Evening star., 1901-11-07

accordance with Chinese custom, to be
buried with him in order to carry his soul
to heaven.
Several of the ministers of the powers
have called to express sympathy.
The Chinese officials are somewhat un-
easy 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 way to
command the situation. Trouble, however,,
is extremely improbable.
His Family With Him.
The wife of Earl Ii and his two sons and
daughters were with him. They are great
ly distressed.
Chinese officials throng the yamen. Tele-
grams have been sent summoning Prince
Ching, who is now on his way to meet the
court, and Chou Flu, provincial treasurer,
from Pao-Ting-Fu. The former will as
sumo general charge Of governmental af-
fairs and the latter will act governor Cf
Chilli until Ii Hung Changs successor in
that Office who will probably be Yuan Shi
Kai, is appointed.
Robert Coltman, an American, who Is one
of the physicians attending Earl Lii, tod
the correspondent of the Associated Press
today that when he was called o act with
Dr. NeiCe Oh the German legation, NOvem-
Der 1, he found the patient very weak from
severe hemorrhage due to liberation of
the stomach
Earl LIS persistent refusals to refrain
from attending to government business had
aggravated his malady, while the refusal Of
the family to permit certain measures GUS
tomary In western medical practice for re-
lieving the stomach had contributed to
bring his end near.
Career of Ii Hung Chang.
man of the east. His position in China was
alike to but exceeded that Of Marquis Ito in
Japan, Bismarck during the period of William
I and Freredick and the Duke of yelling
ton in the early years of the Victorian
reign. His wealth was practically unlim-
| tied. Honors and titles were bestowed upon
| him without stint He had been decorated
| by the governments of every great Euro
| pean nation. For a period of thirty-fve
| years his influence in China and his pres
| tige abroad exceeded the influence and
prestige of any other subject of the Chi
| neSe government.
| Gen. Grant associated him with Bis
| marck Lord Beaconsfield and Gambetta
| as one of the four truly great men he had
met on his tour Of the world. In this praise
| other distinguished travellers have Joined
without reservations. His eminence in
| chief adviser to the throne, the pledge of
China's good faith to the nations with
| which she executes treaties and-himseIf
| loyal Chinaman at all times-a channel
| through which the people Of the newer civ
iliZation learned to perceive and respect
| the good qualities of the old.
| No complete list of his titles has ever
| been published. Those of most distinction,
| however, were: Chief of the Chinese mis-
sion at the coronation of Moskow arnbas-
| sador, envoy extraordinary, special envoy
senior guardian Of the heir apparent, prime
minister of state, earl of the first rank,
! First Secretary Ii and Ii Comte Ii Hung
| Chang. In America he was addressed uni
formly as your excelency." The periods
| OF his continued services to the Chinese
state by definite appointment were as min
| lister plenipotentiary in 1866, viceroy of
| Hong Kong in 1867, grand chancellor in
| 1868 But his services began before the
| TAPPING rebellion.
OF Humble Parentage.
| Ii Hung Chang was born in 1922 His
father was a farmer and a teacher, and
| the son proved apt and ready pupil
| From the tuteltge of his parents Lii i'd
vanced steadily through all the grades of
Chinese education to the proudest honor
| given to the Chinese Scholar-a post in the
Hantin College By that time his intel
lectual attainments had attracted the at
tention of the viceroy of his province, and
Ii was installed in the Chinese public
service. The TAPPING rebellion was a pro-
totype of the recent Boxer uprising-an at
| tempt of fanatical zealots to overthrow the
entire Chinese government and eradicate
| signs of foreign influence. English histor-
| ians have given Chinese Gordon the glory
and credit of suppressing it. The genius
| that directed and the hand that moved lie
| celestial forces to that result, however are
now believed to have been native to China.
The war lasted couple of years-an
''amicable war;" with cessations of hos
tiiities by mutual consent that the war
riOrS might eat dinner and other quaint
Chinese characteristics. During this period
until the final suppression of the zealot
forces, the army was never under Gordon's
command. 1t was known as the ..army of
Ii" and in the end, when conflict came
| leader, the latters will prevailed abso-
| lutely.
Patron of Modern Sciences.
In 1860, when thirty-eight years old Ii
| Hung Chang was made viceroy of two
provinces. little later he received his
| appointment as the senior guardian of the
| emperor. After that, following close on the
| earlier honors, came the yellow Jacket and
the command OF the northern army the an
| pointment as prime minister and the as
signment as minister of foreign affairs.
| During his long incumbency as governor
| general or viceroy, Earl Ii became the omen
and avowed advocate of the construction Of
railroads, the purchase of foreien-h,,iIt
| ironclads and gunboats, the use of foreign
cannon and the Introduction of modern
military science. instruction. oreanizatio,
and firearms. He directed the construcfion
| OF the telegraph lines, now managed nv
Danish experts, which first connected the
imperial city with the coast, and establish
| ed q school to instruct the Chinese al on
orators. He opened and equipped new coal
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