Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-14
,wo REPRESENTATIVE HEATHER.
Sketches of Hte PrinciDnl Men In the
Chinese Embassy Just arrired From the
EIOtceyy Ki1AslD,,a
Chicago Tribune.

Sketches of Hte PrinciDal Men In the
Chinese Embassy Just 4rrired From the
Focery KinDdnns.
Chicago Tribune.
Chun Ian Pin, the Minister Plenpoten-
tiary, is veteran of 63 years, thirty of
which have been spent continuously in the
government service. In appearance, he is
progressing and commanding of respect.
Tall, rather meagre, with gray beard and
man who has been educated in the m litary
rather than the civil service. And such is
the case. Chun Ian Pin is a member of
Han Lin, the imperial university at Peking,
where he took the highest honors in the
Chinese classes (by the way, the standard
there is far above the requirements of any
Immediately i'll the public service. Not
only did he achieve distiction in civil life,
but he volunteered to take command
against the rebels in the Kuang-si outbreak
of 1850 '58, and drove the insurgents out of
the Canton Province. About five years ago
he came to America, and under imperial
authority established the Chinese academy
at Hartford for the education of noble
pered ever since, and has been one of the
great instruments in widening the channel
of Chinese ideas regarding foreigners and
foreign innovations. The Chinese pupils
who are sent there, as previously stated, are
bound to remain away from China for a
period of ffteer years. The usual age for
sending them there is from 5 to years.
Two years ago Chun Ian Pin returned to
China, leaving the college in charge of
Yung Wing. Before going back he went to
Cuba, having been appointed special com
mission by the Chinese. government to in
vestigate the Coolie cruelties in Cuba, and
made an elaborate and faithful report to its
government, showing most terrible state
Of affairs i'll the Coolie trade, for which he
| received the officia thanks of the govern
ment. His position in China is that of
secretary of the imperial clan court, a
| tribunal which takes cognisance only of Of
| lenses against the law by members of the
imperial family, who are not amenable to
the ordinary tribunals of justice. This is
the highest court in rank in the empire
though in point of fact the position OF
secretary wiz: judge is scarcely anything
more than sinecnre, and is conferred more
az an honor than as a place for active ser
| vice. This position the minister still re-
tains. He is high class Mandarin and
wears the red button.
| One of the most interesting personages
connected with the embassy is
CHUN sHEN YIN,
a young man of 80 years, but possessed of ar
extraordinary intellect and education
Though he has never been outside of China
he speaks English with surprising fuency
and with scarcely any foreign accent. Ht
never hesltates for a word when speaking
aud understands all that is said to him with
out difficulty. He was educated at Canton
md has not yet passed the degrees at the
Han Lin, though he hopes to do so in a few
| ears, when, as he says, he can become bet
| er educated. But from an American stand
POINT Shen Yin is very near excellence, as
re is familiar with all kinds of book knowl
edge, science, literature of all lands, ane
more than all with human nature. He is a
lever and sharp-witted as a Beacon Hill
,irl educated at. Vassar and Long Branch
20 his other accomplishments Shen VII
.dds practical knowledge of the newspape
Profession, having been connected 70
everal years with the China lHaiz, the En-
lsh paper published at Hong Kong. I
ray interest the reader to know that She1
lin corrected proof slip of the names o
he members of the embassy for the use O
he Tribune representative. and noted dow
n plain English hand many of the facts il
he lives of the different individuals in hi
,arty, from which the present narrative he
,een taken. He is most charming Pagan
md would adorn the most cultivated societ
IN the Old World or the New.