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THE  CHINESE  EMPIRE

by  the  Empress  Dowager  and  Emperor.  His  native  land
has  recognised  the  distinction  he  has  conferred  upon  it
by  making  him  in  1879  a  Companion  of  the  Most  Distinguished ­
  Order  of  St.  Michael  and  St.  George,  in  1882  a
Knight  Commander,  and  in  1889  a  Knight  Grand  Cross
of  the  same  order  ;  and  in  1893  a  Baronet  of  the  United
Kingdom.  Other  countries  also  have  shown  their  appreciation ­
  of  the  value  of  his  work,  and  he  has  received  decorations,
many  of  them  Grand  Croix  or  Grand  Officier,  from  Belgium,
Sweden,  Austria,  France,  Italy,  Portugal,  Norway,  Holland,
Prussia,  and  the  Pope.  From  the  United  States  has  come
the  degree  of  LL.D.,  bestowed  upon  him  by  the  University
of  Michigan.  For  native  ability  and  power  of  organisation
he  may  be  compared,  in  one  aspect  or  another,  with  John
Lawrence  and  Alexander  Hamilton.  His  monument  is  in
the  Service  he  created,  and  his  life-record  is  in  the  history
of  the  foreign  relations  of  China  during  a  period  of  forty
years  of  transition.  Another  will  sit  in  his  chair,  another
will  sign  as  Inspector  General,  but  in  the  history  of  China
there  will  be  but  one  “  I.  G.”