New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
WHO'S WHO IN CHINA
DETAILS OF THE CAREERS OF MEN
WHOSE NAMES ARE OFTEN SEEN IN
THE NEWSPAPERS NOWADAYS.

OBy permission of the Leonard Scott Publication
Company)
A small step toward unravelling the Chinese
tangle may be made by establishing the identity
antecedents of the chief peTsonages in China. The
The pages of the PeKing Gazette" constitute the
chief source of information, and the English
index and official list which formed useful features
IN the first volumes there is no other course than
&c go through the numbers from end to end. The
variations in spelling the indscriminate use Of
is over the searcher must put In a plea Tor IN
dulgence if he has committed any oversight The
ply but an outline of ofcial promotion and change
and the character of the individual has to be judged
by the impression left the minds of the for
eigners brought into contact with him. which is
Guilty is Increased by the influence of circumstances
The Chinese official who appears at one time en-
verse and reactionary How many conflicting YER
slons for instance have been given by well quail
and conduct of Ii Hung Chang while all the time
the national limited range Of vision dislike for the
foreigner and rooted aversion to change In any
sphere of history the true may stand revealed
beyond all possibility of concealment.
PRINCE TUAN.
Leaving outside our theme the Empress DowageE
WRom me ii %oGd mot Se possbe to say anyhn
fresh or instructive the Manchu Prince Tuan. who
of blood and war, first demands attention. He is
the grandson of the Emperor Taouk Wang, who
Fung who died in 1861 His father Prince Tun,
was Hien Fungs senior in age but was either In IN
some personal misconduct in the succession or
late Princes Kung and Chun, the latter the father
Of the Emperor Kwang Su Kwang Su and Tuan
are consequently first cousins, but the latter Is
about ten years the elder
The first mention of this Prince occurs occur as re
Prince of the Third Order, he was presented to
TO take part in the review of the Picking Field
Force. and on several subsequent occasions he was
rifce at the tombs Of their common ancestors.
Soon after this interview he was appointed to the
after this his progress was rapid On Fe6ruay t.
who on this occasion raised him to the rank of
prince of the second order and conferred on him
the special title of Prince of Tuan. During the
with JaDan Prince Tuan was given a post on the
Board of Control of the Peking Field Force and
mand-in-chef OF that corps. 1t may be mentioned
that Prince chun the PEI father hed tdrt ths is
other evidence to show that the Imperial family
military leader. On November 80, 1895, he was Sc
lected for the task of choosing eligible persons TO
other proof his growing influence is furnished in
the selection of his son 10 be adopted as heir OF
and about the same time read that he and his
son waited on the emperor % Tor the purpose i OF
Cordance with the practice of the house. kwang
tined soon afterward to be proclaimed his heir
and successor at the time OF the coup d'etat. In
federate, Kang VI, We're specially. praised and re
warded by the Empress IOWager for the discipline
and good conduct OF the Peking Field Force.
The significance Of this praise was revealed
for his share in that event the Empress Dowager
increased Prince Tuans allowance by 500 taes and
srmy The aeection Of his son. youth @ of four
teen, to be the next Emperor, was stu stronger
the Empress Dowager. 1t was after this event
that he began to enter I into relations with
PprpSse Of turning their resentment from the Man
society
Tou HouD out of which emerged the Boxers. He
Of whom at present so little is known although he
is the prime director Of the most Important political
It IS impossible yet foretell whether Prince Tuan
to his personal authority or whether they will
sweep him aside when ne has served a TIER m turn; 6
degree will become more interesting as guide Of
Chinese opinion than the Manchu prince
JUNG LU.
Next in imP9rta1ee after Prince Tgaq nc comes @ Jung
Generalissmo of the Chinese army, described on
the morrow Of the arrest OF the ReformeTs m tive
It is typical OF the difficulty of judging the
character and views OF Chinese public men that we'll
Informed Europeans describe Jung Lu as well in
formed and progressive" and as violent and re-
known about him. that he saved the Emperor's life
mn yr Gg0, az dasr+on % p Perbe % oap ronger
proof is furnished by his hostility TO the late Ii
Empress, and to General Tung. the truculent COM
mander of the Kansuh army. Jung Lu is sometimes
Possesses basis Of truth it is more likely to be
through marriage with one of her nieces, There
is some confusion made between him and another
Manchu named Ju Lu, who was long Military Gov
ernor Of Moukden and Governor-General OF Man
GhHria and who Is much Older man ~ and still
sze-Chuen. The first distinct reference find to Jung
of Tartar General of Hsian and was summoned
to Pekng TO take part in the proposed festivities
the outbreak OF hostiiities with Japan He came
n Picking q
extraordinarily rapid. In December: 1894, he was
Corps and he also given a seat in the Tsung-Ii-
Yarnen. on June q 1895, Jung I4u was made In
spector-GeneraI at Picking. and In this capacity
he controlled the palace gendarmerie, As a reward
mand Of the Yellow Banner, as Lieutenant-Ieneral,
and before the end Of the year he became Assistant
OF Prince Kung, Jung LII appointed Viceroy OF
Pe-Chi-h. and as final reward after the crushing
was nominated Generalissimo Of Chinas armies.
Lu in modern Chinese history In four years he
had risen from small military command in
provincial town to the most important Viceroyship
and the highest military command in the empire.
Whether it was his good fortune or his merit who
As to the real sentiments of Jung Lu it is i'm
is that he is man in favor Of moderation, il not
Of absolute progress. 1t seems clearly established
HI d al I'll m his Jeit The " extrere counses OF a0 "
and Ii Ii Lien YIN with regard to the later
whose death by poison two months ago was the al
jung Lu Came into collision in 1895 or 1896, while the
latter IN charge Of the Palace police. The story
goes that the Manchu general caused the chief OF
the eunuchs to be bastinadoed, and that the En-
press thereupon banished Jung Lu for ten years, a
sentence never carried into execution. The rumors
from Peking during the last few weeks all agree in
attributing TO Jung Lu wish TO protect the Lega-
tions and restrain the fury Of Prince Tuan and his
associates.
PRINCE TUAN's RIGHT HAND MAN.
Kang VI. another Manchu, is the next most DOW
erful parsonage at Picking and he is antIforeign
and violent as Prince Tuan. In 1880 he Governor
OF Kiang-Su. and three years later his recurs
in the same capacity in Quans-Tung. In the autumn
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