The evening times., 1896-09-01
COMMENDED TO LIS CARE
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have done nd how little we have done on
our part is EotnnS but the duues Oh oar
SoserDluen ut; Whine the nilssIoiaTies, as you
lave so ABLY expressed, have Dot sought Ior
Ix.cuDiary gaILs ~ une nanus OI our ltopie.
luey have bot teen secret eiE1ssafies or
diplomatic SCHEMES. Their laLors lave 10
pUnucai sieniiicuhuice, ana the last, not
Ine least, IL / hight lie permitted To auu,
tit.Y nav. uuJ iIterierreu WIN or esdrpeu
the rights Of the territorial authorities.
III d philosophical point OF view as lar
as | Lave been enabled TO appreciate,
Christianity does not miller much h ON con-
Iuciauisin, as tie eOlden rue Is expressed
IN Il posiuve form IN oHe. Willie L rs ex-
pressed in the negative form In Tie other.
Logically speaking, whether these two
forms of expressing the same truth cover
exac.ly the same ground or cot, ieave IL
TO tie investigations OF those VINO nave III ore
philosophical tastes IL is at tie present
enough TO conclude that there exists not
much difference between the wise sayings
of the two greatest teachers on tie fOunda
tioDs of Which the whole structure or the
two systems of morality is built.
As man Is oolni;O-e,f OF sOoi, intellect
and body, highly appreciate That your
eminent boards, In your arduous and much
esteemed work in the field OF China have
neglected none OF the three. l.. need not
say much about the first, being an IN
movable mystery, of which our greatest
Confucius had only an active knowledge
SAVING BODY AND SOUL. -.''-' >
As for intellect, you have started numer,
served as the best means to enable our
countryinen to acquire u fair knowledge or
tie n.ouern arts ana sciehces oil the West.
As for the material part OF our CoIstitu.
ton, your societies have started hospitals
and dspensaries to save, not only the soul,
but also the body OF our couftr ymen. i
have also TO add that IN the tine or famine
IN soine OF tie provinces, you have GoHe
your best to tie greatest humber Of the sur-
ferers TO keep their bodies and souls to-
gether. 20 }-
Before / bring my reply 10 a couclu-
sion baye only two things TO mention.
The iiTst, the opium smoking beiug a
great curse to the Chinese Population,
your societies have tried ttcir best 10
suppress. not only as snti-opium socie-
Ties. but 10 afford the best means to
stop the era wing for the opium. and you
also receive none as your converts who
are opium smokers W.. t-Fr --F - d
! have TO tender, in my own name. my
oest THANKS for your most effective pra yers
10 God to spare my life when it was i'm
perled by the assaSsln's bEllst and for
your most kind wishes, which YOU have
Just now so ably expressed in theipterests of
my sovereign, my country and people.
The Hon. Sir. Foster presented the vari-
Gus clergymen, with whom Ii shook hands
cordially. In nearly every instance he
asked their ages.
The address to Ii Hung Chang was en-
cased in beautiful leather cover. The
interpreter returned it Immediately after
wards in order to receive the autosrap phs OF
the mem bers OF the delegation.
Ii wore purple skirt and a yellow en-
broidered Jacket. A scarlet cap, from
which dangled his peacock feathers formed
his head ornament