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Show MR. CHUNG, CHINA'S MINISTER Greatly to the surprise of the diplomatic diplo-matic prophets, Dr. Wu Ting-Fang was not sent as minister from the Chinese republic to Washington, but Mr. Chung Mun Yew, the former Chinese coxswain cox-swain of Yale, appeared as the first minister of the new republic. No explanation ex-planation was forthcoming as to why the change had been made, and although al-though Dr. Wu and his charming wife are missed, yet Mr. Chung is well known at the capital, and has many friends in the state department and among the diplomatic corps. He comes to this country with an established estab-lished record at Yale, for he was a member of the winning boat crew that fluttered the magic blue pennant. It is also said that he was never far behind upon that popular American game that has something to do with holding a "full hand" for poker is one of the classics at Yale. He absorbed American Amer-ican ideas at college and was very . popular among his classmates. He Is rT-v. yj a delightful conversationalist, and speaks with very little, if any, accent In 1908 Mr. Chung officially visited the United States as special ambassador from China to thank this country for the return of the Boxer indemnity fund. With the same keen interest in American affairs that characterized the popular pop-ular Dr. Wu, the new Minister Chung is already a favorite. He tells the story of his country's transition from empire to republic in fragmentary conversation con-versation that thrills with the interest of a real romance. Mr. Chung feels that the great future of his country is now dawning, and he declares that it all began with a few Chinese boys who found their w:ay to American schools and began to dream of an Oriental republic. |