Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-02
OLD CHINESE REGIME CANNOT BE
MAINTAINED LONG.
Young China Party VIII Not Rest Sat-
isaed-British Government Reti-
cent rs to Situation at Fn-
shoda-LOoks Like
French Victory.
tcopzrlrht. 1895. by the Associated Press.

still uncertain, though it Is the general |
opinion that he has already been done to
death by the dowager empress. who, it
now appears was once barmaid in a |
Chinese liquor shop.
The emperor of China is known to have |
shown leanings toward Christianity lately. |
and it was recently reported that he had |
burned the Confucian classics in the palace |
The man who will now ascend the throne |
of China is Yin, a grandson of Prince |
Kung. He is a good looking, intelligent |
young man of decidedly pro-foreign feel |
ings Englishmen who have met Yin de-
clare he will not be puppet like his prede-
cessor. He has stronger will and, more
over, is not related to the dowager
| empress.
A prominent resident of Picking, DR.. Dud-
| geon, who is the only foreigner who ever
| dined with Yin, asserts that the dowager
| empress is not opposed to progress. He
| adds that she was responsible for the in
4 staliation of the electric light in the pal
| aces and introduced railroad and an cleo
| trio launch into the palace grounds. She
| is also held to have favored other Western
| ideas.
l. 1t is now said that the dismissal of Ii
| Hung Chang, who was the ally of the do
twager empress, and the strong pressure of
| Russia. which country was alarmed at the
probable results of the mission of the
Marquis Ito to China. were the true causes
of the emperor's deposition.
| The time, however, has gone by for
| continuance of the old regime. The young
| China party will not rest satisfied with the
| existing state Of things.
Kang Yuwei the fugitive Cantonese re-
| former, who is now safe at Hong Kong
| under British protection, is known the
| modern sage of China. He is the leader
| of the reform party and the originator of
the society formed in opposition to the GUS
tom of binding the feet of Chinese girls.
The oyster-like reticence of the British
government respecting the situation at
| Fashoda and the intentions of the minis
tiers in the matter is causing a bitter out
| cry in the press. The only hint on the
subject appears in the army order of the
mander-in-chief of the forces, Lord
Wolseley, on the conclusion of General
Kitcheners campaign, in which he says:
1.-THE campaign has resulted in the recon-
quest of the valley of the Nile from the
second cataract to the Sebat river
This is seized upon by the press as an in
direct statement of policy upon the part of
|
| termination of the ministers to insist upon
| Major Marchand's evacuation of Fashoda.
In the meanwhile, the blowing of trum-
pets on both sides of the channel contin-
ues.
INQUIRIES made in diplomatic circles re-
, veal the opinion that the ultimate settle
ment of the difficulty will be that the
French will retire from Fashoda, but Will
, be permitted to retain an important part
|
chand marched. This will be another score
t for French bluff, similar to the Niger set
= Element. which is now admitted to nave
been a diplomatic victory for France
= There has been a lull in the Dreyfus ex-
= citement since the appeal in the case ana
the discriminating documents were sent
e 70 the court of cessation, whose decision.
!. however. will probably not be rendered I'M
h til January The preliminary proceeding
: | will take three weeks, and the matter Is
. not likely to come formally before the
: court before the end of October. The case
! would have been much more simple II an
| annulment of the verdict instead OF a re-
). | vision of the case had been asked Tor. But
In the case of an annulment all the re-
= snonSbiiities would have had to have beer
fixed. and this is just what is not wanted
If the court of cessation pronounces ir
a
h ferred back to the military authorities. who
,e will order a new court-martial, which may
m again take place in secret. The court OF
,e cassation however. can order an open tria
A. and II can even summon Dreyfus before 1t
,e The interesting announcement Is mad
in that the pope has ordered the papal nunci
Of at Paris to request the clergy and clerlca
L organs to discontinue their opposition TO
NJ | revision of the Dreyfus case. rms Is
IA | blow for the Jesuits, who have been insti
Is eating the military authorities and VIII
Up control the most virulent and most un
scrupulous arti-revisionist newspaper IN
Iibre Parole.
In the meanwhile Lieutenant Colonel Pic
e. quart is strictly secluded in the miltar
I'd prison of Cherche Midi No written o
ST verbal communications, books or Wiluh
~ materials are allowed him. The priso
D, meals are taken him by two soldiers VIII
he stand beside him while ne eats. but the
must not speak to him.
NJ. Henri Rocheforts newspaper, the Ir
az | transigeant publishes some sensational ac
US cusations against the French military AT
e. thorities in Africa, charging the officers c
~ the naval disciplinary battalion with revolt
d. ing cruelty and giving names and dates.
IT. The extraordinary lax treatment of III
anarchist assassin of the empress of Austri
| the Italian, lSuccDeNt, lHe pliSOh Va -
ed Antoine Geneva, Switzerland, is causin
d much remark He is allowed wine, cigar
en- letters and newspapers, spends money an
of gives newspaper interviews. In fact. I
ne Is treated like the lion of the prison. Whe
,st examined before the magistrates, he maxi
n parade of jests and frivolous answer
The assassin's trial has been fixed for Il
first week in November. He will be col
~ demned to solitary confinement for hf
Ter Only one man has hitherto undergone tn
punishment, which has more terrors thu
his capital punishment. The prisoner is col
lite fined in an underground cell, into while
no sunshine ever penetrates. He is n
allowed bed. must sleep on the groun
and is only permitted to take exercise on
ed | a week in the prison yard.
de A number of Spanish cities are disputiI
for the honor of being the final restii
place OF the remains of Christopher Colur
bus when they arrive from Havana. IT
lis Duke of veragua. replying to an appeal
os behalf of Granada, wrote:
sea II share with you the sentiments respe'
ing the necessity of not abandoning to
usurpers the sacred ashes reposing in I
ms cathedral of Havana. and the right re-
.- ing in me, as the representative of I