Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-26
IA RUSSIAN COMPACT.
marebu Rule 10 Be Maintained IN China BY
the Gar.
ENGLAND OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE


toraor. sept. c5.-Tne Times
SHANGHAI correspondent says; on the
arrival OF Rank Yuwei al WI SUNG he
WIS placed for srfe,y on board the
Baiiara;, which sails for Hong kons
tomorrow. In the course Of an Inter
view yesterday he Informed me that
he lcf. Pekin on Tuesday In compliance
with a secret message from the ON.
pcror warning him Of his danger and
urging him TO obtain assistance from
those interested In the counirys well
faro. He further stated mat recent
events were entirely due to The action
OF thc Manchu party. headed by the
dawaecr empress and Viceroy Nung
La. and Including all the high Manchu
officials. Tho latter were displcased
by The emperOrs leaning toward the
reform Party and decided to restore
the regency OF the dowager
The dowagcr ompresss party u
bound by an understanding with the
Ilusslans whereby the latter, IN con-
alteration Of the support ot the ltus-
Sian Interests. undertake 70 preserve
Mnuchuria as the seat % The dynasty
and to maintain Manchu rule IN china
In pursuance OF this compact the grad
uai substitution OF M1nchua IN AT high
offices and military commands began
last year under the direction OF tue
doaagcr. thus creating sources Of ff.c-
ton with the emperor. whose de-
thfonement was fully threatened. The
influence Of II Hung Chang 10 now
aubordlnate To thtt of Nung Lu anu
l. likely to decrease.
mo rmpcror'a health Ia excellent and
hls capacity for work and cagerneaa
for progrcss are remarkable. Ills ma
jesty IL convinced. however, that u
will be impossible 10 overcome the op..
poaltlon without the assistance OF
| England. which he cndeavOrcd 10 op-
tain FOR his recent progressive mea-
Knng Yuwcl urges that England now
| has an opportunity 10 Intervene ana
restore the emperor % his throne uy
doing which, he asserts. she VIII earn
the gratitude OF the Chinese people
lie also observes that unless prv'ec'
/ ton N afforded 10 the victim OF the
| coup d'ctntit will be impossible hence
| forth for any native official TO support
| British Interests.
| A special dispatch from shanghai
says that kang Yuwcla brother has
been arrested In PciSln and condemned
10 death. The dispatch also says that
Sir Claude Macdonald. the Britiuh
minister. gave instructions that kinf
Yuwoi should be protected from ar
rost The british consulate holds hii
baggage and documents referring Z,
| state secrets. Tho Russians are IN
cenned NJ the latter fact, and II II re-
ported that Russia has offered th'
d1wngcr empress the services Of 49,
900 troops from Port Arthur TO keel
order In Pcltn. II necessary. II IN sale
that the British fleet In Chinese water
has been divided between Ia ku and
shan Hal kwan, under orders 20 In
trrccpt Russian transports In the even
OF an attempt 90 land troops,
The Timcss Pokin dispatch says
chank Yen HON. the Cantonese en-
envy and rival OF II Hung Chang. VIII,
II charged with harborlng kanK Yu'
wei. has been arrested. He IN now un'
der trial by the board OF punishment
He will be stripped u all his offices
and his removal gives increased powci
10 II Hung Chang. The officials gen
orally welcome the emprcsa's return
% er,hut the people are indifferent
Knnk Yuwci IL charged with connplrinl
against the empress dOwager and hal
been declared an outlaw and his ar
rest has been ordered.
Tho Daily Telegrnph'a Hongkoni
correspondent. wiring Sunday. says
Although there n no positive con
firmation. all the evidence tends 10 IN
conviction that the emperor h dead
private dispatch says he died OF
September eist, directly he Issued IN,
cdlct giving the dowager the regency
Nohody doubts that Yang and cham
Yen Hoon.who was minister nc wash
inEton In issh. are both Innocent Of tn
| charge of noirantun the emperurf