Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-15
Chinese Commissioner To
Arrive Soon Going
To Washington
WILL Be ACCOMPANIED
BY CHUNG Men YEN
Has Important Work To Do in Deal.
ing With Diplomatic Relations
of China and the
United States

hioS'is poiNNi"ih anu Je'N' ~ 'NS'
dent Roosevelt, his daughter. Mrs.
Longworth, and sundry United States
officials, from the Dowager Empress.
and letter from the Emperor thank.
ing the American people for RENTING
part Of the Boxer indemnity. He was
escorted to the railway station by
Chinese troops and the American lie.
CATION guard.
The Dowager Empress received
Tang Shao VI In farewell audience on
Monday. Previous to this he was dec.
GRATED with the Order Of the Double
Dragon, first class--a very high honor.
He has been given plenary powers
with the rank Of Ambassador, and this.
together with the other honors con.
ferred, indicates the importance at
tached to his mission.
He has numerous suite, including
Prince Tsaifu. second son of Prince
Ching: Chung Men Yew and Yung
Kwai, who were at one time in the dip.
lomatic service at Washington; eiglr
teen secretaries and fifteen Chinese
students who are to enter American
colleges
The presence of Chung Men Yew
In this mission has given rise to a re-
port that he Is to supersede WI Ting
Fang as Minister at Washington.
After leaving America Tang Shao
vi and his company Will make leis.
urely tour of the world.
This mission goes abroad to study
foreign governments and modern con.
ditions with a view to adopting what
Is deemed best for the constitutional
government promised to China, and In.
Producing methods and machinery to
enable the Celestial kingdom to de.
velop her resources and to take the
position among nations to which her
greatness and her possibilities entitle
her
The diplomatic representative here
OF America, Great Britain, Japan,
France and Germany. together with a
number Of British and French bank
ers, and a score Of officials OF the For
eign Board, OF which Tang Shao VI Is
vice-president, were at the railroad
station to bid him farewell.
The mission will spend fortnigh,
In Shanghai and three weeks In Japan
where Tang Shao VI will confer with
the Toxic authorities on Chino.Japan
ese questions. He will leave Yoke
hama November 4 on the Mongolia fol-
San Francisco.
Foreigners in Picking surniise that
he is about to try to remove the oh
stacles to China's freedom in Man
churia, by securing American sym
pathy and support through American
investment.
The presents for American officials
include ten ancient porcelains, relic,
OF the Manchu conquest, taken from
the palace OF the present ruling fam
lily at Mukden. and other valuable pOr
celains and jades obtained In the Pc
king markets. The gifts for Mrs
Longworth include several valuable
jades
The United States Constitution pro
vides. Article |, Section 8, Clause 8:
No title OF nobility shall be granted
by the United States. And no person
holding any Office of profit or trus
under them shall, without the consen
OF Congress, accept any present, emol
ument, ONCE or title of any kind what
soever from any King, Prince or for
eign State"
Hes . Fine Fellow" Says W. Tin,
! Fang Of Chung Men Yew.
Washington, Sept. 24.-Wu Tin,
Fang said tonight Of Cheung Men Yew
who Is coming to Washington with
special mission from China and who
rumor says, is to succeed Mr.. WI a
Minister:
Hes fine fellow, but I have no
heard anything OF the coming reporte,
change from my Government. Perhap
1t may be true. The Government ma,
have something else for me to do"
DR.. WI has an intimate acquaintanc,
with Chung Men Yew, who has beeI
Interpreter and secretary Of Legation
at Washington. He Is a man of per
haps fifty years OF age.
The State Department knows moth
Ing about the reported intention TO re
place Minister Wo Ting Fang witt
Chung Men Yew. Assistant Secretar,
Adee says the missions visit to thi
country has no bearing on the tenur,
OF Minister WI. Chung Men Yev
has been appointed opium commission
or and Tang Shao VI educational com
missioner to investigate those tw'
conditions in the United States.
Chung Men Yew is widely known 4
the United States, where he spen
much OF his life, first as a student an
later in the diplomatic service a
Washington. He was educated a
Harvard University, where he took a
I, active part in university affairs. bein
a member OF the Delta Kappa Epsilo
fraternity. Later he became interpre
er at the Chinese Embassy at Wasl
ington, his perfect command of Ems
: fish making him exceptionally val,
|, able in that capacity.
, Mr.. Chung Is widower with on
son who was educated In the Unite
States.