Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-15
Ii CHANGES JOURNEY.
1t II Expected Tint He VIII Reach
This Country Next Fall.

1t IL Expected Tint He VIII Reach
This Country Next Fall.
Shanghai Correspondence OF y. Y. Herald.
The embassy to Russia, consisting of the
grand secretary, Ii Hung Chang; his adopt
ed son. LORD Ii; the Paotais Lob Fung-
Lob and Tak-e-Shih Qhe latter a bright
young Manchu, both of whom have the
rank of first secretaries of legation; two
lesser mandarins, Lin Yi-yu and Mae Shih-
mel. also Manchu. with the rank Of as
sistant secretaries their place in the Off
cial hierarchy being among the projects,
with English, French, Russian and German
interpreters. selected from the stats of the
various Chinese legations abroad, have ar
rived here. The envoy also takes with him
an Official named Chou. who is master CT
ceremonies and an expert in the Intricate
code Of Chinese etiquette, for which Ii
Hung Chang is an uncompromising stickler.
Chou's title in the ENJOYS suite is that of
civil usher, but military usher-a sort of
diplomatic "chucker OUTS attached to
the great mans train in the person of Major
Nj. bury warrior, whose duty it is to see
that no personal injury befalls his master.
Major Nj, aided by six other military look
ing persOnaSes, armed with very formid-
able swords and broad headed tridents has
to see that only we'll disposed persons gain
that eEentful morning at Shimonoseki a
year ago. when the fanatical koyama's
pistol shot SO nearly finished the career of
Ii Hung Chang. the latter has a dread of
assassination, and extra precautions are
consequently taken for his safety.
Three or four skilled writers (shu paul,
-FOUR cooks. two pipe lighters, an astrologer
Tor the selection of lucky or uElucky days,
couple of dozen body servants, chair
bearers and hangers on, with a clever
young foreign trained Chinese. or Wai-shin-
shAnS. complete the great mans train,
which numbers about fifty all told, very
modest allowance fG- a parsonage of his
exalted rank in China. Two foreigners
also accompany him. One is DR. Irwin, an
Irish doctor. who has for many years phys
ick'I the great Chindman. and who is paid
an enormous fee To induce MIN to give I'D
his lucrative practice in Tientsin TO go with
the former yicerOy around the world The
other Is Russian gentleman, Mr.. Grote
an official of the Chinese customs. who has
been detached to act a sort of bear leader
in Europe and TO walk he strange animal
up and down. as the Iudicnce-the Russian
audience OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Pilot for Each Flag.
Arrangements have also been made by
Sir Robert Hart to have several of his
commissioners who are on leave meet the
envoy III various parts of the world and
show him round generally Thus Mr. Drew
the American statistical secretary of the
company the party when it reaches the
United States which it is hoped it will do
about September next Mr.. James Hart
brother of Sir RobcrO will do the honors
in England; NJ. lie Berniere ditto In
France. while the faithful, barnacle- like
German, Li-dOlator Detring, packed I'D his
traps at Tienstin, got leave for year and
SIX months, and started TO catch I'D with
the envoy 10 show him what's made in
Germany and tote him through the father
land before any enterprising rival could
take him in hand.
Ii, l need not explain, is the greatest adj
mirer of Germany and has proved Krupp's
best customer. and great things are ex-
pected to accrue there from his visit He
mas put more money into the hands of the
great Essen gun and ship builder than auy
monarch or man living. and Ii and his
satellites, native and foreign, have been
generously remembered in all these trans
actions by krupp- 1t Is an open secret that
efforts will be made. when Ii has finished
his business in Russia to make the CONT
ntnt of Europe so attractive and pleasant
10 him that he will not care to proceed to
England and America for the Diplomatic
touts in Picking TOR the continental indus
tries see in their minds eye a rich harvest
as the result of this unique Chinese embas-
sy 10 Europe. and jealous and strenuous eff
forts will he made to gather all the wheat
into their own mills.
Ii IL u Boy Again
Ii himself is anxious to see all that there
Is to be seen, and. despite his seventy-three
winters. displays an interest in his jour-
ney that Is strangely boyish and un-Chi-
nose. 1t must be remembered that, save
FOR his short trip to Japan last year. he has
never been out of sight of China in his life
liut people need not expect that he will
act Ike an average globe trotter or carry a
Kodak TO illustrate the crude '.impressions'
or lent optical corrobora ton to the lies he
may tell of his travels Your Chinaman of
LIS caibsr could never be so drawn out of
the al absorbing conCeit that makes the
ChiEaman invincible as to express an opin-
ion that anything he might see or hear sur
prL:es him or is worth his particular notice
or IS superior to or startlingly different
from what he is accustomed to in his ma
tive environment every day.
HIS chief aim in undertaking this long
Journey is to complete the fatal Irritation
into which he has been led in later life
with Russia, and to conclude the unnatural
compact between the two great autocrats
of the old world. II he accomplishes this
upon terms that the other Chinese minis
GERS Will consider favorable, his work will
have been well done, and he will return
tired. but not taught anything by all that
no Will have seen or heard. II his enemies
succeed in getting the upper hand while he
Is absent from China, we are pretty certain
10 see In his case a repetition of the ex-
psr'ence OF Chung How, who negotiated
The last treaty with Russia, giving I'D the
provinces of Ill to the car Your readers
Know what that was. Chung How was
judged by his fellow mandarins and SEN
teneed to death by strangulation as a trail
I tor.