New-York tribune., 1882-02-22
MIR. ANGEL on CHM AYD TIE CHINESE

While President Angel, of the University
of Michigan and ex-Nniser China staying few
davs IN his city his return 10 America he asked
by TRIBUNE reporter the for the unusually short
time taken to complete the two treaties made by him
with China al am unable to decide" he said, (Which
OF two explanations to accept. 1t NAV be that the
Chinese Govcrnm eDl, thinking war with Rlssia i'm
mncnt was anxious not 10 be troubled by any other
complications at til time. or, IL Il pOss bic that
China saw that this country was fully determined TO
restrict Chinese imm grafton in way another and
so she made what seemed 10 be the best arrangement
posi- be at once"
.Did Won do any dipo matte bu,ncFs with the Chinese
Government except making the treaty arrangement p
was next asked.
ayes succeeded in having heavy tax removed from
Protestant Christian Cinnamon which they had pre-
yousy paid for the support Of religious sivalS. In all
the Chinese villages they have great many celebrations
that are partly religious and partly cyic-a OF re-
lgous Fourth Of July in fact The expenses of these
festivals are paid by general tax, bat naturally
Christian Cinnamon felt strong conscientious scmpes
against paying money for the support Of beIthen
Igous Many years the Roman ca; h,c Church
succeeded liz having its converts exempted from this
but It was sill levied upon Protestant My
attention being called to this fact broached the subject
the frat fitting opportunity TO the Foreign Occ and
Prince Kung the Yceroy. said that he had always sup
posed that ali Christian converts exempted: that
he was wi ling to rcciify tho mistake, and to do 80
officially therefore prepared a diplomatic dispatch
the subject and official agreement made removing
the tax from the Protestant converts There about
fifteen thousand OF them in China"
"What is the present state Of American trade with
ChnaW
"China you know, Is a country that makes scarcely
any percepibe change in decade, especially in such
matters Our only articles of export to that country are
petroleum and heavy cotton fabrics The Chinese never
using any wooden, require large quantities of cotton
goods and our sheeings, they called. are
slowly pushing their way, especially in the northern
provinces OF the Empire, and supersedng English
made fabrics simply because they good and unsdul
terated, while the English cot tons most Of them
ba 1ly aduerated What change there bas been in our
trade China for the better in these two articles
hey don't machinery and won't for many years"
"Who is the most progressive man in China at
present."
Chih in which PekiD 10 situated, ~ by far the most
LIBERAL man and the most friendly TO Western IDEAS in
the Empire. lie is "a OF great ability and is second
fuence IL is through his efforts that China
has made most OF what little advancement she
has made within the last decade. He established
the one short telegraph line In China when with
Russia was feared and at the same time succeeded In
having few miles Of railroad built As soon the fear
the ralrosd OF its orei builders and tore up Ii Hung
Chang has also secured line OF coast steamers He
gave understand that himself would have been
willing have the Chinese students remain In this
try. They recalled bocause II found that they
were not learning enough oI Chinese easscs which
wishes TO rise III ms native land The movement was
reaeti0naTy one"
"was there much feeling manifested in China over
President Garfield's death |"
There was the deepest felt and publicly ex-
pressed By the foreign Tesdents, and by few Chinese
officials. but the of the people knew cared moth
ing about It. The great OF the Chinese people
fact hardly know that such place as America exists
IL they had known OF President Garneld's unhappy
DEATH and had regretted Ii, had way Of knowing
i as such thing public opinion docs not exist there