The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-10
III CALLED A TRAITOR.
The Chinese of New York Denounce
the Great yiceroy.

the Great yiceroy.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1o--For years the |
Chinese in America have looked upon Lii
Hung Chang as a man second only TO the
Emperor Kwang Hsu, himself. They have
been proud of Lis successful diplomacy. OF
his trip around the world, and of the man
ner in which the foreign potentates re
ceived him. They were happy when they
heard he was to govern the Cantonese, for
they believed that their relatives would
finally be freed from the robbef pest
which had bothered them for centuries.
They loved and revered the old man, but
the events of the last two months nave
been sufficient to change their hearts ana
minds Lii Hung Chang is no longer fe-
vered by the thinking men OF Chinatown
He has been a prominent actor IN the Cal-
nese tragedy, and his actions have caused
a change OF feeling among his countrgmen
here.
Traitor" Kissed one of the leading
merchants of Chinatown yesterday when
Ii Hung Chang's name was mentioned by
a renorter. He is ole Of the leading splT-
its of the Chinese Empire Reform Asso-
citation, and as well posted as any Mongo-
liam in the city. He is as unsSrHpuious
as your ward heeIers,' he mattered
Didn't you tell me month ago that Ii
Hung Chang was the greatest man IN the
Chinese Empire-a man VINO coufd De
trusted 20 the farthest extent?' was asked
for this particular Chinamah haa Deeh
mostSprofuse in his praise
We've found him out since then. lie
has thrown eff his mask-pToved himself
i TO be the greatest wire puller in the eooh-
try. He no longer dares to say that ne Is
friend of reform, that he would like 10
SEP railroads telegraph lines. street cars,
thrniIghDIt the eLil
I pjre. He is for Ii Hung Chang He IS
not for reform
| when asked what particular act brought
| abe41t the change of feeling, the merchant
! did not answer for a few minutes. He was
visibly angry, ana DISAPPOINTMENT. was
stamped on his face. Tnen he replied:
.He said that If anything happened to
/ the Empress Dowager the Chinese or Can
ton and the southern provinces "outa JpiH
the Boxers in a war against the Woriu.
! That is one of the things which convinced
us that Ii was unfaithful- He showed
his seifishness in that statement ne
knows that the DowageT is wicked and re
srorsih1e for the whole Boxer uprising.
He knows thar she has taken practically
5T Dowers away from the Emperor ana Is
doIr,s her best TO arouse sentiment against
him that will permit her 70 take his most
sublime life She is d most terribly heFee
-;per cat. She is worse than an Anarchist
because he said that he was iof reform
He told the leaders OF our great party ina
he had worked for years TO have modern
methods introduced into China. Now Ne
ind him serving two masters mat oh'
cannot do for long. as you vel know.
hat cCnvinces US that Ii has Dee
false? Wait minute and II! show you
The Chinese went into his private office
opened a safe. and took from il long let
Ter written in Chinese Then he said
"A Jew months ago the leaders CT oui
I,artv wrote TO Ii Hung Chang asking toi
a frank statement Of his feeling TOWARD
reform This answer WAS dictated pS l.
to his nephew and signed by the nephew
with the Viceroy's private seal. We az
nnf dnubr that II came from L. The nepk'
ew was used so that Ii could deny th'
authenticity OF the letter should the En-
press Dowager get hold OF it. The let'ei
vas written IN June and sent 10 Leung IN
Tso who represents The reform party Il
Honolulu We VIII gst it translated TO
you
? The translation is as follows.
Fer more than thirty years II Huni
-qng has been believer il opening Chi
ia 10 foreign Influences. huJ he has stoo
! 8fcne. In the DAYS OF the TAPPING rebel
lion. which II Hung Chang helped 10 sup
press. he had the help of Gordon. the Brit
d ish general, whose skill put an end 10 III
4 learned that foreigners were mere skilft
! than his eountrvnen aud he came TO I'll
, conclusion that Cdina could learn from IN
outside world. But no one else held thes
views. and one man could do nothing
, ...Au this time Ii Hung Chang has be
/ lisved il educating the Chinese in foTeig
WAYS. but he has been alone among tn
! r.4andarins, and could do nothing. Now
is old and cannot do what the young re
formers are doing for their country II
+ has only sympathy for them IN their "oTi
r 1t is not Ii Hung Chang who had the It
/, formers beheaded, nor are his age1's ats
2 them. II is the Empress. and Ii Hun
Chang cannot stop it. The prosecutor
e the refoImers who was shot in SEaRgh
n the other day was not an agent OF Ii Hun
: Chang, as has been said, but of the En-
e press.
5 Ii Hung Chang is still alone among ii
4 nlandarins in believing in foreign educi
i ton. end what can enc old man DO? I
e wants the young reformers to keep On vi
d the work and hopes that they Will su2cet
in the end II China is ever 10 have get
J. government II must come through such {
forts as the young men who are new worl
lie ing in the outside world for the cause
"a reform are making.
lie Let the work continue The refoEne
It must net be in hurry to do everything
- once Let them work with patience, al
- perhaps, there will come day before 10
- when they can work more freely, 7
~ Empress Dowager is an old woman. 2
- cannot surely I've much longer.
~ The letter speaks for itself, said /
70 merchant. and LIS actions speak for hi
II. ot.as hi