New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

YaInen he gained high reputation for courtesy
efforts restrain the violence % OF & his colleagues sen
president of the Admiralty Board. and on Febru-
ary g. 1894 he raised by Imperial 9ecree from
At the time of the Japanese war he was titular
Of the s Pekng fneces agas the he
enemy. which not granted. Whatever MS pri-
ii-Yamen being a board with no initiating power:
and simply intended to amuse the ioreigners iuli
! them into condition of soporihc cohleHtheI' ana
stave off difficulty.
THE CHINESE GENERALS
OF the group of generals. Mich, Ma. Sou; Ikotenga
and formidable He is neither Manchu nor
Chinese, but ex-Mahometan OF e. Central t, Asia
ply signify and the first mepToR 1 nd of
When he next le3E appears on the scene in
prominent capacity. in July 1885, as the general to
Rebellion in the province of Kiapg-su The .Sx ex
during the japanese war he had brought consid-
cradle force from Central Asia or the New New Do
cesses he achieved in this are fully set forth
ths snnS 6 1915 81 the the ng d is de M
scrbed officially as being at an end Tnng then
formidable a soldier be retained in the capital
special post Sas Therefore tn t fo GF a %
up the command of the troops in the provinces ] Of
that he had been instructed to prepare Ping ang
as a capital for the dynasty. His return from
largely recruited from ex- Mahometans was
been Neglected Tung is trncuient and ferocious
soldier, but there is no reason to believe that he
cess in KiangSu was largely due to one OF his
OF the other generals named, Nieh is probably
the most important and he is. with some reason
ChengEnot to be. confounded with Nieh- Chi Kuei
Taotai G Of shanghai-heid a Command during the
Japanese war and he was one or the generals
beaten Hfter the war he " was made provincial
Comma Chief in Pe-Chi-Li and entrusted II
army corps. This force forms the c, enne 0t e tne
lately by Russians and consists Of thirty battaons
(ffteen thousand mem Of infantfy Its heaq Tt
impossible to resist the conclusion that if Jung Lu
and Mich had been sufficiently energetic and whole
P&ned ned to deal with nTmh looks OF @
they were ,2 only trmmers rim IFa , no Fought b No
means badly in the japanese war at Ping-f ang ana
believe him to be the son of Ma Junng border D1TGer
II He RP W enera Rs Neh
in the armies around Peking. General. sometimes
called Marshal Sou holds command INA ond on daa the
10 do with the French. by whom ne Is considered considered
that he has kept a disturbed border, long the home
of desperadoes. in state of marked tranquility
Goyernor-Generai Of Manchuria, Whose name has
G events at Pekng but whose influence and reputa-
ton are undoubtedly great During the japanese fs
japanese paid him several compliments among 2
others that Of being the rsf Gnnese genera S
Manchura he has also done extremely well trebling
abiest ofiicial in China, but 1t is morally certain
that the Russians have already made sure of his
I now come to six great functlonaries all OF
m@gfs mpoTsnGe Ii Hung cSang Chang chS Tung
LIN Il @ Kun H. ~ shRg %9oa tai & Wang ba eP ey Gha9 are "aa
more or less well known among suroPean.s--iI4 /!
World World. 0"'''S 'l0ss' O'''' ''''"' '''' '
IL HUNG CHANG.
It Is unnecessary to attempt any detailed de;scTp-
ton of Ii Hung Chang OF Snrivae9 @ pSts Ave
generations gem Of Hanin ancestors. has fallen much
G5ed Gf to be m the his
from office on September 1888 wa was described as
men his name has beGome 6yTGTd ana dan2a fhey an an
1885 stin more is he blamed for having signed
the 1886 secret treaty with Russia which was so
f H aS and PK2Wangse at Canton was intended
as 'ah shon9rable retirement, but events in the
north have made some persons think that he might might
fapeoteIls1 for other reasons besides the weightty
great influence he had in China has waned and al;
most DISAPPEARED 1t was laFgey due $ 10 MS sR
ing comPr9mses With the foreign FoweGT and [ae
He cannot screen the offenders at Peking from
explating their crimes on outraged humanity, and
Nor e can he be Of use to as representative OF
In hG MIN and viii not have him at any price There
grave reasons for doubling the sincerity OF
close Of his European tour he became, perhaps
@ he mers of of the Tarars
Der we'll General Gordon saying that If we
was M talked edS Of IN 1850 We We YOU'D nd him more
structive and difficult than the present dynasty.
see Ii Hung Chang range himself on the side Of
the reactiOnartes and anu-foreignerS as soon as
he finds that matters cannot be patched up by one
of his favorite make believes. To whatever side
he attaches himself ne Will bring hdb little strength
his political like his physical, vigor is now but a
AN HONEST vICERoY
OF Chang shih Tung the Viceroy OF the dual
Hou-Kwang Province. j. is impossible to speak in
any terms but those of respect He is, however, old
and cautous and although ne has Ia Iatfer5y Ldrs ex
he was during the greater part of his career in
speet he Was the open opponent Of Ii Hung Chang
with whom he was always at enmity, but his prln-
How's treaty with Russia in 1880. AS viceroy Of
the LANG -Kiang provinces-Kiang-S Kiang-Su and
ing the prosperity of that city In 1889 ne came
forward as the exponent OF the views OF China
jected Hankow- Peking railway, and obtained a
triumph over Ii Hung Chang which seemed dearly
own railway He has held the Viceroyalty there
during the last eleven years. and his admlnistra-
ton has been characterized by honesty and efti-
his confidence by publishing volume of Essays
Exhortatons to Study" In which he showed
the imperative necessity for China to change her
methods. 1t complete vote face on the part
Of the lately Chauvinist Governor General. and
peror read the work and distributed forty copies
he received to induce him to take up the question
of reform There are two drawbacks TO the value
besides the fact that he is getting Old His military
reforms have been on a limited scale; and he does
part in restoring order outside his Provinces where
his authority is beyond challenge. Secondly he
pretudiceS against foreigners for
couraging the traffc in opium. which he declares
is debasing the Chinese people. This grievance
grs TO- ag a1 antforeign ttitude at anS
he reputation O