Dr. W. W. Yen on the Pacific Conference: The Cabinet Rumours Denie+
One of China's most able servants; is Dr. W. W. Yen, Minister Foreign Affairs, The son of the! Rev. Y. K. Yen, m.a., an Episcopolian minister, Dr. Yen was born in Shanghai about 45 years ago. After leaving St. John's University before reaching the age of 20, he went to America and in 1900] graduated from the University of! Virginia with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. ear previous to his graduation he was elected to the} Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, an honorary American scholastic body. Upon his return to China he was appointed professor of English at St. John's University, leaving to join the, Commercial Press as English editor in 1906.
The same year he had conferred upon him by the Imperial Government the degree of Doctor of: Letters, and two years later was! appointed second secretary under Dr. Wu Ting-fang at the Chinese Legation at Washington. In 1911 he was admitted as a member of the Hanlin Academy and appointed Junior Counsellor to the Ministry} of Foreign Affairs, a year later becoming under-secretary under the} Republic. Dr, Yen was appointed in 1913 Chinese Minister to Germany and Denmark and functioned in Berlin until China declared war against Germany in 1917 when he transferred his quarters to Denmark. He continued his work as Minister until shortly he-! fore his appointment' as Minister of Foreign Affairs was gazetted on
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