The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-30

eral Harmon and Private Secretary Thur
Der, arrived this morning on the yacht
Sapphire and were driven direct to the
home of ex-Secretary William G. Whit
ney, where the recpetion of Lii Hung
Chang took place at noon. The reception
by the President was quite simple in
character and lasted only twenty-five
minutes Lii Hung Changes first caller
was eX-Secretary John w. Foster Large
crowds gathered in Fifth avenue early to
see the parade to the Whitney residence.
A large force of police was necessary to
/ preserve order. Around Mr.. Whitney's
house clear place was reserved, the
| dead line being drawn on either side of it.
! LII Hung Chang, accompanied by Mr..
| Lo, his Interpreter, called on Secretary of
! State Olney, who was also at the Waldorf.
/ The usual greetings were formally ex-
changed and then the ambassador re-
turned to the state apartments, where he
is lodged. Ten minutes later Mr.. Olnev
returned the visit and when the process
sion started for the Whitney residence he
accompanied Earl Lii, pointing out places
! OF interest on the way. a troop of the
! Sixth cavalry acted as his escort. When
the house was reached, Earl Lii, with Mr..
| Lo ON one side and Secretary Olney ON the
other, walked brisllly to the door of the
mansion. The door was swung open and
he was ushered inside.
| Among those present at the reception
were Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle,
Secretary of the War Lamont, Assistant
! Secretary of State Rockhill Gen. james
II. Wilson and eX-Secretary of State Eos
! ter.
When the vice regal party entered they
were ushered into the drawing room at
! the left of the entrance. All around were
beautiful decorations.
The President walked from the library
! into the ballroom, which, while lacking
/ Iloral decorations, was tastefully adorned
| with flags.
The President was followed Ivy the
members of his official family. with Sec
rotary Carlisle on his right, Secretary
Lamont on his left and around him were
! Assistant Secretary of State Rockhill, ex-
! Secretary of State Foster, ex-Minister to
China John Russell Young and Gen. Jas.
III. Wilson, an old acquaintance of the
Chinese statesman.
LII Hung Chang, accompanied by his
secretary, Lo Fang Lou, and surrounded
| by his suite of attendants, followed Sec
rotary Olney and it was then seen that
one of the attendant celestials held in his
/ arms rather bulky-looling package.
The procession continued to the ball
room, when the great Ii caught his first
L
ambassador apparently had no difficulty
! in picking out Mr. Cleveland. He kept
/ his piercing eyes riveted on the President
/ as he approached, and as Assistant Secre-
! tary of State Rockhill advanced to greet
! him, he said something in Chinese to him
: as he beckoned with his head toward Pres
| ident Cleveland. This elected a smiling
, nod and reply from Mr.. Rockhill. When
! everything was in readiness Secretary
Olney stepped forward and informed the
President of the pleasure it afforded him,
as Secretary of State, to present to him
| His Excellency Ii Hung Chang, the per-
! sonal representative of his imperial mai
esty, the emperor of China.
The remarks of Mr. OIney were closely
listened to by Ii and his secretary, and
at their conclusion the latter interpreted
! them to his celebrated chief.
! President Cleveland, who seemed deeply
! interested in his distinguished visitor.
made graceful bow of recognition to the
earl and smilingly extended his hand.
; which was grasped by Ii. They smiled
at each other for moment after which
! Earl Ii began the following address to
| the President:
Your excellency. it affords me great
! pleasure to have the honor to be presented
! to your eXcellency. The reputation of
u
known throughout the world and in you
4, the citizens of the United States of Amer
! lea have invariably placed their conf
! uence; consequently both the interior adj
mlnlstration and the exterior relations of
! this great republic are in state of pros
! perity. 1t will always be the desire of
my august master, the emperor of China.
! to maintain the most cordial relations
| with America, whose friendly assistance
rendered to the government of China
after the Chinese-Japan war, ana whose
| protection for the safety of the Chinese
J immigrants in America al ALWAYS to be
highly appreciated. | am now specially
appointed by my august master, the en-
! peror OF China, to present to your excel
lency the assurances of his most friendly
! feelings towards the United States of
America in the hope that your excellency
| Will reciprocate his sentiments and CO.
| operate with him to promote the friendly
| intercourse between our two countries
for the cause of humankind. trust that
| your excellency's government will con-
tihne to afford protection and kind treat
ment to the Chinese immigrants in
America and render friendly assistance
| to the Chinese government when required
May the peoples of our two nations enjoy
the benefits of perpetual peace"
| Mr.. Cleveland replied thus:
Your Excellency: 1t gives me great
| pleasure to receive from your hand the
personal letter from Your august sover-
eign and to greet you as his personal rep
resentative. Since our two countries be-
came better acquainted many incidents
have occurred calculated TO increase our
friendly relations, and not the least graf