The herald., 1896-08-22
For the Entertainment of Ii
Hung Chang
THE GUEST OF THE NATION
Will Find No Lack of Courteous At!en.
tiou
at New York City-Sight Seeing
end Military Review
Associated Press Special Wire.


gram for the entertainment of Ii Hung
Chang while in this country:
Earl Ii Hung Chang, special embas-
sador from the emperor of China, will
arrive in New York by the steamship
St Louis on Friday. August 2Sth. Major
General Thomas II. Ruger, L. S. A., COM
mandng the department Of the east,
who has been designated by the presi-
dent to act as his representative. will
meet him on his arrival and escort him
with a detachment of the Sixth regi-
ment, United States cavalry, to the
Waldorf hotel, where he will remain dur
ing his stay in New York as a guest Of
the nation The state department will
be represented by w. w. Rockhill, first
assistant secretary of state. Gen. Ruger
will attend the viceroy during his So
journ in this country and be in charge
of all arrangements pertaining to his
visit. The president of the UnitedStates
who is to be in the city as the guest of
eX-Secretary of the Navy Whitney, will
receive the ambassador 1T Mr.. Whitney S
residence on the following day, the sec
retary of the treasury, the secretary of
war and possibly other members of his
cabinet being present.
On Sunday visit will be made to Gen.
Grants tomb at Riverside. Monday will
be spent in trip to the military acad-
emy al West Point by the L. S. S. Dol
phin and a sail under theBrooklyn bridge
and up the East river. The next day the
party will be entertained at lunch by
representative business men of New
York, and later in the day an opportun-
ity will be given the Chinese Aesidents
of the city to meet the earl by arrange
ment with the Chinese consul Wednes-
day will be occupied with a visit to
Brooylyn by invitation of the mayor
of that city and in the evening the vice
roy will be rendered a review by the
Seventh regiment in it's armory. Thurs
day the party will so by the Pennsyl-
vania railroad to Philadelphia, where
suitable entertainment will be provided.
and Friday and Saturday will be spent in
Washington and Sunday at Niagara
Falls, where the viceroy will be met by
representatives of the Canadian govern
ment, who will escort him to Vancouver,
from which port he sails for home.
THE EARL COMING
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 81. - The
American line steaS<er st. Louis, which
sails for New York tomorrow, will take
an exceptionally large number of pas
sengers. In addition to Ii Hung Chang,
who is described on the list as "ambas-
sador, senior guardian to the heir ap-
parent, prime minister of state and earl
of the first rank, with the title of Suy,"
the passengers include Mr.. and Mrs.
Augustin Daily, Col. and Mrs. Eaton, Mr.
Daniel Frohman and General Manager
Pugh of the Pennsylvania railway
LONDON COMMENT
LONDON, Aug. 21.-The Times this
publishes a long article and an
editorial dealing with Ii Hung Chang's
visit to England. Amoug other things
the Times says:
Iii Hung Chang affects panied sur
prise because of Lord Saiisburys fail
ure to quickly agree to hts proposition
for a revision Of the tariff now in force
in the trade between China and Eng
land. 1t is understood that Lord Sails
bury does not oppose the principle Of
views of the members of the chamber
of commerce at Shanghai and elsewhere
upon the subject of the details relating
to the proposed changes
In an interview Lord Salisbury said
that Ii Hung Chang argued that Eng
land had not hesitated to agree to an
increase of tariff in the case of Japan,
without asking for any equivalent,
therefore the Chinese diplomat was of
the opinion that it would be only an act
of justice for England to do the same by
China, and although Ii Hung Chang fa-
vors freeing the whole of the Chinese
seaport to foreign commerce, he could
not offer that as a compensation for
just concession already given to Japan.
Lii Hung Chang insinuated that Lord
Salisbury's reluctance upon this point
would hinder ali possibilities of Chinese
progress in the matter of trade and
commerce. The article concludes, how
ever, that England, Immediately after
the raising of the tariff, could obtain
proclamation opening the seaport as
VI ould abandon Likin or inland duties
would abandon Ligin or inland duties
the Japanese level, will not be entertain
ed. Likin duties will only be abolished
for some still higher tax at the treaty
port than even the ten per cent as is now
being done in the case of opium. The
Times publishes Lii Hung Chang's own
words, thanking the people of Great Brit
ain for the unexpected hospitality shown
him. He says he will tell his emperor
and his country of the remarkable sue
cess achieved by England-how the peo-
pie of England have adopted a policy of
working up raw material, until this land
has become the worlds workshop. Ii
Hung Chang added that China desired
to make the utmost progress in the pol
icy of supplying workshops with raw
material so China, too, may become
power
The article asks if it is sound policy
for the country hoping the most from
China's developments, to first veto and
then grudgingly grant her demands.
In an editorial column the Times re-