New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-19
SUNDAY EDITION.
DEC. -, 1886.
for the peculiar distinction with which he had beI
treated, 4 his was his repIy:


received your letter suggesting sboud write 10
Mr. Welsh artars from the last sritsh eo:o.y
moi do 50 because did not feel like making sckno wied9-
msns TO the Government for any exhibition Of respece
MARKED hosp alty ana Kindness from all british ofc'as
II the East do not to write the reasons r dis
and the Cover nment, but will tell you some day.
He told me fully afterward. In December. 1878,
he wrote to me:
Before your letter suggesting letter Of coincidence .
and letter OF thanks 20 the President for his tender OF
latter. but to the secretary OF the Navy. from
whom the tender came, without sllusios to the
in the estimation Of tie American citizen, to write 70
the Queen. or for her.
Nevertheless, a few months before be had sand TO
dolence the very moment heard Of the death Of
the Duchess. day before yesterday, Think
And so he went on from one potentate and people
arri we'd: "The reception here has been most cor
dial from the officials, foreign re.idents
Parsee merchants and the better-to-do Hindoo
natives. Myself and party ware invited 10
occupy the Government House. where We are
now staying and where we have received
later ne wrote me: We have now done India
from Bombay to Delhi and back to this place. We
leave here tomorrow morning for Singapore: Tho
English people have exceeded themselves IN hos
FATALITIES. Nowhere but az Que place have We
been permitted to stop at hotel and there-Jubul-
pors-it was because no official had the spare
l have not space to recite bis travels; but the
impression made on him in China profound
that am tempted TO quote few lines:
Ny visit through China pleasant oLe though the
country presents attractions 10 invite the visitor -
make The second trip. Prom Canton 70 PeklDe my re-
cepon by tue civil and military authorities was the
cordial EXTENDED to any foreigner. matse
what his rank rne fact Is The Chinese ss Americans
ioretsners The reason Is raipahe. We are the only
domestic affairs Ny imrressiop Is that China is or the
OF great revoluio ion that will Lana her among the
wealth and great power too and not more than genera
lion will before sue will make these elements felt
Grant often said to me that the four greatest men
be met abroad were Beaconsfeld, Bismarck, Gam
beta and the Chinese statesman Ii Hang Che 1g.
Japan, however, interested lin more than sny
country 10 the world, except his own and England,
whore indeed he never felt as a foreigner; for no
loved England after he knew Englishmen at home.
OF Japan he said:
We have now been In Japan for nearly month. Nv
reception entertainment has been the most exirava
most beautiful country and most Interesting people
The they have made IN their chsnee. civzs
military and naval academies, colleges. academies,
engineering schools schools OF science AMI FIRE sch ools
for male and female thoroughly organized and on 40
high basis OF instruction as any country In the world
Travel IN tue interior 1: as safe tor an unarmed upPro
ted foreigner IL Is In the NewEnglana states This
is marvellous, wbcn the treatment these people and all
foreigner residing among them Iis consieredI IhaYs
heen struck with the hearlrssness OF nations
day Of retrinuton is sure to come These people arc
tecOmng s,rone sud china is sure to do when
they do different policy will have to prevail from thas
imposed now.
Grant had conceived many and large ideas in re-
gard to an Oriental policy for this country during
his tour especially toward Chfns and japan ana
had he reached the Presidency again. TO inau:
gurate this policy would have been principal
object of his Administration.
On the 2sth of August, 1879 he wrote to me:
Ny visit to this interesting country and abroad Is nov
drawing to close On the I'd OF september We sail tor
san Francisco our reception ana entei'@inhnent IN
OF the nr.t year abroad Was QUITE homesek. bat deer
mined TO remain 70 every country Ia EufOi az easL
hack and would not If tnere was line of steamers bs
tween here AMI Australia But shall % to my que:
little home Galeua ard remain there until the cold
drives me away
No man enjoyed ordinary travel, the seeing Of
strange sights and different countries and nations
more than Grant; and no man ever had his ex.
traordipary opportunities. Under these his mind
aud character grew and eniaraed; he received all
the benefits of contact with many minds. OK
witnessing mary civilizations, OF studying so
maLy intellectual and moral varieties OF man. Hc
had not in his youth the advantage Of what is
called a liberal education, but no man yer trod
this earth more highly educated than Grant by
events and experiences and opportunities and
attrit0n with the highest natures, and association
with the grandest companies in the grandest sense
of the word
He kept up his connection with his great
compeers after his return. He correspondent
with more than one King, and when the history OF
his cam 1aigns. on which | lad been engaged for
fifteen years and in which his interest had been
almost equal 10 my Own-was at last complete-ls
sent a copy to every potentste all over the world
by whom he had been entertained; 10 the Mikad0
of Japan and to Bismarck to the FIceroy Of
India and the Kings of Siam ana Swecsn and
Greece; the Prince of Wales and the Presidents Sss
Switzerland and the French Republic; and ever
acknowledged the present except the Prince
of Wales.
The collection Of these letters was Of course
peculiarly interesting to me, and he allowed
me to keep it for years; but ] returned
it TO him unaeked, for his family, whose
claims upon it | thought superior to my
which 1 copy the postscript; Fl" The mail lying
before me when you were in had the acknowiedg-
ments from Lyit0n Lord Lytton, then Viceroy Of
lndal the hrst received. Next | believe was
from the King of SIAM" 1t was the reward Of my
labors that was allowed to share these consratu-
latlons with the conqueror of Lee aud the guest
of the nations and the rulers of Europe and Asia
ADAM BADEAU.