The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

London, Sept. 25.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Hongkong correspondent wir-
ing Sunday says: Although there is no
positive confirmation, all the evidence
tends to the conviction that the emperor
is dead. A private dispatch says he
died on Sept. q, directly he issued the
edict giving the dowager the regency.
Nobody doubts that Yang and Chang
Yen Hoon, who was minister at Wash
ington in 1895 are both innocent of the
charge of poisoning the emperor.
The Times Pekin dispatch says:
Chang Yen Hoon, the Cantonese
enemy and rival of Ii Hung Chang,
who is charged with harboring Kang
Yu Wei, has been arrested. He is now
under trial by the board of punishment.
He will be stripped of all his offices
and his removal gives increased power
to Ii Hung Chang.
The officials generally welcome the
empress return to power. but the peo-
pie are Indifferent. Kang Yu Wei is
charged with cOnspiring against the
empress dowager and has been de-
clared an outlaw and his arrest has
been ordered.
The Times Shanghai correspondent
says: On the arrival of Kang Yu Wei
at the WI Sung he was placed for
safety on board the steamer Ballarat,
which sails for HongkOng tomorrow.
In the course Of an interview yester-
day, he informed me that he left Pekin
on Tuesday, in compliance with a
secret message from the emperor,
warning him of his danger and urging
him to obtain assistance from those
-
further stated that recent events were
entirely due to the action of the
Manchu party, headed by the dOwager
empress and VicerOy Yung Lu, and in
Guiding all the high Manchu officials.
The latter were displeased by the en-
peror's leaning toward the reform party
and decided to restore the regency Of
the dOwager.
The dOwager empress party is bound
by an understanding with the Russians,
whereby the latter in consideration of
the support of the Russian interests,
undertake to preserve Manchuria as
the seat of the dynasty and to MAIN
tain Manchu rule in China. In pur-
suance Of this compact, the gradual
substitution of Manchus in all high Of
fees and military commands began
last year under the direction of the
dOwager, thus creating sources of fric-
ton with the emperor, whose de-
thronement was fully threatened. The
present movement is fully Manchurian,
as opposed to Chinese. The influence
of Ii Hung Chang is now subordinate
to that of Yung Lu and is likely to
decrease.
The Nemperor's health is excellent and
his capacity for work and eagerness
for progress are remarkable. His
majesty is convinced, however, that it
will be impossible to overcome the op-
position without the assistance of Eng
land, which he endeavOred to obtain
for his recent progressive measures.
Kang Yu-Wei urges that England now
has an opportunity to intervene and re-
store the emperor to the throne, by
doing which he asserts, she will earn
the gratitude of the Chinese people.
He also observes that unless protection
is afforded to the victim of the coup
d'etat it will be impossible henceforth
for any native official to support Brit
ish interests.
CRISIS AT PEKIN.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says that Kang Yu-Wefs brother has
been arrested in Pekin and condemned
TO death. The dispatch also says that
Sir Claude Macdonald, the British min
lister, gave instructions that Kang
Yuewei should be protected from ar
rest. The British consulate holds his
baggage and documents referring to
state secrets. The Russians are in
censed at the latter fact, and it is re-
ported that Russia has offered the
dowager empress the services of 10000
troops from Port Arthur to keep order
in Pekin if necessary 1t is said that
the British fleet in Chinese waters has
been divided between Ia Ku and Shan
Hal Kwan. under orders to intercept
Russian transports in the event of an
attempt to land troops.
The Pekin correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: The head eunich at the pal