Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-09-17
THE VISIT OF Il HUNG CHANG.


THE VISIT OF Ii HUNG CHANG.
A Probable hypothesis Concerning the
|. Resi- Motive of the Great Chinainan's
Tour Of tho World.
Editor The Gazette: Now that Lii
Hung Chang has shaken the dust of
Western civilization from his boOts---if
such thing be possible, seeing that he
WINS continually carried in his chair from
point to point-the question arises con-
corning the real purport of his European
and American visits. During his sojourn
| in New York, the Viceroy's speech, re-
| specting thesrenl motive of his American
visit, was exceedingly guarded. Indeed,
on this point the proverbial oyster was
blatancy itself compared with this great
| est Of all Cinnamon. Always in fine
inquisitorial fettle himself, he, neverthe-
less, was perfectly able to ward off each
and every lingual effort to gauge the true
reason Of his absence from the court of
his imperial master. A man of the Vice
roy's advanced years would scarcely un-
| dertake SO formidable and hazardous
trip. merely for the sake of pleasure. Such
| an assumption is discounted by the celer-
ity with which sightseeing bores him.
For instance, the relics of sunguinary
anu reVoiutiohary pat'ies' vi Tue uc.a,is
OF the constitution OF the great repuphc'
fhleu 10 chaii ms a'teh.on' ine con
strucnon OF an engine uowh 10 t,ie hihut-
est uetaii, tle supposeu uurapih,y vi u
s,eei ran, ana 'he why anu whe,eiore Vi
the component par,s VI uea, u,
monitor OF torpeuo poat WERE ahhe' sum-
Gent 10 unrest the at'ehtion OF IA iiung
Chahg. IL rs thefeiore' oniy JUST 10 as
sumo that ms tour arouhu inc WORTH was
ii'ested win iar more soper PURPOSE
IMAM tha, Oh iherc pieas"rap'e usersion
indeed, u Is more than propapie that me
Niceroy mas just eoinpie'eu tour o.
ihslectioi' an hispectioh the results OF
which ne VIII ehuea'or' 50 iur us tie
Seiestial Empire Is cohccrlieu, 10 trahs-
FORM from an apstract mo coheretv
. cohdition; 1here can DC fttie aouot put
. .nat Lh nuhg ohane Is lhr aheau, IN
IDEAS progressive Oh tne great majority
OF nus conhtrymeh; anu were ne a
yo"hger man. IL ~ oiiiy reasohapie 10 III
/ nrm mat many OF ms iueas OF advance
/ Ineht anu administrative REFORM III the
. rar bast wouiu pe carried 10 u s"ccessiul
7 ISSUE bu', IN Chiha, caste rules All anu
/ WIN the proDapie close proximity OF the
e pdssihs AWAY OF III ihls cnahg, the
: | supporters OF caste, opposed as they must
{ De 10 anytmng saVorihg OF western CIVIL
e zatioh, would De content Tor their coun'
'rs 10 reiiaih III state Oh uesuetuae OF
e posi'Fe inaction. oertaih IL Is that the
t ficeroy, assuming MN TO be vested VIII
D authority, mas placed no orders with the
r onited states: ferhaps that couid nara
= ~ be expected, seeing that the other. ant
d cheaper markets OF Europe are open q
v nm. AT the same tiine, It Is doubtu
s H. aiter an, the Ohihese government
would DE the real purchaser IN the even
@ OF any contemplated REFORMS taxing place
e III that country. When Ii Hung Chan'
@ was mere ne inquired as to the interes
o leIhahded ny capitai. ana, wheh toid ina
l. hVe or SIN per cent was heid IN high estl
/? NATION. ne urged American capitalist
Is 10 go to emma where Shylocklan rat
" OF compensation awaits them. In othe
words emma STANDS ready TO carry Oh
ia the work OF advancement and reform
with the capital OF other nations. l
III nscill arrangements TO TINS erect can b
h inaue' then emma VIII set about the tas
y OF maritime defence, defence 80 neces
i, sary, III view OF her recent deteat D
"a Japan, TO say nothing of the fact that, /
these days, the nations of the earth ar
10 waxing stronger and stronger in th
M struggle Tor riches ana territorial posses
sion.
u, when visiting the United States, i
M Hung Chang, whilst refusing, with dipl,
~ matte grace, to make comparisons wit
III other nations, paid many happy compl
IN ments to the American institutions. BIZ
as then, this former prime minister of Chin
ra wears sleeves wide enough to hold a
,o exceedingly large and broad sized smil
n, Use doth breed habit in man." AM
~ il is to he supposed that the habit of indi
NJ criminate praise, INDUCED in by Lii Hun
ha Chang, was chronic-fOr the time bein
But, whether the high compliments pa
II, to this country by the Viceroy were gem
|, -, Inc or simulated, he would be struck |
w., the transformations simplicity with whit
m be was received by His Excellency Il
-. President of the United States and othe
high in Office. Here, there Is no mo
~ archial power to amuse, and, at the san
~ time. teach the great Chinaman an obje
re. knleidoacnnic ,rnndnur IJora tbero q
his NO ;,,nnt;n,, ,rn,,,,;,,,, 90 .o,,ni.n III,
nm by tha eonolly ;n,nos;ne ;ns;snio of
I'D tit,od nob;ltv ~ cant;yate onass ooni,
,se Have II is MOI noss;h,a TO line nm sonr
md scopes If annt;na ,.or n,aoh ri
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