The sun., 1908-12-20

team. iiAefefg hkzlloitf og tie pfoIlafa
of snaleihS4 both endb meet n 4 college
town when youf income u limited, and al
around good fellow. Last year China
selected hin, for Minister at Washington
to suoossd Sir ohsntung. but j1ss e. hs
wac about to depart for hls post II wa
decided TO sOnd our old friend WI bach
az Minister and 70 make LIans Foreigr
Secretary.
II was probably the greatest disappoiut-
ment Ting sveF. had oflcIally. He
wanted TO ae0 America again; he had moi
besn back since hs left Yale.
Then there vac Vicaroy Sung Of the
Fukien Province. most capable man
Then therS was Tong Kaison. Yale, "a,
speoial assistant TO Prince Lang. In
addition there Was DR.. Mark. really Mok,
formerly Ia Hung Changis physiOian. and
an suoh his companion In H's famous "trip
around the world tho time that be Wis
tied the United States. ThsrO were also
secretaries and minor officials and emil
nent men generally. fully one-hah OF
whom spoke Enelish. On the navy side
there was tho slendsr. urbane. ever snil-
ing Admiral Sab. commander OF China's
north naval squadron.
cHrNA's REPRESENTATIVE MEN. y
It was mon such As these that China
sent to greet es-the best that China hos.
II you want TO know what China is Judge
her from these mon and not from the
ooolie GLASS seen IN America. You began
to realize something Of the real China
when you talked with these men. You
understood then pomething OF the rea-
sons Why commercially China stands on q
high plane.
You caught something Of the force
that makes China e1alt the scholar rather
than the soldier. gSu could begin TO Gee
why great reverence 10 paid to old aee.
why obedience TO elders ID required,
why the code Of daily life requires the
highest integrity. self-saoriflce. gentle
ness and updghtness Of every kind. You
then learned how . thousand years ago
China practissd many Of tho precspts
Of living which adorn what We call mod
ern civilization.
In addition TO sending such men to
greet tho squadron China took extraor-
binary pains with the entertainment.
DR.. Mark, who is taotai Of tho Tientsin
merchants and got his English education
entirely in China. was put in charge OF
the details. China Get apart something
like 500. 900 In gold to do the thing hand
somsly and told him to 60 ahead.
He went to Annoy and trouble began
at once. Because he could not purchase
supplies there the local taotai became
DR.. Mark was his own
architect. Around that parade ground
he put up a dozen large buildings. One
was OF q permanent character. 1t was
the reception and dining hall for the
American officers. and back OF it-part
Of it In fact-werej the dwelling places Of
Prince Lang and Mr.. LANG and their
retinues.
It was necessary TO build an electric
lighting station. as Annoy has no electric
lights; and to construct q little railroad
to haul the building and other materials
about the grounds.
Then q modern road had to be con-
through the grounds to the
famous Nan Pu To temple. Storehouses
of various kinds had TO be provided. A
large force Of cooks and servants had
to be employed. horses and carriages
and other means OF conveyance about
the grounds had TO be secured and trans
ported, decorations had to be looked
after and then q plan Of entertainment
had to be finished 10 detail.
TYPHooN WRECKS TEE BUTnDnGs.
Il required an enormous amount Of
work and executive energy TO bring order
out OF chaos. and just a. all the build
ing work was nearing compilation the
typhoon which tossed the deet 90 badly
on it's way from Manila 70 Yokohama
came along and wrecked and ruined
every thing.
Three feet Of water stood on the parade
II came down from the hills
in a food and IL swept in from the harbor
In q bigger hood. There two weeks be-
fore the arrival OF the squadron stood
DIR. Mark facing q scene Of desolation.
In addition, Annoy was hostile TO him.
He had to have help. and quickly too
DR.. Mark showed grit. He could get no
building materials at Annoy. He cabled
to Canton and Hongkong.
In few days hundreds Of skilled bam-
boo workers were on the ground with
new material, hundreds OF coolies were
used as helpers, and the day before the
squadron arrived the energetic doctor
had the satisfaction Of seeing his build
ines all finished, his arches up and deco
rated. his supplies Of all kinds fully up
to the requirements. his conyeyanoes all
on the ground and 90 far as Americans
could see everything in perfect order.
It was q great feat fought out under
Il unusual difficulties. Not the least OF Dr.
Marks troubles was the fact that the Tao
tai OF Annoy impeached him In a memorial
10 the throne. In turn DR.. Mark i'm
peached the Taotai and that little quarrel
& still TO be fought out. Marks friends
did not ssem to worry much about the
result and Mark himself had the placid
Characteristic Of the Chinese
when he was asked about 1t.
He was burdened with a mass Of detail
but Tong Kaison jumped in and helped
him out and Mark bad one night OF with
the naval boys which he will remember
to his last day. II there are any echoes
Of the song Hes O jolly Good Fellow
humping around loose against the Pacific
,oast Of the United States they came from
that party Of good cheer whore Mark
was an especial guest. He deserved all
the praises he got and then some more
The reason he did not get more was be-
cause q time 10 always Get in a feet when
the last launches leave the beach.