Several mouths ago there appeared in of native newspapers published 1 certain scurrilous attacks upon the Vice-C: tion, reflecting upon his manage the Chinese exhibits there with vindictive aspersions upon his character as an official Ing an English paper such groundless assertions would be resente.l #s libellous.
The wriver of the articles in question Knowing the ignorance and credulity of the Chinese mass evidently sought this tanner of inflating as much damag- as possible upon an innocent gentleman, against whom he wished to vent his spite At has now transpired that the disseminatoe of the aiticlesis a man named Chin Toni-k'an sent Inst, year by the Viceroy vist the Exposition education in this man. nee if possible, Evidently Mr. Chin Psui-k'an-, thought that being sent by the ing Vierroy, he bure upon his person majes y of the Liangkiang Vice-loyalty and ws such demon ed the reverence and obeisance ut every one, not excepting even lis Imperial Hi-linoss Prince Pu Li the C vet Cominiasi ner and representative of Mr. Cain Tsui-k'auy's country. Hen when in Shinzhai at the tims the Prnes was passing through en route tothe Unit ed States Mr. Chin Tani kans demanded Gaancial/x-sistance from his Highness " hich, itis ace div-s tossy, was promptly refuse. Gettin ts Se. Huis he was apparently astounded by the high prices asked by the hotels (hee, a on the score of economy demanded the Chinese Commissioner the right and privilege to make the Chinese Goverament Pavilion within the Exposition grounds his rest dolce during his stay in St. Louis, Thu course was against the rules of ths Expesi-Goon, even Prince Pu Lun himself being ¢ompelledto reside ina hotel. This, however, made Mr. Chin 'I'sui-k'ang violently angry, declariuy that the whole world was cou:
ust the dignity and majesty viceroy, us exemplify-d by Mr, Chin T'sui-kranz, but as yo one in St Lows seemed' to care for dignity and majesty, Mr. Chin Keang. shifted his) wrath upo' nocent shoulders of Vice-Com: Wang Kaikals, and declared that instead of using the entire grant 0,00 upon the Chinese buildings the Coun er had pocketed " large ion of the amount. Mr, Chin idantly forset tv" take into ation such important matters side to and fro of every one concerned; waves for workmen, salaries of secretaries atti attne! 63; house rent, food, carriages and entertainments which are really more expensive than many other items put together. To show what Vi ner Wang Kai-kah and colle:
actually" acc-plished their d thieule and onerous work in itis only nec sary to read an impartial account of the Chinese Exhibit at St. Louis by Mr. Theodore Hardee, Esq., Assistant Secretary of the Exposition, which appeared in the New York "Sunday Times" of the 28th of August. We quote some extracts in reference to the Qzhibit, in behalf of which the Chinese Priation of Tls. 750,000.
jovernment set apart a special appro-
ea plot of ground measuring 15,625 square "The Imperial Chinete Pavilion stands foot, between the pavilions of the Batish -and Belginn Governments and near the Administration Building. It is an exact reproduction of a pact of the pal.ce of his Highness Pouce Pu Lan, the Chiese Commissioner General to ths World'a Fnir. The pavilion 1s an elegant structure of the -umptu us type—highly decorated, colour ful and airy in appearance The group consists of three buildings—the main hail we wings which face each other. main bull is the reception room. The whole front is made of carved panels ut teskwoo, inlaid with ivory depicting scenes itustrative of Chinese life. The upper portion of the folding dyers is decorated with birds and flowers carved in relief out The combination journ is so exquisitely blended that the and variety of tints are most pleasing, and cull up in the mind the fairyland. In front of the panels porting the proj.cting eaves are i The ied in bright vermilion, are made of han (carved gilded in goll. The roof is of pedi shape, wi h the ends turned up, ornamented by two gorgeous dragons, while on top of the central portion of the ruff is m group of allegorical the nouest tone. the four corners of the eaves are also turned up, the decoration being groups of egenduy fures, which run up from tue corners t+ ends of the root ne in terior consists of w large reception room, "qui distant from the centre and the ends of which rise four vermilion pillars. around "hie are encircle] four dragoos in gold In the middle of the room is a divan of bles wood, beautifully carved, highly potished, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl and quaintly veined marble from the province Yunnan, Immediately in fron: of the divan, which is the sest of honour, stands arable, no och side of which are two rows of chairs and trustands, the material and wotlunauship of which are made to tatch the divan, This set 18 known as the rth end of the m is "ret fom Ningpo, with carved relief, lacquered in bright red, and ed in silver and gold. The south end of the room contains the famous Foochow set, in lacquer, tastefully and ele-nantly decorated with birds and flowers. Ail the furvit reas covered with silk, elabborately embroidered. The walls are hung with panels and scrolls, which bear witness to the skilful workmaushiy and fine decorative art of the Chinese. There is also gescefully hung from the ceiling by silken cords; these lanterns are of quaint and odd part-rug, and festoons ut silk in mixed colours ald to the -|charm of this greatly admire reception root "This pavilion cost in the neighbourhood of $125,000, ste spite the fact that a great deal of the carving, ivory inlaid work, "ud figare making was done in China, where labour ix very much less expensive than in Americ The framework of the building was de in St, Lou's, but the door, windows, pa ling, and other ornamented we ddw.rk were manufactured in Eh a. All the gilding and other artistic omi jentaion of the interior wer performed here by expert native Chivamen imported for that purpose. The Chinese pavilion at Paris ¢ st $60,0C0, and the construct was done thre by Frenchmen, with French materials, from plans furnished by the Chin-ae Customs Service. hose figures will sive some idea of how much more elaborate is China's representation at St. Louis than in any previous exposit "The Chinese Imperial Pavilion is undoubtedly the most picturesqu~ of all the foreign structures on the World's Fair grounds, and its popularity is attested by the crowds of visitors who throng its precincts. Its dours are open to the public between 2 and 5 o'clock every afternoon, bur during other hours admission is obtained by cards issued from the Chinese Commission.
This superfine display of Chinese artez sciences, and industries on such a brow scale has never been equalled by China any other exposition. While the princi native productions, such ay tea, porcelains, silk, ivory, and wood carvings, were generously displayest in the bazasts of the Chinese reservation at the Paris Exp sition by 141 merchants and other, no such comprehensive shawms as the display at St. Louis was ever before attempted. Here 202 exhibitors, with a luge and varied assortment of prodvets, vie with rach othe: for excellence and attractiveness."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.