Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1912 — BUCK AT CAPITAL [ARTICLE]

BUCK AT CAPITAL

Dr. Wo, Again Minister to Uidtod States, Is Welcomed. Three Times Representative of Celestials Arrives at Washington and fa Gladly Received by All—To Be Called Ambassador. Washington. The appointment of Dr. Wu Ting Fang, as minister iflp the United States from- the flew republic of China la a matter of satisfaction and. interest to Washington. Doctor Wu has twice before this represented his 'government in the American capital, and is probably toe best-known Chinaman in this country. While there is no official authority for toe statement, it is hinted that the post in Washington will be made an embassy Instead of a legation In the near future. Doctor Wu will then be promoted from minister to ambassador. Before the recent change of government to the Flowery Kingdom a new minister had been appointed to succeed Mr. Chang Tin Tang, the incumbent, but owing to toe exigencies of politics, the transfer was delayed until it was decided that Doctor Wu was the logical man for the place. On his last visit to Washington he announced that he would return again, as he intended to live far beyond the eentory mark.'— * . During one of his former sojourns in Washington he became interested to the work of Mrs. Henderson, wife of former Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri, and with her promulgated the doctrine of vegetarianism and total abstinence from alcoholio liquors. He insists that by living on a diet which Mb describes for himself anyone may live to any age he desires. When Doctor Wu was last to Washington he was as curious and active as at any time, but signs of age had appeared in his slightly bent figure and especially in the gray "hair which formed a good share of his queue. A gray-haired Chinaman is not a common sight to this country. This may be because emigration is confined to the young, or if gray hair does not -flourish in the Orient, it may be that Doctor Wu has made this concession to the newer civilization. But old or youn|K.Washington stands - ready to welcome the great questioner.