The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
WHO'S WHO IN EAST
Glimpse Of the Big Men of
the Orient.
CHINA HAS MANY OF THEM
Maintain Al High Standing in that
Section of the World Which Prom
ises to BE the New Center of DiPIO-
macy-Present Volume the Second
Issued in HOngkong.

Now that the center of diplomacy has
shifted to the Orient and eyes are turn
ed toward the Pacific, so that the de-
velopment of the game may be watched,
IL Is well 20 know who's who in the far
Fast
That information is contained in a vol
ume issued by the proprletors Of the
China Mail, at Hongkong. Who's Who
in the Far East is not an old publica-
ton; indeed. the volume which recently
reached this country is the second to be
issued The publishers say:
1.-THE first volume left much to be de-
sired from many points Of view. and we
do not claim that this issue is complete
or that it is free from defects. In the
nature OF things a work of this kind
can only progress slowly toward perfec-
tion. There is an immense area TO cover,
and the work Of organization and classi-
hcation is extremely arduous. Also.
there are misapprehensions 10 combat
People are slow TO relinquish the idea
that Who's Who in the Far East is a
sort Of social index instead OF being pure
ly a work Of reference But this misc0n-
ceptlon is dying out and people are be
ginning to understand that the fear OF
rdicule which prevented them from send
ing in their biographies was quite IN
justified"
Records Of men and women who have
done things" in the Orient are espe-
cially interesting to the WesterueT. be-
cause they represent achievements far
removed from the field Of Occidental life
Although the days work Is done IN a
different way In the East. human nature
is much the same the world over, and in
these brief biographies the passions. mo-
itiyes and ends attained are not new.
All The same there are so many distiu-
euished persouages in the far East
whose lives have been filed with color
and incident that IL is difHoult % select
representative examples from the long
list presented. Perhaps it Is better TO
|begip with a yyorn3r-tn uIusrrlovs rlIler
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empress an" emperor
TZu-Hsi DOWagFr Empress. was born
lin IV34. at Pekiu. the daughter OF "a gov
|.rr,,art official She baasr-a rfts of rra
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VIZ -. ---'-l''.'- nun
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ralsed To- 'Ae RANK "l empress. All'r
the Emperor death she TelSned as JOINT
regent with his first wife. who died In
IS1 From that year until 1857 she ruled
AS soIa recent In 1SqS she rrartfceIl
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'"' "oa S'il-7 du'-'ii--a'eiVu 'He soFeiH-
ment
After describing Tzu-Hsi as a woman
Of great strength of character, but op-
noea8 fo innovation "yVba's Who as.-s
sh. .as mon. ,t,., z-,z,..,s.7 % 49,.
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Naturally one wishes TO know what
sort of man the nominal ruler may be.
He was proclaimed Emperor Of China
under title Of Kuang-TIsr lr;Iorfors c7e-
cession upon tie death OF his cousin.
Emperor ung-chih, and uomiuauy as
suued power fu March. fS7 uD1r attain
ing his majority He fs considered In he
"a weII-intentiored young man. without
+ force Of character. and haudfrauued nv
both mental and physical weakness 20 He
too. may be addressed at the Forbidden
CITY
Some incidents I'm the career ~ fra
NTufsIbito T-r,ra~.r of Tsrs7 ara ais,
of interest ne Succeeded ~ fba tp~o7a
on February n 1CF- when rbe country
was virtually under the ruIe of the Sh9-
gun. who resigned a few r7ortbq Iqtar
The government was reorganfzed. but
some or the noblemen who remained
lalthfHI TO the shosun rebeled and a
s,a'e 1l war pfeFaliea until 1907 When
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Iisbe5 fa7,I,irgr,, ir 1l-, - s.-,,l,
Of religions belief rhe foIIr7rfre ,-esr,
began the reorganization of the army
and navy; entered upon education along
Western lines. and issued. on October
- lssl' an imperial decree promising the
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Japares. are n no foT15 IN +5a ll,1Ie-,.
of Eastern notaFIas Ar,onr- tL, for,,,ar
is Duke Tsai-Tsa lid Carbri5r,a.
del. oxford. imperial clansmaD denU.y
( lieutenant general plain pI,,o paD,--
Corps. He was member of the +ra,-eIi,e,
commission for tho fu,astipqtio, 81 60
I eign Darlf9Tnentarv govarnu,anr 1q97-Gc
and was slightly Lurt in q bonb ortrae,e
while the commission was leaving pet,f1
/ His family urged hin, ~ resi~n t,,. },a
said that he would willingly die If his
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government
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Is en- oH uil-iisuah IS another Chinese
Of note He was at one time subdirector