Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-08-29
Ii HUNG CHANG In new YORK
Ambassador of the Emperor of the
Land of COnfucius HOnOred
in America.
EARL LIS GREETING TO CLEVELAND
The President Makes Most Digniied
and Fitting Response-Regret Ex-
pressed That Viceroy's Sojourn
Will Not Be Longer.

Harmon and Private Secretary Thurbs
arrived this morning on the yacht Sap
phire and we're drives, diEect TO the hom
Of ex-Secretary William c, Whitney
where the reception to Ii Hung Chan(
will take place at about noon.
New York.-Li Hung Chang arose a
O'Clock this morning. His first calle
was ex-Secretary John W. Foster.
The report that the ambassador ant
the Russian minister had a conferenc,
last night was confirmed by Edward B
Drew, commissioner of customs IN tn,
Chinese service. He would say nothing
as to what passed between his excellency
and the minister.
The program for to-day was presented
to Earl Lii. By it he found that the great
feature of the day was his reception by
President Cleveland at the residence Of
William G. Whitney.
Large crowds gathered on Fifth ave.
nue. early to see the parade to the Whit
ney residence. A large force of police
was necessary to preserve order. At the
Whitney residence clear place was re-
served, dead line being drawn on either
side.
Whitney's private secretary, Mr.. Regan
said that the reception was to be of the
most simple nature. No representative Of
the press would be admitted despite the
fact that passes to the house were issued
last night. Regan said that subsequent
developments made it necessary to cancel
them.
Ii Hung Chang and Secretary Olney
exchanged visits in the hotel, after which
they proceeded together to the Whitney
residence escorted by troop of the 9Th
cavalry.
The reception by the president was
quite simple and lasted only twenty five
minutes. Among those present we're
Secretary of State Olney, Secretary of the
Treasury Carlisle, Secretary of War La
mont, and Assistant Secretary of State
After the reception Earl LII returned to
the Waldorf.
The ball room, in which the president
received the Chinese ambassador, was
decorated with American and Chinese
flags.
Secretary Olney formally presented
Earl Ii to the president, who extended
his hand, which was grasped by Earl Ii,
who then said:
LII HANG oHANa's ADDRESS.
"Your Excellency: II affords me great
pleasure to have the honor to be pre-
sented to your. excellencY. The reputa-
tion of your highly esteemud virtues is
widely known throughout the world, and
in you citizens of the United States Of
America have invariably placed their
confidence. Consequently the exterior
administration and the interior relations
of this great republic are in state of
prosperity"
II am now specially appointed by my
august master, the emperor of China, TO
present to your excellency the assurance
i, of his most friendly feeling toward the
United States of America in the hope that
your excellency will reciprocate his sem
timents and cooperate with him to pro-
mote the friendly intercourse between
our two countries for the cause of the hu-
man kind.
'I trust your excellency's government
will continue to afford protection and
kind treatment to Chinese immigrants in
America and render friendly assistance to
the Chinese government when required.
"May the people of your nation enjoy
the blessings of continued peace"
THE pREs1DENTs RESPONSE.
Mr.. Cleveland replied as follows: "Your
Excellency: It gives me great pleasure
to have received from your hand the per-
sonal letter from your august sovereign
and to greet you as his personal repre-
sentative.
Notwithstanding the widely different
characteristics of the two countries, the
Welcome which is rendered to you by the
government and citizens of the United
States illustrates in the strongest possible
manner the kinship of nations. We feel
that, in the arrangement of your tour,
you have not allotted to your sojourp
among US sufficient time to gain an ade-
quate observation of all we have accom-.
plished as nation.
"It 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 strong and benefcent
government has been here established by
those who loved freedom, and that We
have generous and patriotic people who
love their government because 1t it theirs,
constructed by them, administered by
them and protected and saved by them.
1--WE heartily wish that your stay with
us may be most pleasant and that at its
CLOSE you may enjoy a safe and agreeable
return to your homo and your field of
duty and usefulness"
The president presented Earl Ii to
the members of the cabinet and others
present.
General conversation followed. When
IL ended Earl Ii and suite we're escorted
back to the Waldorf, where his excellenoy
remained during the afternoon.