Show A M I 1 na 11 C III t n ua R aarl n on aff a V I 1 I 1 6 AT U it A L I 1 z chinese party I 1 accorded 11 high I 1 gh official I 1 I 1 1 I 1 komrs v a 3 rs I 1 washington nov nor 30 bringing the thanks of a grateful people for the remittance mit tance by the american government of a large part of the boxer indemnity tang shaa yi president of the chinese board and created a special ambassador bas for this occasion arrived in washington today accompanied d by prince tsai fu flu a member of the abi nese royal family and a distinguished group of attaches the parts parti was accorded the high honor of being met by huntington wilson third assistant secretary of state numerous other officials of the state department and several aids of president roosevelt there were no formalities at the union station other than the exchange of greetings after that the party was escorted to two residences in an excellent section of the city where the visitors will be domiciled during their stay of three or four months the party arrived on a special train of six private cars and coaches including a dining car the first people to leave the train were dr wei ching W yen second secretary and mr T K liang commercial of the chinese legation who went to chicago to meet the party before the ambassador and the prince left the private car all arrangements had been made for the march through the station to a line of carriages minister wu tang fang then entered the car and escorted the ambassador and prince to the waiting american reception committee which in the meantime had been joined by former secretary of state john W foster minister biniker wu presented col bromwell supt bupt of public buildings and grounds and he in turn introduced commander sims and ca captain etain butt aides to the president to the ambassador and the prince formal presentation sent sen tation atlon of assistant secretary wilson who welcomed the visitors and of W D straight and A W pontius officials of uke te state department who were in china in the consular seral service ca for a number of years were then made the party was conducted to carriages and the drive to the special residence was made the reception committees committee left the ambassador and prince at their doors no ceremonies of any character being desired by the visitors until they were settled and rested from their long journey the recent deaths of the dowager empress and the emperor was another reason foy for the simplicity of the 9 greeting re eting considerable interest was displayed by the order in vach the visitors walked and entered the carriages ranking was observed throughout first came tang YI the special ambassador and prince tsai fu escorted by assistant secretary wilson and colonel bromwell then followed minister wu who is outranked out ranked while the special ambassador is here and mr chung mun yew who Is said to be slated to take a high position in the chinese Clil nese diplomatic service they were escorted by commander sims and mr straight other carriages followed follower foll owea in strict order of rank the last carrying several gift bearers the packages were loaded into the rear carriages guarded with ostentatious watchfulness ana nero hero the objects or of a agrest great deal or of speculation it is jano wn that these boxes and portmanteaus of oriental design contain presents and letters of rare value for president roosevelt mrs roosevelt president elect tatt taft secretary of if state root and otner american officials the character cna racier or the gifts however will not no DO maae public until atter alter the presentations have been made when tho the procession started from the station a dozen mounted police took stations abbit the carry carrage age or tile me ambassador and acted as outriders outsiders out riders until the residence on scott circle where tho the most distinguished of the visitors 19 aro are to have their abode was reached reache ct that portion of tile the boxer indemnity which ellich has been remitted by the american government governing rit amounts to nearly the special anibas ambassador looks forward with great pleasure to several months stay in this country lie ile spent the days of his youth in new england ond has riot not heon eon in this country since 1 1881 during the session or congress lie he expects to pass a great deal of time ir in the tha capital studying tho the financial system of this government and the procedure attending the preparations foi the revision of tho the tariff later ne lie may go to europe to carry on oil his studies but that is not definitely a decided c tomorrow it is expected mat tang shao yi will call at the department to arrange tor for a visit to the pros president ident this probably pro ably Dably will take place on the following da day v when it is expected that tho the distinguished visitor will deliver the message from tho the chinese government |