New-York tribune., 1910-11-11
Enelsn6's Eyes or peklna.

There is no truth in the story tha'
George Morrison. now on leave Of absence
/ in England, is 10 take over the directoh
OF the foreign policy and affairs Of Il ne
/ London Times" from the present occupant
I Of that post. namely, Valentine thiroi'
/ who formerly belonged 10 the Foreign
! Office. DIT. Morrison is merely in London
/ on his periodical leave. on the conclusion
Of which he will return 70 his post as
representative OF The Times at Peklng'
/ where he can now be spared less than
ever. in view of the extraordinary i'm
portance which Chinese affairs have as
sumed during the last year.
| Those who met him when he was here
to attend the Peace Congress al Ports
mouth FIVE years ago will admit that he is
an extraordinary man. Al Australian by
birth. he walked right across that huge
/ continent commanded an exploring eXpe-
dition In New Guinea. coming away with
! TWO spearheads in his body: took his
medical degree at Edinburgh. went through
4 a graduate course under Charcot in
Paris acted as court physician 20 the
/ Shereef Of Wazan in Morocco. went out
from Liverpool to New York as an emf
/ grant, in the steersge. served as an as
sistant purser in ship in the West Indian
/ fruit trade signed an ordinary seaman
! before the mast in the South Seas TO study
! the Kanaka question vas one Of the heroes
/ Of the defence Of the legations during the
/ Boxer rebellion. has explored lndo-Chlna.
1 and on the strength ~ a 2.0no miles trip
! through China. in native dress. AT a cost
of about $40. and q book written about II.
/ Obtained the post Of correspondent Of IT ne
Times ar PekfrE, which he has now held
for fifteen years.
About Chinese affairs he knows every
! thing in advance. and on many occasions
has published revelations in The Times
that have shaken the diplomatic chancel-
Ieriez Of the entire western world. Lord
Curzor. when Under Secretary for Foreign
Affairs. endeavored 10 explain the matter
av-av by describing Morrison's statements
in The Times" as the intelligent anuci-
nation of events before they occurred -
3 remark which led 70 an expression Of re-
E-et by the public that the same intelli-
zenCe apparentIy could not be infused into
British of1cialdom.
/ He enioys the confidence OF the chi
nese. high and low. TO g degree possessed
hv no other white man with the possible
exception Of Sir Robert Hart. and in his
typical Chinese house. just outside the Ie-
cation quarter a Peking- he receives let
ters and visits from people from all parts
OF the Celestial Empire.
Tall. clean shaven. stUrdilv built, ne Is a
strange mixture of that reticence which
invites confidence and Of oUtspOken and
daring f-ankness. When in London four
Years ago he was the guest al dinner
given by the China Association. body
largely made Up Of merchants interested
in China trade. There was much charac-
teristic European patronizing and superior
talk about China and the Chinese during
! the dinner both by notable Euglish and
/ Americans present Then Morrison arose
and remarked gravely-
There IS much to condemn in China We
who know how high are the administrative
ideals in this country and in America. who
remember how unscathed we emerged from
the inquiries into the expenditures during
the South African war. naturally condemn
administrative methods in China that are
not Jlp 70 our standard. Il is natural that We
tbe most superior Of all Gods people. whose
mission II is 10 PITY into the internal affairs
Of other less favored countries. should con
denim procedure in China that would never
be tolera ed here. Il Is natural, for example
that the system Of purchase of rank in
China should be condemned by those non
descript capitalists Of alien origin whose
admission into our hereditary aristocracy
Is adding so greatly 10 its dignity and
, prestige"
Then ne went on to state: Those Of Us
who live among the Chinese are reluctant
70 leave them The more We see Of them
I the more we admire their sterling qualities
and the more charitably we regard thelI
I national idosyncrasies.'
Morrison has just completed journey
through the whole Of Central Asia. Whicr
enables him 70 speak With authority con
cerning the remarkable change that has
. taken place since the beginning of the year
in Far Eastern affairs. Many changes are
vet 10 come, and Il is not too much 70 say
/ that a large portion Of the thinking "orl.
- I z-ill take its views about these doings IRON
the line indicated by Dr. Morrison
MAROUISE DE FONTENOT-