The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-19

when the first demands OF Jar2n were
presented to them This stofs - q
pathetic one. 1t tells how Il felt a
among other things states that n
face Of Mr.. Foster was ashen- l 90
not remember any particular pale
ness Of countenance. but l know that
Prince Iii and the other commission
ers were in the depths OF despair.
Japan had demanded that China a
an indemnity OF 800 million taels- and
also give large ceSsiOns OF territory IN
MAnchuria and elsewhere There
were other demands which were very
offensive to China, but which we were
afterward able to materially change.
/ was asked TO prepare an answer to
the demands OF Japan, and to propose
hanges in the draft OF the treaty. 1
did so and Ii Hung Chang and !
went carefully over the paper. II
was then submitted to the japanese
and after much discussion the most
OF my recommendations were agreed
TO. Among other things they includ-
ed the reduction OF the war indem-
nifty to geo million taels instead Of 800
millions which had been
The demand for the cessionS in Man
churia vas Also withdrawn. and alto
gether a treaty was arrived at which
was much more in the favor OF
China
did Ii Hung Chang appreciate the
tact that China had gained a great
deal through the treaty commission p
YES" replied Gen. Foster. He
was in despair at the beginning OF the
| negotiations, but became more recon
ciled to the situation at the close. He
seemed very grateful to me for my
work in connection with the treaty.
and told me that the emperor was
I n n vor that 4 Mould Cf0E IN rhfno
and act as his foreign adviser and
counselor. l replied that ! a a
great deal OF business at home and
could not possibly leave Ii Hung
Chang answered that his government
would give me a leave of absence Of
several months or long enough to
close up any business that l might
possibly have, and also that they
would max the proposition SO at
tractive financially that it would more
! than compensate me for all losses. ]
then told his excellency that l would
like to oblige China, but that | had
promised my little grandson, a boy
Of seven, hat ! would go fishing with
him hat summe n knew that his
exCellency, who appreciated SO highly
the tvs children and
parents, would see that I could no,
possibly break faith with the boy. The
: viceroy thereupOn smiled and ceased
to persist. Upon coming back TO the
United States. while out fishing on<
) day, | caught a fish about four feet il
length 1t was as tall as the boy anl
| had him Photographed holding tn.
fish. and sent the picture back to
Viceroy."
E 1T was at Shimoneseki that III,
shooting Of Lii Hung Chang occurred
was it not"
E Yes A Japanese from the int
rior tried to assassinate him. Tn.
4 mar was a fanatic who thought h
could benefit the nation by killing it
arch enemy, Prince Ii. The shooting
: occurred when Lii Hung Chang wa
q returning from n Of the meeting
q Of the treaty commission. He wa
Z riding in a sedan chair through
= narrow street, which was crowde
with people. The mar fired and tn
u bullet struck him about an inch be
q low the left eye, going SO far in tha
II was not possible to extract it"
, how did the viceroy act at tn
q time OF the shooting"
H showed quite as much nerve.
"a replied Mr.. Foster, "as Theodol
Roosevelt did at b time Of his a.
a tenpted assassination last year. ]
Hung Chang did not get out of h
- chair He quietly ed one of II
~ bearers for a handkerchief to stop tr
blood, and then ordered them to ca
"A ~ him On home to the Buddhist Ten
pie, where he was living. When !
reached there he stepped out Of Il
: chair and walked Unaidpd to his ON
rooms and gave himself into Il
~ hands OF surgeons. He took no ane
thetlc and as they probed for the hU
let they asked him if the pain W,
great. He told them not to mi,
tina but to go On with their wor
surgeons kept on probing +
IA some time. but were not able to Fl,
-, the bullet, and it remained in :
head to the day Of his death.
A In connection with the doctors
&c curious incident then happened Viii
he showed the hines nature Of priv
Ii. He had the best of medical =.
ns ent, and the best doctors Of Ian
nd were called in: nevertheless. he e
he FOR a from Shanph
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