New-York tribune., 1900-08-26

esive the profitable prot; office of Customs Taotal at
5 bdssod In D 1886 and In the following
Board of Revision and Director General OF the new
Imperial Bank from which his counrymen can
borrow at an intersst & ranging from Is TO 50 per
deal to do with him during the present crisis He
resembles Ii Hung Chang in several respects and
he is said to he related to him. But there is no
to suppiant him years ago by one 05 Of his own
W tbs Ma @ sheng aTS
the source OF his power the Empress Dowager
in his business profits He is man Certain to
be heard much OF, and he will doubt pose as the
Chang in respect of guile and humbug is falling on
Wang Wen Chao Governor of Hoo-Nan in 1890
Viceroy of Yun-Nan in 1893. Viceroy of Pe-Chi-Li
other appointments monopolized his time. is too
of moderation and the friend of Prince Ching and
Jung Lu he Is said to have been killed In an at
tempt to save the legations.
FORCED INTO AN ANTI-FOREIGN ATTITUDE
1t is impossible to speak of Ii Ping Hien the
last of the greater Chinese officials have named
without some feeling of regret, as but for German
in regenerating his country. BY all accounts Ii
China, and 1t was he who defeated the French at
Langson: In 1894 he appears as Governor designate
his post In 1897 he was especially mentioned by
Yu Yin Lin. Fantai or PROVINCIAL treasurer OF
as one OF the men who would save China; When
Liu Ping Chang was dismissed from the Viceroy-
ship of SzeChuen at the instance of he British Gov
ernment, Lii Ping Hen was nominated his success
trouble with the Germans who made their famous
descent on Kao-Chao and insisted his removal
in the natal city of COnfucus Instead Of proceeding
to Sze-Chuen, Ii Ping Hen was. after a long dip
lomatic wrangle ''cashiered and declared incapable
OF holding any high Office while the Manchu Gov
ernor of Foo-Chow, Ju Lu. ex-Viceroy Of Man
churia, to Chung King in his stead Thanks
to German inhexibity Ii Ping Hen. who might
have been progressist. is now the pronounced
enemy Of the foreigner and all his works
In conclusion. l would certain men about
whom there detailed particulars to be given
but who may prominently forward in
the near future. Among these Weng Tun Ho, the
ex-tutor Of the Emperor Kwang-Su disgraced some
ment and living In retirement is perhaps the
sia and with better backing might have thwarted
Count Cassini Then there are the two Tsengs viz
Tseng Kuang-uan, the present Marquis and his
Ambassador who signed the treaty of St. Peters
burg, now editing progressive Chinese paper in
Liu of Nanking Another possibly useful official
of experience is Ii Chong Fung commonly called
was for time the adopted son. of IL Hung Chang
He was once Minister to Japan, and signed the
he also accompanied Europe in 1896. Since his
return to China that occasion he has been living
Finally. there two Chinese OF special interest
Of whom absolutely nothing is known, but whose
Marquis Cheng. representative of the Ming
dynasty. and as such allowed by the Manchus to
The other is the Duke of Yen the direct descendant
OF Confucus and the possessor OF the only heredi-
fore us long vista OF possible popular reforms in
China; but no doubt he would make the first con-
egn missionaries These are however idle con-
lectures or remote contingencies For the moment
sincere cooperation on the part Of Chinese ociaIs
and the good will OF even the friendly" Viceroys
severe straln.-(Demetrius C. Boulger, In The
Contemporary Review.