Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-18

erty was allowed each Chinese student In
tended for one of the five professions OF
law. engineering. mining. the army or tne
navy. he chose those studies which were
that he designed to adopt. In 1880, the hasi
school year, one was tn Yale College,, Two IN
Its scientific school, two IN the Troy roy
technic Institute, eight In each OF tne acau,
enlies at Andover and East Hampton. ana
several in the Hopkins Grammar Schoo az
New Haven and In the Norwich AcadeHy.
Others were scattered through the SCHOOLS
Of Massachusetts and Connecticut
Recalled in 1881.
Owing to Illness lack of interest in study
or other causes twelve returned TO CninA'
but los were diligently pursuing their stud
les when in 1881 they and all other chi
nesa students IN foreign countries. were
recalled by a decree from Picking. the I'M
pertai government feared that foreign euu-
cation and western ideas of civilization
would impair their loyalty to their native
land Sir Chentuug LiaHg-Cheng has stated
that the most loyal Chinese are those who
have been educated in the United States
and in England. He added; we iove. our
country as you love yours. but we have TO
go abroad to learn how best to serve her.
Another Chinese statesman of exalted rank
has expressed the opinion that, II the Fo
students had been permitted TO 1ntsl tneir
American education the war between emma
and. Japan never would have occurred
During the eight years that lung Wig
devoted to the assiduous care of MS Young
fellow-countrymen IN the United STATES
there were few interesting changes III
his own career. In 1874 he went to Peru
to investigate the condition OF the Chi
nese laborers there and on his return 10
this country the following year. he mar
ried Miss Mary Kellogg OF Avon, conn In
1878 he was appointed assistant minister
resident of China at Washington. with the
brevet of mandarin of the second rank
He and his fair, fragile American wife, with
their two small sens. resided at No. iowa
circle, and by many Washingtonians are
well remembered for their intellectual and
social graeea
At that period Chen Ian Pin, Chinese
minister to this country, had another ASSOC
ciate. who since has become closely iden-
tilted with the American capital. This was
Yung kwai. one OF the Chinese students,
who, while acquiring his education at Start
ford, was registered as an attache OF me
Chinese lega ton. Yung Kwaf followed the
example of his distinguished kfnsman, Yurig
Wing, and married New England girl.
For ten years he has been secretafy-inter-
prefer of the Chinese legation In Washing
ton. He and his wife, with their five merry
children have their home I'm the new lega-
ton building on the fashionable northwest
ern heights.
In 1882 Yung Wing returned to China. and
was appointed governor of the province of
Kiang Su. but soon, by reason of me fall
ing health of his wife. he returned to the
United States. where Mrs. Yung died IN
1885. Their sons. Bartlett and Morrison
Yung. are both graduates of Yale, when in
stitution long ago conferred on their father
the degree OF LID. One is in business IN
China. the other in New York city.
Another plan of 1ung Wing, presented 20
the ministers of the Chinese government
Just after the massacre at Tientsin. con-
templated the transportation of the tribute
rice to the countries of the murdered Chris
tians, in steamers. the freight to be paid by
the government as subsidy to Chinese
stock company, in order to create feet of
ocean and river steamers. This proposition
was carried into effect in 1872, and the ct.r-
poratiou then brought into being is now he
well-known Merchant Steam Navigation
Company of China.
While his sons were completing their edu-
cation in their mothers native state, Nung
Wing Travelled in many lands. In 1902 lie
returned to Hartford, TO remain during the
evening of his life. The aged scholar and
statesman has been wounded in the house
Of his friends at the instance of persons
who's but for this un-American exhibition OF
prejudice and discourtesy, would never
have been able to claim the attention of 4
liberal and enlightened American public
c. NJ. JACOBS.