The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-27
TO WELCOME Ii HUNG CHANG.


New YORK. Aug A-Arranxenenes are
being completed 20 give Il Hung Chang q
royal welcome on his arrival On the 81.
Louis IN the lower nsy on Friday next. IL
has been decided by the navy department
thar nineteen runs shall constitute the
proper salute 20 the Chinese statesman.
Tire 1etaEis OF his reception by the feet
have been left entirely With Admiral
Bunce. L.. il is understood viii 30 aboard
one OF the vessels of the feet. while the
others viii act as an escort The naval
demonstration. as al present ccnten plated.
viii cover only ne day Of LIS arrival.
On Fritay morning the feet viii move
down the bay and. taking position. vii
await the arrival OF the 81 Louis II will
then be taken aboard enc OF .he war vss-
ssls- AS tia vessel passes oy each shsp
VIII run 10 the toresrnck the imperial
coiors OF CANA and VIII IRE a salute.
TIE Chinese ambassador viii be received
BY Mayor Strong. acting In his Official ca
racity as chief magistrate OF the city OF
New York. on Tuesday next. at The Ner-
chants Club. OF which the mayor il a
member. II has bean arranged that Mon
day will be Brooklyns day for receiving
the distinguished Chinsmsn- The mayor.
after receiving Ii Ia the Merchants Club.
will drive him up town under an escort
OF The National Guard OF the state OF New
York Ii VIII review the various regs-
A8fEdAtSs AIA WATCH t0E-T dE1lS and n1QnEu-
vers- he VIII then be treated 10 a dIsul.v
OF the eyolutions or ne New York fir~
men, who viii parade with their engines.
tenders and hook and ladder trucks. The
distinguished visitor will be rendered a
dinner al the Merchants Club. where hs
viii be the guest OF the mayor and Gen.
Fitzgerald After witnessing the drill OF
the firemen. Ii win have a chance TO see
an exhibition OF the workings OF the vari-
Aara arrs~
partmeut of public works and the depart
ment OF street cleaning. He will of course.
De presented 20 the official heads OF thA
various city departments.
All Chinatown win have a chance to see
II Hung Chang. On the afternoon OF
Thursday. September l. the viceroy. ac-
companied by his suite and escorted by ,ha
regulars or the United States army. will
make his public entry into and through
the Chinese quarter. The intimation re-
ceiyed by Ii from Peking that he should
cut short his travel In the West has given
rise to the report that his presence in the
Chinese capital is needed at this time 10
put q stop to activity OF those officials
who have since his departure. been plotting
his downfall. This. however. Is not thought
In well informed quarters to be the real
reason for LIS practical recall. II is the
commercial treaty with Japan that re-
0ulres the viceroy's Immediate attention
Ii Hung Chang was the imperial commits
sioner appointed 10 negotiate the treaty
with Japan. lie had TO relinauish the work
when In the middle of X. 10 attend the
coronation OF the czar as the emperor's
representative.
Chang Yin Hoon. a member OF the Tsung
II famen and former minister to the
United States. took up the threads of the
negotiations where Ii Hung Chang had
dropped them. Now the treaty Is ready TO
the yiceroy TO put the finishing touches 10
the important document. and the Japanese
government Is only too glad 10 have his
signature affixed 10 Il. Thus two nations
are impatisntly waiting for Il Hung
Changs return.