HU WEI-TE (PEKING), late Chinese Minister to Russia; m. 1893, Tcheng Yung-Hua, d. of Tcheng Yo-Houng of the Chinese official service. Editc.: College of the Kiangnan Arsenal, Shanghai. Joined official service at Peking, 1888; appointed attache" to the Legation at London, 1890; at Paris, 1890; Secretary of Legation, Washington, 1893; Secretary of Legation, St. Petersburg, 1897; Delegate at the Hague Peace Conference, 1899; Councillor of Legation, 1900; Charge d'Affaires, St. Petersburg, 1902; appointed Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary, June 28, 1902 delegate to Red Cross Convention, 1904; returned to China, 1906. Addffss: Peking, China.