The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-06
ny FRANK q. CARPENTER.

ny FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Marking.
The biggest men Of China are be-
laid on the shelf. Shortly after the
by Emperor came to the throne the
icne regent and his party retired the
eat Yuan Shin KaL and they nave
w ordered Tuan Fang, the strongest
anfu of the empire into disgrace.
lie plea for Yuan Shih kai's abdlca-
IN was that he had lame leg, ana
nee could not attend to his ottlclal
tics. The cause of the dismissai
Tuan Fang is that he outraged the
oprieties wnen he had charge OF the
lpress dowager's funeral. allowing
reigners to photograph the process
IN, and also that he attached heatheh
' iegraph wires. to the heavenly trees
the Imperial Cemetery. Yuan Shlh
ii was the most abe executive emma
S had for years. Tuan Fang is It's
lest statesman. He might be called
father of the new constitution, and
has been at the front in all sorts or
forms He is also scholar along
any lines. In some respects he re-
'nds one of Gladstone, i'll others OF
exander Hamilton, and again OF
'hlieman, the great Greek explorer.
is now in retirement at Picking. and
| Ill carry on his studies there.
Queer Chinese These.
We Christians have no conception or
hinese of the class to which Tuan
ang belongs. we look upon the Celes-
all as curiosity in the geological
arden of international humanity. He
sort OF yellow-s skinned bird with
1t feathers. with eyes cut awry and
long braid of hair down his back.
e are told that he dresses in silk
nd varies his diet of rice, rats and
is with bird s nest soup and shark fms
re do not credit him with having q
Jul, nor with the same ambitions anc
sizes as ourselves. The truth Is these
sople are as human as we are ant
icy think, act and feel in the same
ay.
The Chinese are divided into all sorts
classes. They are philanthropist:
se Carnegie, who start libraries, sour
tchens and hospitals. Tuan Fang !:
he of these. He recently bought 8
assical library and built home fol
in Marking. China has old million.
res who hoard their money like
rockefeller, and rich young sports who
after it as did Hyde. of the Equit-
aang was a hoarder. He built mp an
tate like the Astors buying corner
is in the cities and many square
lies of good farming lands His sons
:e rich. and they take care of their
operties as well as do the descend
lis of old John Jacob, the fur peddler,
40 started the Astor fortunes.
| Speaking o. III, / met him for the
ird time during his"lattea days, when
was viceroy oi.CaAten and, as usual,
asked me all sorts of.questions. one
hs as to just how much money u
tade in the newspaper business. Il
Iould not like to publish my answer,
/ added that l should be satisfied
at the end OF my life could lay
one-fiftieth of the sum which he
Us then credited with having.
F'And how much do your people say
Iim worth?" said the great Ii.
lit is reported that your eycellency's |
-tune is from fifty to one hundred
!llion gold dollars" said i interroga-
rely.
That is a great deal of money" was
Hung Chang's only reply.
lWell, there are but few ulti-million-
.es among these Chinese statesmen,
there are some whose grating COM
Tres with that of our own high city
icials. Men Will pay a quarter of Q |
illion dollars for thrceyear job at
lthousand-dollar salary and come out !
Hing in wealth. They squeeze right
Id left and their commissions rank
tth those of the contractors of thcI
lw statehouse at Harrisburg who,
~ remember, charged Pennsylvania