Governor, do., March, 1900; acting Governor -General, Chihli, etc., Nov., 1901; apptd. Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, Dec., 1901; decorated with Yellow Jacket, Jan., 1902; in charge of affairs of Northern Railway, Jan., 1902; Consulting Minister to Council of Government, Jan., 1902; Minister of Army Reorganisation, July, 1903; head of railways, China Merchants' s.s. Co., and telegraphs; the man of power in China at present; opposed to boycott of American goods; granted privilege of wearing Sable Robe (worn by Imperial family), Nov., 1905.
YUAN SHU-HSUN (PEKING), Chinese Official Service; native of Hunan. Prefect, Tientsin; Ching-I-Shih Tao, Hupei, Jan., 1901; Su-Sung-T'ai Tao, Shanghai, Jan., 1901; Hsuchou Tao, Kianghuai, Jan., 1905; Countenanced anti-foreign rioting whilst Taotai at Shanghai in Jan., 1906; Governor of Shuntienfu (Peking and adjacent dists.), Feb., 1906, significant appt. in view of attitude towards foreigners at Shanghai.
YU-CH'ENG-KO (HUNAN), native of Anhwei; metrop. graduate, 1890; Tai-Ping-Shuu-Ssu Tao, Lungchou, Kwangsi, April, 1904; Treasurerelect, Chihli, 1905; was censor in Peking during the Boxer emeute of 1900, and gained notoriety as antiforeigner; is believed to have drawn up forged edicts ordering missionaries to be driven out of country, and commanding the massacres of all foreigners throughout Empire; upon relief of Peking fled to Hunan highlands.
YUNG WING (SHANGHAI), LL.D.; Scholar and Diplomat b. 1828 m. 1876. Educ.: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.; graduated from Yale, 1854, being first Chinese graduate of a foreign University. Sent abroad by Tseng Kuo-fan to purchase machinery for the Kiangnan Arsenal at Shanghai, 1864; appointed Chief Commissioner of the Chinese Educational Mission to the United States, 1871: appointed Associate Chinese Minister at Washington, Dec., 1876; returned to China, 1882, to submit a report of the Educational Mission to the Peking Government; sent to Peru in the seventies as Chinese Commissioner to investigate the coolie traffic, and as a result of his report said traffic was shortly afterwards abolished; is Expectant Taotai of Kiangsu. Publications: Chinese translation of "Parson's Law of Contracts," and other works. Address: Shanghai, China.
ZUMOTO, Motosada (SEOUL), attached to Marquis Ito's staff; b. 1862, in Hoki Province. Educ.; Sapporo Agric. Coll. Connected with "Japan Mail" as translator; afterwards in Govt. service; apptd. twice Priv. Sec. to Marquis Ito; in 1897 started "Japan Times" at Tokyo in conjunction with three others; acted as Tokyo correspondent of London " Standard "; appointed to present post, 1906. Address: Seoul, corean
