The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-11-23
SPECIAL ENVOY
TANG SHA0 VI
ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO
COMES FROM CHINA WITH
NOTE OF THANKS.
HAS A LARGE RE1INUE
Purpose ie to Express Appreciation
For Return of Part of Boxer In
demnity ByUnited States
Sketch of vi.

San Francisco, Nov 22.-Conveyin9
to the American government the graf
itude of the Chinese people for the
remittance of part of the debt amount
ing to $l4,000,000 Tang Shao vi, a
powerful figure in the affairs OF the
Chinese empire, arrived in San Fran
cisco today on the steamer Mongolia.
With him was Prince Tsai Flu, mem
Der of the royal family, and a large
retinue.
In his honor the dragon flag flew
today from the mastheads OF score
Of vessels in the bay. the guns Of the
harbor front doomed salute and
thousands of his countrymen throng
ed the dock
In accordance with the edict of
mourning an account Of the death ot
the emperor and dowager empress
his entire party will remain practical
ly secluded during its stay in this
city In other respects however thu
mission of the special embassy will be
fulfilled and Tang Shao vi, with fifty
members of his retinue, will go direct
ly to Washington, where he will re-
main until after the inauguration Of
President-Elect William H. Taft.
Sketch of Tang Shao vi.
Tang Shao VI, the high commission
or of the Chinese Empire to the Uni
ted States, who came so many thou
sand miles to thank the United States
government for remitting part of the
Boxer Indemnify. is one of she most
blliant and capable men of the Flow
cry Kingdom. In fact, he is American
in many ways, having received his
early education at Springfield Mass.
He arrived there in 1874, when twelve
years old, became a guest of the fam
lily of f. G. Gardner, but later mover
to Hartford. Conn, where he attend
ed the high school, preparatory to his
entrance into Columbia University at
New York. He was attending that
university, when he was recalled to
China in 1881.
Tang Shao vi is not only the bearer
of letters and rare presents to Presi
dent Roosevelt and other officials of
the American government, as a token
of China's esteem and gratitude, but
he is commissioned to observe AMI
absorb all he can concerning the
financial and commercial systems Of
the United States. so that upon his
return his country may profit by wha.
he has learned
After his education in this country
Tang Shao vi was made manager OF
the Imperial Railways in North China
and later became Ambassador to Thi
bet. where he adjusted successfully 4
difference between England and
China over the perpetual Thibetan
question Later, he was made minis
ter to England and then became man
DARN OF a Manchurian province from
which he was promoted to the boarl
of foreign affairs
At present. Tang Shao vi is direc
tor general of railways of the Chinese
Empire, high commissioner OF Gus.
toms and a member of the grand
council which governs the nation.
While Tang Shao vi for time was
an ardent progressive. ne is now
Identified with those whose motto Is
China for the Chinese" But those
who know him best assert that this Is
simply diplomacy with him. that he
firmly believes in progress aud occi-
dental civilization but the realizes tha.
he can hope 10 bring Il about only by
degrees.
That his visit to this country means
more than the mere presentation Of a
letter Of thanks from the emperor is |
thoroughly understood. and it is con
ceded that no man in the Imperial |
government is better fitted. not only |
10 master the intricacies Of the Amer
lean financial system but 70 adopt ii |
10 the peculiar conditions that exis'
in the FIowery Kingdom.