The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30

China's Most Friendly Feelings
Towards the United States of
America, and Hopes That the Sem
timent is Reciprocated-There is
Some Informal Talk.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-In the mag
nificent white and gold ball room, just
off the main hall Of the mansion of
William c. Whitney. in Fifth avenue.
the president of the United States at
II o'clock today formally received the
respects of the emperor of China
through the medium of the great
Chinese statesman, Ii Hung Chang.
The oriental ambassador left the
Waldorf hotel at 10:4O o'clock, escorted
by the Sixth United States cavalry and
attended by his secretary and inter
prefer, Lo Fung Luh, and Secretary
of State Richard Olney. In the next
carriage was the Chinese minister,
Yang Yu, and his secretary, with Gen
eral Kruger. The third vehicle con-
tanned the viceroy's two sons and
Colonel Davis, commissioner of Chinese
customs. j. B. Drew, with a staff Of
fcer, was in the last carriage.
Earl Ii wore his famous yellow
jacket and peacock feather. The
party reached the Whitney residence
at II o'clock sharp and Lii Hung Chang
was
RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENT
a few minutes later. Secretary Car
Isle, Assistant Secretary of State
Rockhill, General James Wilson, John
Russell Young, John w. Foster, Private
Secretary Thurber and William C.
Whitney were the only others present
at the reception, the character of
which was changed at the last
from a public 20 a private one. The
representatives Of the two press as
sociations who had been invited were
not permitted to be present.
Mr.. Cleveland made an address Of
welcome as follows:
Your excellency: It gives me great
| pleasure to receive from your hand the
personal letter from your august
sovereign, and to greet you as his per-
sonal representative.
Since our two countries became bet
ter acquainted. many incidents have
occurred calculated to increase our
friendly relations, and not the least
gratifying of these are the kindly eX-
p%ressions contained in the letter of
your emperor and the visit to our
country Of his most distinguished sub
ject, who has been so ~honorably and
prominently connected with public af-
fairs in his own country n with all
that has been attempted in the direc-
ton Of its advancement and improve
ment.
Your visit to US at this time is
made more impressive by the thought
that it serves to join in n alliance
the most ancient civilization of the
east and the best type of a newer
civilization in the western world. Not
withstanding the widely different char
acteristics of the two countries, the
welcome which is rendered you by the
government and citizens of the United
States illustrates in the strongest pos
sible ann
THE KINSHIP OF NATIONS.
w leel lHdL III llle tlIlellI VI
your tour you have not allotted to your
sojourn among us sufficient time to
gain an adequate observation of all we
have accomplished as a nation.
ct will not, however, escape your
notice that a rich and fertile domain
has here been quickly created by those
who were assured that they would
reap where they had sown, that a
strong and beneficent government has
peer here established by those who
loved freedom, and that we have a
patriotic and generous people who love
their government because it is theirs;
controlled by them, administered for
them and protected and saved from
harm by them. We heartily wish that
your stay with us may be most pleas
ant. and tina at its close you may en-
ioy 6, safe and agreeable return to your
home and your field of duty and useful
ness"
Ii REPLIES.
The translation of Ii Hung Chang's
remarks is as follows:
eYour Excellency: 1t affords me
great pleasure to have the honor to
be presented to you excellency. The
reputation of your highly-esteemed
virtues is widely known throughout
the world, and in you the citizens of
the United States of America have in
yariably placed their confidence, con-
s~eouently both the interior admins
trations and the exterior relations of
this great republic are in a state of
prosperity.
1T will also be the desire of my au-
gust master, the emperor of China, to
maintain the most cordial relations
with America, whose friendly assist
ance rendered to the government of
China after the China-Japanese war.
and whose protection for the safety Of
the Chinese immigrants in America
are to be highly appreciated.
Il am specially appointed by my au-
gust master, the emperor of China, to
present to your excellency the letters
of credence, and to convey to your
excellency the assurances of his most
friendly feelings toward the United
States of America, in the hope that
your excellency will reciprocate his
sentiments, and cooperate with him
to promote the friendly intercourse be-
tween our two countries for the cause
of human kind.
ST trust that your excellency's gov
l eminent will continue to afford protec-