CHINESE DIPLOMACY.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1110, 10 August 1883, Page 3

CHINESE DIPLOMACY.

The gossip of Washington p 'inis to tin? approaching departure of the Flower of :■ 11 China,” the young I In i < iii Yung, for Europe dip loimttic mission to the Court of Ht Jiimes, the Celestial Government b nog just now occupied with the c mpjirative diplomacy of the different countries of the wor d, by all of which China expects ere lon' to bo pro claimed sovereign lord and master. Mi Chin, for so the young hero is called hy the ladies of Wa hington, is described as a i lady killer of the first water.' “One of the greatest masters i,)f dictation I ever 1 met with,” ex ■Claimed a young lady by whose side he had seated himself at one of the balls at the White House. Mr Chin’s complaint that it was the thickness of ■ his soles alone which compelled him to inaction while the iesr of the company whisked around the room was- capped with the observation, “ But it is not only the soles of mv Test that are fixed, it is the soul of my body that is chained to your side." ...This speech ifot only disp ays his gallantry,' ■ knowledge of English, whietrKe has acquired mostly froiustHe fast young men of New York. Mr Chin, unlike his countryman in general, refuses to don the European costume, but wears the “ full Chinese ” in. all its glory. He wears the junk shoes of black satin with soles of white felt three inches thigk, and invariably folds his hands b-niath his loose hanging sleeves (always lined with bright-colored atin) whenever he talks to the ladies. Mr Clnn has the < lightest and most intelligent countenance it is possible to see His eyes are black, and although almond-shaped, veiy bright and sparkling, and when he smiles he displays a set of teeth which put those of the American beauties to shamc.and they frequently suggest the idea of bringing over a Chinese dentist to repair the. damage caused in their'owa ‘ratalinrs by the climate, according to their own account, but ascribed un justly to' the very exaggerated consumption of the sweets and acids in which they indulge. '1 he ambassador, Mr Chin’s uncle, is a fat, ea.°y-g dug Chinaman, seemingly indifferent to all that is going on around him, and yet nev>T 1 losing a single iiem of the proceedings His nephew is called upon to interpret the pretty sayings ot the la'.a"s, and it is quite delightful to ehold the mighty Chang T. aoJu, report, d as grave as a patriaich at the Council Board, shake his fat sides with laughter at the little coaxing speeches and cunning compliments addressed to him, which he knows very well are put out to interest, as it were, and exported to bring in big profits in the way of ivory fans and jewelled hairpins or cedar wood boxes.