The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1894-06-07
THE CHINESE LEGATION.
Impressiveness OF tho Emperors
New Representatives.
Under Existing Relations between o. and
China the Ceicstiais WIN Re-
ccive No Favors fro
Americans

ltwould seem that China intended
70 impress Americans with its impor.
tauoe. judging from the size and COR
| geousness Of the legation Il has sent
here to treat i'm the name Of tho en-.
peror, says n Washington correspond
ent Of the Boston Advertiser When
the suite landed in San Francisco there
were over eighty in the trail OF Yung
fu But rs some were left as consuls
on the Pacific coast the legation has
dwihdled 20 ffty-nino persons IN nli
This, Of course. includes Nine Yunp
Su, four children and as many nurses.
There Is any amount of pnraphernalin
connected with the legation.
The entire legation Is now domiciled
AZ leading hotel. There nightly n
crowd gathers 10 catch glimpse Of the
Celeatials. Since their installation at
the hotel all who are entitled to call
ms dignitaries and many who are not,
have taken advantage OF their prcrug-
ptiyc and presented themselves to
Gung Yu Strict court etiquette for
bids Nine. Nung Yu from being socn
by any except her maids and immcdi-
ate household. SO no one can get O
glimpse of this strange little woman
Mmo. yungs predecessor was not nl.
lowed 90 appear at her own state din.
ncrsi nor permitted 10 receive a caller
The wife Of the Chinese minister is
forced 90 absolute soclusion. When
she goes for "a drive IL is with her en-.
tire head covered with yards OF inpon-
etrablc material. The wife OF the Jan.
Hfr4ta ~,
Munemltsn Mutsu, Is one Of tho most
ultra-fashionablc women ia Washing.
ton, and her entertainments are gems
The ncig legation hns taken three
houses FOR which the Chinese govern
mcnt pays twenty thousand dollars n
year. The United States paid two
hundred dollars II day for the board Of
infanta while her suite occupied
these quarters. Yung Yu is paying
five hundred dollars "a day and says he
thinks IL very cheap. While the women
are kept in seclusion the men have the
run OF the house and make themselves
thoroughly at home. A part OF the
delegation were once in England and
speak the English language nuently.
They have the free and easy manner Of
The westcrnCr and show disposition
20 talk to anyone who win listen. The
minister IS as dark as sun-burned
mulatto, being at least three shades
blaclscr Than the other members OF the
delegation.
Iung Yu says he is very well pleased
with American cooking, but he has
taken the precaution to provide him
self with n Chinese cook, and has in-
stalled him in the hotel kitchen. Tho
legation eat but little meat, dining
chiefly on vegetables. Yung Yu has
never been ont of China before. He
was not a man OF the highest rank ~
China, but, like KolSo, though in diff
| ferent way, rose to distinction. II,
was an official in the province of CHR
Kiang, which corresponds there 20 tn,
I position of collector OF the nnston per
here. II was strictly on his merit tia
lie was chosen by the prime minister
20 represent the emperor In this eoun
try, pending the delicate relations be
tween the two nations in consequence
OF the Geary act. As long as there are
any strained relations existing no NOM
Der Of the legation viii be allowed 20
accept the hospitality Of an American,
that being the law Of the embassy