The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-17

E;xceiiency. who, appreciated so highly
IN, me reiations between children and
sihly break faith with the boy. The
Niceroy thereupon smiled and ceased
70 persist non coming back to the
United Statc9 while out fishing one
DAY. caught 4 fish about four feet in
length. II was as tall as the hoy, and
had him photographed holding the
iSh ahd seni the picture back to the
Niceroy.'
1T was al Shimonoseki that the
shooting OF Ii Hung Chang occurred.
was IL not
Yes. \ Japanese from tho interior
tried 10 assassinatc him The man was
a fanatic who thought he could benefit
the nation by killing its arch enemy.
fringe Ii. The shooting occurred when
one or tho meetings Of the treaty com
MISSION He was riding In sedan
Ghair through n narrow street which
was crowded with people. The man
fred and the bullet struck him about
IN inch below the left eye. going so
FAR in that it was not possible TO ex-
How, did the viceroy act at the
tine OF III" Shooting
lie showed quite as much nerve"
replied Mr. Foster. AS Theodore Roose-
Welt did nj the time of his attempted
ASSASSINATION last year. l.! Hung
quietly asked one OF the bearers for
a handkerchief To stop the blood, and
then ordered them to carry him on
he was living When he reached there
he stepped out OF the chair and walked
himself into the hands Of the sur
Gcons. lie took no ancsthetic. and
as they. probcd for the bullet they
asked him if the pain was great lie
told them not to mind that. but TO
20 on with their work. The surgeons
kept on probing for, some time, but
were not able 10 find the bullet, and
i. remained in his head 10 the day OF
his death
In connection with the doctors. a
curious Incident then happened " hich
showed the Chinese. nature Of Prince
ii. He had the best OF medical talent
and the best doctors of Japan we-'e
called in nevertheless, he sent for
nccromancer from Shanghai. This
man. so one OF his suite told him. was
able 20 cause the bullet 10 melt Within
his face and come out as vapor lie
could do this through incantations Iii
hung Chang was 80 Impressed by the
story that h" called the man To come
from Shanghai to Shmonoscki. He
remained, several days and then left.
Lob Fcng I.uh ana others Of the com
not see Lii but there is little doubt in
my mind but that he had a chance TO
make his experiment"
How did the japanese take the
They were very much chaerined. AS
soon as Princes Ito and Mp.zu hear!
expressed their regret The Emperor
sent Il message of sorrow, and teie-
The Empress sent bandages, which she
made with her own hands. that they
might be used in dressing LIS wounds.
and the Emperor supplied two Japanese
trained female nurses. III did not know
what TO do with the nurses at first,
but he got to Ike them"
was the result Of a conspracyr"
'lc seemed TO have that idea ut
first. Before he came TO Japan he had
been warned by his friends that at
him. The others OF his party We're
pa nicstricken. and thought il unsafe
assured them that the japanese gov
eminent had nothing to do with the
attempted ssination and urged
movements. Ii was afraid that he
might lose face among the Chinese. He
told me that he had been shot By a
standing, and that he was forever dis
graccd. He said that the japanese
him. ard that he should have remained
at home. I insisted. however. that his
wound would be regarded as mark Of
honor and as Il sign of the great SER
vice he was rendering his Emperor.
told him that his sufferings were for
the good of his country. and that the
fair that they would be less cxactiug
in their terms of peace. This talk
seemed to quiet Ss n1m that kn his Wn5
was the most effective OF all the blood
shed on the Chinese side during the
war II gave Ii and his people the
sympathy OF the world. and it put the
Japanese in such a light that they
moderated their treaty demands. In
fact before Ii Hung Chang left he
became rather proud OF having been
shot; The wound healed quickly and
he was soon well again.
.'How did III Hung Chang regard for
THAT can be easily seen by reading
his diary" replied General Foster In
his earlier notes he speaks of us as
barbarans and foreign devils lie de-
scribes the missionaries as low fellows.
and evidently believed in such tradi-
lions as those which represent them
as killing Chinese babies and saving
thei, eyes for. Photographic, material.
Later on his mind changed He became
connected with the ablcst of the for
nigners who went to China. He was
closely associated with General Cor
don and General Frederick Ward at
the time of the TAPPING rebellion:
lie was present at Wards death.
and he describes how the tears came
into his eyes whom he saw that great
general dying. so far away from his
home and family. He had also to do
with the investigation OF the Tientsn
outrages, In which the missionary hos
pital and orphan refuge were burned.