Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-28
(copyrightcd. 1900. by Frank O. Car
pontcr)

tcopyrighted. 1900. by Frank q. Care
pcnicr)
washineion. j.. g.. oct. 10. 1929.
Hello. Contrnlr'
"Hcio, who do you wunt7'
Il want the chinese minister at the
Chinese lognt.on.'
"wnit % mlnuto"-'1Ioro b. go Drop
in you dlmo''
This conversation went ovcr The wires
between myself and tnny-yolccd toic-
phone Girl OF the central station Zoo
Washington this morning. I was pnt-
ronizlnr one Of the drug store public
telephone and WIS anxious 60 arrange
for an interview with the chinese mln-
Istor The connection having boon made
Il took but o. moment 10 learn that The
minister would Boo me at once ana
within a short time ! was nc the door Of
the legation.
THE CHINESE LEGATION
The chinese legation r. situated ON
tho corner OF 18th and q streets. With
in stones throw NJ The enormous pal-
nee which thu millionaire Letter put up
aa shelter Tor Mary" ua one of The
family expressed g. Not FAR away ~
Dupont Circle ana iiinlne'a big house
for which Mr. Letter used Co pay %
thousand dollars month rent before
the shelter was built. and lnrT before
Mary married Mr Curz1u aud became
the wife uf The vlcHruy ~ lrdlus /
don't know what rrnt the chinese pay,
but I should judge thr house io no
worth morn than the Blaine mansion.
II a. o. rrU1t h'ildinF ui white stone,
magnlncHntiy finished. with many
rooms ana gorgeous appointment
A press upon the electric button
brought the culorcd butler Go ihN Nlur
aud "a son or Africa told mH that the
reproaentlsiye NJ the biggest nation uf
Asia was expecting me and would Do
down Immediately ile lei me into the
unrlor, n room about nH large nH the
RID nom of the white House. the walls
OF which were huns with rare Chinese
which contained enough material ~ tile
a bath room
THE CHINESE MINISTER
had hardly taken my scat before
the minister entered. lie a. tall.
straight Chinese. ~ about forty years
Of age. lie may BE- older. Cor you can
never ten the age NJ IL celestial and
the older he d the pruudcr be- ia ~ a..
lie was dressed IN o. dark SILK gown.
with a vc1t of purple Hllk. Ills sleeves
were very long, but were rolled up ut
the wrists showing u white silk undnrs
dress and Ions, slender. ariatucrltlr
hands on his head was black skull
cap, ana upon 10. Just over tho fore
head, was "a round diamond pin uH bis
a. a nickel. set with stones of the hrHt
water. His cxccllcncy shook hands.
cat down beside me, and tho conycrau-
ton began. We nrft talked % Peru.
The Chinese minister 90 America o. also
minister % Peru. and hlH rKculluucy
viii make q trip 90 South America
along about tho inst % the year. lie
n rather alarmed about the climate.
ana was pleased 90 learn that Lima u
az henlthful ua any part u the celestial
empire.
PHILIPPINES AND CHINESE fAfMt-
CITATION.
The next subject was tho Philippines
ana the prohibition NJ Chinese immlFm,
ton by Cen. otis ! asked tho minister
what he thought OF the decree. lie TO-
piled
u think it ~ o. mistake for the Am
orleans 20 endenvOr Go Keep the Chimes
out ~ the Philippines. ! mean mis-
not no 10 win nnUct China, but us re-
CARDS tho development of the islunds
The most of the labor ~ the Ear east
S. furnished hy the chinese, They ara
the business people ana the induatrin
people ~ the orient They furnish thI
best labor. and q o. almost Impossible
10 accomplish anything without them
The English have learned this long ago