The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-31

pleasure to receive from your hand the
personal letter from your august sover-
elgn, and to greet you as his personal
representative. Since the two countries
became better acquainted many Incidents
nave occurred, calculating to increase our
friendly relations, and not the least
gratifying of these are the kind express
slons contained in the letter Of your
Emperor and the visit to our country OF
his most distinguished subject who has
been SO honorably and prominently con-
neoted with public affairs of his own
country and with all that has been at
tempted in the direction of it's advance
| ment and improvement.
Your visit to US at this tune Is made
more impressive by the thought that it
serves to join in one suggestion the
most ancient civilization of the east and
ths best type OF newer civilization in
| the western world. Notwithstanding
the widely different characters of the two
countries the welcome which is rendered
you by the government and citizens of
the United States illustrates in the
strongest possible manner the kinship of
nations.
We feel that in tho arrangement OF
your tour you have not allotted to your
sojonrn among us sufficient time to gain
adequate observation Of all we have &C.
oomplshed as a nation. 1t will not, how
ever, escape your notice that a rich and
fertile domain has here been quickly
created by, those who we're assured that
they would reap where they had sown,
| that strong and beneficial govern
ment has been here esta blished by those
who loved freedom and that we have q
patriotic and generous people who love
| their government because 1t Is theirs;
controlled by them, administered for
them and protected and saved from
harm by them. We heartily wish that
your stay with US may be most pleasant
and at it's close you may enjoy safe
and agreeable return to your home and
to your field of duty and usefulness
| After MIR. Cleveland finished his re-
marks he introduced the gentlemen pres.
ent whom Lii Hung Chang had previous
~ met. The official interpreter. Lo
Flung Luh, introduced the two sons of
the yiceroy and the others who accompa-
MED him, to President Cleveland. After
this there was some informal talk and
pleasantries were exchanged. LII Hung
Chang did not indulge in hisspropensity
for asking questions to any great ex tent,
and at 1l.30. half an hour after the ar
terminated. The party entered carriages
in the same order in which they had ar
rived and were escorted by the cavalry
back to.the hotel. President Cleveland
and Secretaries Olney, Carlisle and La
mont took luncheon with Mr.. Whitney.
Mr.. Cleveland left on the yacht Sapphire
for Gray Gables this afternoon, acc0mpa-
ME by Mr.. Olney and Private Secretary
Thu-ber.
MEETS OLD CHINEsE FRIENDS.
Lii Hung Banquet ed at The Waldorf Sat
urday Evening.
| New York, August 30.-The ex- u nited
States ministers to China and New
York merchants in the Asiatic trade,
banquetted Ii Hung Chang at this eve
ming at the Waldorf.
John E. Valid, American senior minis
ter, presided. Ii Hung Chang sat at his
right and the Chinese minister on the
left. Among the guests were Ting Ison,
DR.. s. L. Baldwin, secretary of the
Methodist board OF missions, Col. d. B.
Siokles, W. W. Rockhill, assistant sscre-
tary of state, DR.. James B. Angel, Hon.
John Russell Young, Gen, Harace Por-
ter, Col. Fred Grant. Gen. Wilson, Gen.
Nelson Miles and John W. Foster.
Many fashionably dressed ladies looked
upon the animated scene. Geo. f. Seward
acted as toastmaster. de said that an
address TO Ii Hung Chang had been pie
pared by the American ex-ministers to
China and other gentlemen who has
had business relations with China.
IL was their token Of repect and affec-
tion for great man. The address was
then read to which Ii Hung Chang re-
piled through his interpreter, Lo Fung
Lub, as follows:
"You excellenoies and gentlemen
In acknowledging the cordial welcome
and kindly observation-disclosures to me
by the American government and the
citizens, find it impossible to refrain
from expressing my gratitude and
thankfulness to the great nation which
represents the best type of civilization to
the western world.
During my official career for the last
40 years in China, have bsen brought In
contact with the most accomplished
scholars. soldiers sailors, statesmen,
theologians and merchants of the west,
I therefore am convinced that the west
ern modern civilization, though super
Totally different from our own, will prove
in the world Of evolution as the fittest to
survive. So it has always been my cher
ished hope to see with my own eyes, how
the unlimited potentialities Of nature
have been brought into utilization for
the benefits of mankind.
81 need not say how pleased am that
my hope has been realized by my visits
to Europe and America, and how my
pleasure has been doubled on this par :
| tlcular occasion, that ind myself
among such splendid social gatherings
of our old China friends. Gentlemen.
you have expressed your approval and
appreciation of what have done for my
country in the most complimentary
terms. I can only hope after my return
to China / may ind that the results of
my visit and sojourn in the west, will
not only prove the means of oementing
and solidifyiing the most cordial rela.
lions between the far east and the ex-
treme west; but will also lead to tie
development of the richest natural re-
sources by the most modern administra-
tive and scientific skill, for the general
welfare and happiness Of the two hem
ispheres' of our globe.
| ''Gentlemen, before bringing my reply
to conclusion, beg to request you to
lift your glasses and drink. the health
of our old China friends.''
| Addresses were then delivered by Rev.
DIR. Baldwin secretary of the Methodist
board of missions; Hon. John w. Foster,
ex-Secretary OF Static, DIR. J. B. Angel,
John Brisbane Walker, Gen. Horace Por-
ter and Gen. Nelson A. Miles.
Freeman Bickford Badly Hurt.