The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-07-02

cerned in the welfare OF the Chlncss
empire and who has the most at stake
Is Sheng Tajen. the last name or titla
being pronounced 'Darren.' In Chinese
pronunciation the r has a sound nearly
like u, and the J has the sound of X.
Sheng is the sonInl0w Of Ii Hung
Chang and Is the vlceroy's financial ad.
wiser He Is director general OF rail
ways and telegraph. is president Of the
Chinese Merchants Steam Navigation
company, operating many lines OF
steamers; owns large cotton mills and,
In short, has more 10 do with the semi.
foreign enterprises than any other man
IN the empire. lie represents the great
est Investment Of Chinese money In en-
tcrprlscs imported from the west lie
Is the man upon whom all Chinese
business people lean aud is sort Of an
official financial adviser to the entire
empire a. well as TO his distinguished
fathcr-in-law.
"Shcng Is a man Of about 80 years Of
age, strong I'm physique and able Of
brain. He Is and has always been par
ticularly friendly toward all Americans
and during the trouble Of last summer
was distinctly pro-Amcricnn. lie was
50 free In expressing his views to that
end that there was constant fear OF his
assassination by order of the antifor
elgn leaders Some OF the papers Of
the world attacked Sheng most bitterly
and accused him Of lying and suppress.
ing the dreadful news Of wholesale
massacre IN Peklng. II may be true
that Shcng did not tell us all he knew.
but subsequent events have proved
that what Information he did give out
was correct in almost every detail. He
is a man ! think very. very highly Of.
Another man OF whom would
speak In highest terms in the vlceroy
OF N.lgin, Liu Kun.Yi. At the tim
OF the TAPPING rebellion Liu was
clerk in a lumber yard In Hankow,
Ii Human province, most powerful and
warlike province Of the time. Liu
raised a company for the imperial gov.
eminent and came. through n series
OF well defined military successes. To
be one Of the most prominent generals
In the army. In China military rank
also carries civil rank. so at the close
of the rebellion Liu was a civil govern.
or. although he had never held au
office before that time. He was govern
or for about a year. For the last -
years he has ruled as viceroy. lie j.
now about 50 years old.
"Liu was viceroy at Canton when
General Grant visited the city. Llu
remembers the general very well in.
deed. He entertained Nellie Grant at
his home and she had an opportunity
of observing the domestic conditions OF
n mandarin's household better than any
other American woman perhaps. Liu
Is a pro-American. indeed and does
not hesitate 10 express himself as such
on all and any occasion. Liu and
Sheng are the greatest factors In the
friendliness that is felt toward foreign.
ers In China today.
"Chang Chih-Tung. viceroy OF Han.
kow, Is another excellent man. He Ia
about G5 years OF age and has been
viceroy for long period. He is proml-
nent reformer and has written many
books on Chinese affairs. He is known
as one OF the greatest living exponents
of the doctrines of COnfuclus. These
men | have mentioned. together with
the ycerOys OF FuKow and Szechuen
provinces, held quiet lG out OF 10 prov
inces In China and prevented the
spread Of the Boxer movement. They
are the men TO whom all honor and
consideration are due. They took the
course not through any special love for
the foreigners. but through an enllght-
ened view of the best interests OF their
country.
Il endeavored to have the corre-
spondents in Shanghai meet these men
and talk with them In regard 70 the
crisis at peking and vicinity. But the
newspaper men did not seem anxious
TO do so. | asked them why It was
and they replied that the people OF
the United States knew no one in
China other than Ii Hung Chang and
II was not their place to hunt up a new
character to write about and from
whom an expression of views would
have little weight with their readers
II was because the correspondents did
not know the men about whom they
finally came to write that so many mis-
representations resulted"
Mr.. Goodnow Is satisfied that II the
course laid down by the United States
is followed peace terms may speedily
be arranged with justice to all.