Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Liang Ju-hao

Mr. Liang Hu-hao

梁如浩字孟亭

(Better known as M. T. Liang)

Mr. M. T. Liang was born in Tang Chia, Kuangtung Province, in 1860. He wag one of the earliest Chinese students sent to America where he arrived in 1874. He studied engineering at the Steven's Institute of Technology, and returned to China in 1881. Mr. Liang served for many years with the Shanhaikwan Railway first as a junior and finally as managing director. In April 1906, he was appointed Taotai of the Fengtien-Chihchow-Shanhaikwan circuit. In April 1907 he was appointed Customs Taotai of Tientsin In October of the same year he was appointed Shanghai Taotai. In March 1908 Mr. Liang was appointed Councillor of the Board of Foreign Affairs and four months later was made the Chief Secretary to the Viceroy of the Three Eastern Provinces. In June 1909, he was recalled to Peking. He was offered the post of Vice-Minister of Communications in Yuan Shih-kai's Cabinet of November 16, 1911, but he did not accept. He was nominated for the post of Minister of Communications in the first Republican Cabinet, but the nomination was rejected by Parliament. In September 1912 Mr. Liang was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs which position he held only for two months. Since that time he has resided in Tientsin. During 1920 and 1921, he assisted in the organization and was elected president of the North China International Society of Famine Relief. He has been and is still the president of the China International Famine Relief Commission. In November 1921, he was appointed High Advisor to the Chinese Delegation to the Washington Conference and accompanied it to America. In April 1922, Mr. Liang was appointed Director-General of the Bureau for the Rendition of Weihaiwei. In that capacity he has been successfully negotiating with the British delegates on the question of the return to China of this port, Mr. Liang has received the First Class Tashou Chiaho Decoration.