CHINA (NORTH), Bishop of (see: SCOTT, RT. REV. CHARLES PERRY).
CHINA (WESTERN), Bishop of (see: CASSELS, RT. REV. WILLIAM WHARTON).
CHINDA, Stemi (TOKYO), ex-Vice-Minister of F oreign Affairs; b. 1856, at Hirosaki. Educ.: American University; graduated 1881. Appointed clerk of Foreign Office, 1885; was appointed to the charge of telegraph section in same office; Consul at San Francisco, 1890; removed to Consulate at Ninsen; Consul-General at Shanghai, 1895; Minister Resident at Brazil; later at the Hague, 1899-1900; Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at St. Petersburg, 1900; recalled in 1901 to assist Baron Komura as his immediate subordinate; resigned from Foreign Office, Jan., 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
CHING, Prince (see: I-K'UANG.)
CHING-HOU (PEKING), Vice-President, Board of War; Imperial clansman. Appointed assistant Supervisor of Instruction, Aug., 1901; Reader at the Hanlin; Vice-President, Board of Ceremonies, Mukden, Feb., 1903; senior Vice-President, Board of War, July, 1905.
CHING-HSING, General (FOOCHOW), native of Manchuria. Appointed Grain Intendant, Kiangsu, Oct., 1888; Shan-An Tao, Shansi, March, 1898; Salt Commissioner, Ch'ang-lu, Chihli, March, 1897; Judicial Commissioner, Shansi, Feb., 1898; do., Shantung, Oct., 1898; Financial Commissioner, Honan, Nov., 1898; Governor, Kiangsi, Nov., 1930; do., Hupeh, Dec., 1900; Tartar-General, Foochow, Fukien province, Feb., 1901; retired, April, 1902.
CH'ING-FU ( PEKING ), ex Vice-President of Censorate; native of Manchuria. Appointed Sub-Chancellor, Grand Secretariat, Vice-President Mongolian Superintendency, Feb., 1888; Deputy Lieut.-General, Plain White Banner Corps; degraded to Minor Court Official of 3rd rank, March, 1894; Director, Court of Sacrificial Worship, April, 1894; senior Vice-President, Censorate, August, 1899; retired ill-health, April, 1905.
CH'ING-JUI, Tartar General (CHINOCHOU), native of Mongolia. Appointed Sub-Chancellor, Grand Secretariat, Dec., 1895; Vice-President, Mongolian Superintendency, Feb., 1898; Vice -President, Mukden Board of Punishments, Nov., 1899; Vice-President, Board of Revenue, Dec., 1899; President, Censorate, Nov., 1903; Tartar General, Cbingchou, Shantung province, Nov., 1904.
CH'ING-SHU (HSINING), Imperial Resident; native of Manchuria; provincial graduate. Kung-ch'in-Chieh Tao, Kansu, March, 1904; brevet rank, Deputy Assistant Military Governor, Imperial Resident, Hsining, Kansu, 1906.
CHIRA, Prince (BANGKOK), Commander-in-Chief, Siamese Army; Prince of Nakonchaisi; b. Nov. 7, 1876, g. of His Majesty King Chulalonkorn of Siam; m. 1904, Princess Sumonal. Educ.: Europe. Received his early
