The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-07
DEATH OF Ii HUNG CHANG
Report Of the Physicians Who At
tended the Chinese Statesman.
Courtyard Of the lHmen Ht PeLinE
FILLED With Tributes From His
Ericnds-Prfuce Ching Recalled to
the CupitaI-sketch OF the Earl

nisit the. burial clothes had already been
put on Earl Ii Hung Chang The court
yard of the Yamcn was filled with life
size paper horses and chairs with cooIie
bearers. which had been sent by friends.
Th- horses and chairs viii De- buried with
the body Co carry the soul on high.
Several foreign ministers called at the
Yamon TO express their sympathy. Earl
LIS wife, two sous. his daughter. and a
grandson were at the bedside when he
died.
a telegram has been sent summouiUg
Prince Ching, VINO is on his way To meet
the court TO return. Prince Ching viii
assume general charge Of the Govern
ment affairs and Chou-.u viii act as Gov
erHor Of the Froviprc until successor is
appointed This Will probably Dee Yuan
chi-kL
The physicians who attended Earl Ii
were Dr. Robert Coltmau. an American.
Dr VeIde, who is attached 20 the German
legation, and his own Chinese doctor. Dr.
CoItman says De- was called in on No
yember I TO act with Dr. Velde. Tie found
the patient very weak from severe b-m-
orrhase, due to liberation OF the stomach.
The hsmorrhage was readily controlled,
but owing TO chronic gastritis. with per-
sistsnt nausea. only the rnldest liquid
food could De injected. Owing TO the su-
pervoniug symptoms death resulted from
gradual carbouic acid poisoning
The death Of ii Hung Chang removes
from China the man upon whom. more
than all others. the hopes Of the Powers
rested during the past eighteen months
10 bring order out OF chaos and restore
the Government i'm the Celestial Empire.
" hateyer his faults. IL is conceded that
h. made FOR civilization i'm the Far East,
and was tDr half q century the moss In
ruCutiaI Of practical TrtDrmsTs i'm China.
he served under four EmpeTOrs, and dur
ing Jhr period OF his service he gained
something more of the confidence and re-
Spsct Of the West than any before him,
and this not only because his attitude
toward the stranger was less reserved
aUt less llStrUsItul than that OF any
other iu such a place, but also because Of
certain progressive spirit and a reCug-
own mind.
-- .---- Chang was born about lsZa. IN
the Province OF NgauhWei. on the north
ern side 0f the NaUE-tSe-kianR. Tie was
pure-hred Chiuaman. without "a trace
was OF the Literati and be received the
highest education according 10 Chinese
standards w hlle the TAPPING rebellion
was at its height, Il was appointed mag
istrate ftaotai Iu one Of the most dis
UTbed provinces He saw his OppOTtuUI-
y and at once set to work at organizing
the Imperial forces which seemed at the
time 20 De ln an almost hopeless state or
confusion. That quick understanding of
The value of Western methods which al
WAYS distinguished him from the great
body Of his countrymen. came 20 him
then and by calling on Slcn men as 'll-
nese" Gordon. Sir Halliday MacArtuey,
and GjQuel he succeeded in crushing com
pICteIy the rebels who for years had been
doing such damage in those parts that
even now after nearly forty years the
country has scarcely reEatned its cd
prosperity.
In 1866 III was appointed Minister PieUi-
p0teUtiarv. in The following year NIe-r1E
of BU-kwang, aad iu 1870 Niceroy Of
Chilli. I'm the meantime he had been en-
gaE.d I'm the suppression Of other uuTlS-
iug- Iu other places aUi- although lr uaa
failed in the cas-. Of the Mehawuedans
IH the northwest. his prestige 10y tIl- time
was wei TtiSEed. Since then. uutUILl-
standing the ardU1us duties attending the
Office of Nirer1y- De had served nt the
same time as Imperial Commission Tor
trade and coast defence, as vice prg~l-
dent of the Board of Admiralty. aud as
Director General OF Railroads. Incident
aIIv. h- took the parts OF Foreign IiuiSJgT
and Chief Adviser. though these cannot
Be regarded as regular offices
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AMI 5ar,r4rf1us were Tor The time taken
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60 rl-trrsi ~ mower He was eFushIe
rr ,r-.ir,- fFra work rf "a dozen men Of aver
.,-. .-ifrs -.-T7. amount Of uuceeSI.- la
hor involved I'm these duties, says one
4-rrarfrv susa<Irg or his muIyifaTiuus
F--r4,- .-ruueflfrrful- the mfuufiae required
Ev Chimes. official routine IL is almost
frrDse-ibI,. for "A HEesteruer 10 realize Tt
Is "a marvel how the work was got
through And aE the time ii found l,lS-
uuterrIarv 10 "a brgmau. who wanted To-
-.. him On any reasonable uretsNt-
"A marked feature il ii. and one to
his credit has H.sn This readiness To r.-
ideas Always tolerant. always uccts-i-
IIr aTuygyc urHau- his association with
Foreigners had helped him To- beat down
tf.. d..r-raor.d. colossal objection OF the
chinese official world To- any such inter
course And thereby III rendered the
western world and his own country
.-arv CONSIDERABLE service"
Tie had not long been restored 20 power
when hr had chance 90 prove himself
wort nv Of The confidence placed iu him.
Iru4u and Peru. and il many other
WAYS he proved himself q valuable ser
want Of th. Emuire. For MANY wears me
WIS the most powerful member OF the
came into Office had amy negotiations
been conducted between China and for
! efsn countries in which hg had not played
"A leading part. Frequently. indeed, he
/ had done an the real work liz The con-
| cIuei.u of treaties etc
| Tu 1850 If negotiated with the American
! Commission presided over by President
! Angel for tine treaty regulating chinese