The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-06-12
AN IMPORTANT EVENT.
MARRIAGE OF THE !
PEROR OF CHINA.

APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE EN-.
PEROR OF CHINA.
The Shanghae correspondent Of the
London Times writing March q, sees
in the Chinese Emperor's approaching ,
marriage an event which may effect the
world outside the walls Of China. The
Express and dowager publish three de
crees: tho first naming the Empress elect,
the second appointing three other ladies
to be members of the harem, and the third
ordering the astronomical board to select
| q lucky day in October for the celebration
| of the marriage. The name Of the lady
| whom fate and the empresses have selected
for this supreme honor is Alute. She is q
Mongol by descent. Her father is Chung
Ca, a junior officer of the Hamlin Col
lege, being son Of Saishangs, Mongol
| mandarin, who had high Office at tho
| beginning of the last reign, and her
mother is the daughter Of the late
Tuanhua, Prince of Cheng, who was
prominent member of the anti-foreign
| years of Hienrung, but was overthrow
by Prince Kung and the Empress, in
November, 1861. The event has
AN ULTERIoR POLITICAL IMPORTANCE.
The formal assumption by him Of the
ter his marriage, and the first question
which he will have to decide on his own
responsibility is that Of admitting foreign
ambassador TO audience. 1t seems to
have been tacitly agreed among the west
ern powers that they would forbear press
ing this claim until
THE EMPERoK's INDEPENDENCE.
from control should be fully recognized.
The epoch of marriage in China is gener-
! ally held to be the signal for this emanci-
patton. So we may anticipate that the
question cannot be longer deferred than
the spring Of 1872. To Europeans unfa-
milihr with the extravagant assumption Of
. Chinese emperor this matter must seem
1 much less important than it really is. For
II does involve the crucial point Of our re-
lations. Isolated for centuries from the
) rest of the world, knowing only the weak
o kidgdom around her borders, over whom
y her superiority is unbounded, China has
10 regarded herself as the center of civliza-
ton and power, implied in the term "neu.
trail kingdom and the emperor is, OF
course, as far above "outside sovereigns a,
China is superior to tho nations over whom
they rule. There is only one emperor
E. and tho
OTHER RULERS OF THE WORLD
Are his vassals. ambassadors therefore
from those rulers, are tribute bearers, ant
can only approach his presence as they
a, would that of god, constantly kneelinj
nm and striking the earth with their forehead
~, 1t is easy to conceive that the advisers O
h the young emperor have steadfastly de
=. clined to deal with demand so prepos
20, ferrous in Chinese eyes rs the admission
ar Of
es- FOREIGN AMBASSADORS
20. To an audience as representatives of soy
he ereigns equal with their own master,
lt- All Confuciandom would have been apbas
m novator would have been in danger. 4
ed powerful mandarin might have dared ant
I'D steered through the crisis, but the men.
,r- bers OF the present government are no
re individually powerful. The instincts o
~ a Chnaman is to stave of, rather thai
he grapple with, an emergency. The respon
no sibiity could not have been put upon tn,
OF emperor, for he was too young. 1t woulC
ID, have been too patent that IA boy of four
ot teen or fifteen years was under the nfiu
he ence of his ministers; but his majesty /
y now seventeen, according TO the Chimes
at mode of reckoning, which sets down
DIS baby as a year directly it is born, an,
" when, to the weight OF the seventeen
ly years, is added
'e- THE DIGNITY or MARRIAGE,
en- All China will concede certain amour
'ii of individual will to its rulers. Th
e. Emperor then is the only man who can GU
ne the knot without danger to his head, an
or TO him has the solution of the probler
IN been left. Whether he will deal with
aS intelligently, or persist in dashing hi
,e, head against the wall, remains to be seer