Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-07
L EUUC CHANC O[AD
The Grand Old Man. Of China.
Passes From His Earthly
Career.
-
aeath Due to an Affection Of the
Stomach---Skeich oil
His Life.
Passing Of Ii May Affect the
Status OF Affair in Man.
churia.

The burial clothes have already beer
put on. The court yard of the Yamer
is filed with life size paper horses and
chairs with coolie bearers. which his
friends are sending, in accordance with
Chinese custom, to be buried when he
dies in order to carry his soul to heav-
en-.
Several of the ministers of the powers
have exressed sympathy
The Chinese officials are somewhat
uneasy concerning the effect his death
will have on the populace; and to
guard against possible anti-foreign
demonstration, the Chinese generals
have disposed Of their troops about the
city in such a way as to command the
situation. Trouble. however, is ex-
tremely improbable.
The wife of earl Ii and his two sons
and daughters were with him. They are
greatly distressed.
Chinese officials throng the yamen.
kilograms have been sent summoning
Prince Ching, who is now on his way
to meet the court. and Chou Flu. pro-
vincial treasurer. from Pao Ting Flu.
The former will assume the general
latter will act as governor of Chi Ii un-
til Lii Hung Changes successor in that
office, who will probably be Yuan Shi
Kai, is appointed.
Robert Coltman. an American. who
was one of the physicians attending
earl Lii, told the correspondent of the
Associated Press that when he was
called to act with DR.. Velde OF the Ger
man legation, Nov. l. he found the pa
tient very weak from a severe hemorr-
hage due to liberation of the stomach.
The hemorrhage was readily con-
trolled," said Dir. Coltman. but owing
to the underlying condition of chronic
gastritis and persistent nausea only the
mildest liquid food could be ingested.
Yesterday he vac cheerful and without
pain: but at 9 o'clock this morning he
became unconscious and was no longer
able to rid himself of the collection of
which he had been freely ex-
pectorating. Death came shortly. owing
to symptoms supervening upon gradual
carbonic acid poisoning"
Turnout the evening digitalis was
freely administered.
Earl LIS persistent refusals to refrain
from attending to government business
his malady. while the refus-
al of the family to permit certain meas
ures, customary in western medical
practice for relieving the stomach, con-
tributed to bring his end near.
Washington, Nov. THE death of the
Chinaman will not. it is
believed here, affect the execution of
the undertakings imposed upon China
in the protocol. Certainly the United
States interests will not be involved di-
rectly, for all that remains to be done
at Pekin in which or government is in
terested is the preparation of trade and
commercial treaties, and their lines
have been so clearly marked that the
work TO be done is almost mechanical
and is not likely to be retarded by Ii
Hung Changes death.
A change in the Manchurian situation
is expected as the result Of the death of
Ii Hung Chang, and the United States
has very considerable interest in the
outcome OF that matter. Ii Hung Chang
was regarded here as strongly pro-Rus-
sian. and it lis possible that his death
and the coming into power in China as
the director of foreign affairs of anoth-
err prince, lcss frinedly to Russia, may
hasten the day when Russia must relax
her hold upon Manchuria and allow the
to be opened up to the COM
merce of the world
Ii Hung Chang served China as sol
oier, statesman and diplomat. From
i humble place he rose to the highest
rank, and he was almost the only great
Chinese who had attained world wide
Earl Ii was borG-Some biographers
say on Feb 16. 1922, others say on Feb.
Ii. 1922. Between that time and the day
Of his death he had been at different
times governor of cities. communicating
chief OF the armies viceroy of most OF
TIE great provinces, grand chancellor
and prime minister. He negotiated most
CT the modern treaties between China
and the western powers. He did much
to advance the progress of civilization
in China. He was Observation-Disclosures
q Chinese standpoint. He was reputed
to be enormously wealthy, owning most
OF the railways, telegraphs and public
works. as well as great plantations,
mines and factories.
Ii Hung Chang first attained promi-
renee in China during the Tai-Png re-
bellion, which in 1860 began in the
southern provinces and spread so rapid
ly that the city of Pekin itself was
At this crisis young and distin-
gtlished scholar. who had passed two ex-
and was among the expect
ants of office. gathered together friends
ard relatives in his menaced native
town. organized them into a regiment
and fell upon the rebels rear. His vic
tories won him staff position in the
imperial army and later chief command
in the field. With the aid of foreign
corps. commanded until his death in
battle by Frederick E. Ward. an Ameri-
can sailor adventurer. and later by
be the victim of the Mahdi, the new
Chinese leader crushed the rebellion
after tremendous struggle.
Tho Ward and Gordon did the fight
ing, Ii cleverly appropriated the credit,
grandiloquently in his reports
Ia Pekin to his ever victorious army"
Ii Hung Chang came out of the war
In 1865 provincial governor, with a
high reputation In Chinese eyes for adj
capacity as we'll as mill
tary SKILL He had been fortunate in
having nothing to do actively with the
,y.ar with France and Englr A. which