ug, writes a correspondent, who is about to return to Washington as Chinese Minister to the United States, is a persona grata to the American Government. His skill in diplomacy, his wise attitude towards international questions, his lucid statements touching every matter he handles render him most acceptable as the ive of the most ancient of the citizens of the United bean His He is equally popular with
courteous manner, noble bearing, ready wit, classic diction and, above all, his As a courtier at the State receptions and entertainments, he was surrounded by a circle of admirers; as an orator, large audiences listened to his charming rhetoric; as statesman, the general sentiment was, "If China can produce s man like H. E. Wu Ting-fang there is great hope for the Asa representative of the Central Empire H.E. Wu kept in constant touch with the Viceroys and Governors—s thing perhaps unknown European diplomacy—and exercised a strong influence in the dawning enlightenment of his fellow-countrymen.
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