The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-10-02
Semi-Officia||y AnnouncedtO Have
Suicided on September FL
YIN WILL ASCEND THRONE
viii Not Allow Himself to Be
Controlled by the DoWager.
DISMISSAL OF Ii HUNG CHANG
And the Strong Pressure of Russia Was
Responsible for Emperor's Deposition.
HGOvERNMENTR RETICENT
Respecting the Situation at Fashoda and
the Minister'S Intentions in the
Matter-The Dreyfus Case
Still Agitating France.
And the Strong Pressure of Russia Was
Responsible for Emperor's Deposition.
BR1T1sHGovERNMENT RETICENT

London, OCTOBER l.-Cnlna, 6Sypl anu
Dreyfus are still the leading questions OF
the hour, and the newspapers publish col
umns daily on each subject.
The chief interest perhaps, centers on
China, where the fate of the emperor is
still uncertain, although is the general opin-
ion that he has already been done to death
by the dowager empress, who, it now ap-
pears, was once a barmaid in a Chinese
liquor shop.
The emperor of China is known to have
lately shown leanings toward Christianity,
and it was recently reported that he had
burned the Confucian classics in the
palace.
A special spatch from Shanghai, pub
llshed today says kilograms furnished by
the Taitai, or local governor, to a Chinese
paper there, allege that the emperor of
China committed suicide on September q
after signing the decree which placed the
dowager empress at the head of affairs in
China. This, it IS claimed, is understood
to mean that the emperor was assass mated.
All the English speaking secretaries and
the principal members OF the Chinese for
eign office, it is further announced, have
been seized and banished.
sem-OfficiaI announcement
A later dispatch from Shanghai said it
was semi-o1nc ally announced there that
the emperor of China committed suicide on
September 21.
The man who will now ascend the throne
of China is Yin, a grand son of Prince
Kung. He is a cookbook ng, intelligent
young man of decidedly pro-foreign lean
ngs.
Engl shmen who have met Yin declare he
will not be puppet like his predecessor.
He has a stronger will and moreover is
not related to the dowager empress.
A prominent resident of Pekin, Dr. Dud-
geon the only foreigner who ever dined
with Yin asserts that the dowager en-
press is not opposed to progress. lie adus
that she was responsible for the insta.ia-
tion of the electric light in the palaces, and
introduced a railroad and an electric launch
into the palace grounds. She Is also held
to have favored other western ideas.
1t is now said that the dismissal of LII
Hung Chang, who was the ally Oh the
dowager empress, and the strong pressuie
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. Inc 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 Yu Wei the fugi-
tive Cantonese reformer who is now sale
at Hong Kong under British protection, ls
known as the modern sage of emma. he
is the leader of the reform party and the
originator of the society formed in opposi-
tion to the custom of binding the feet OF
Chinese girls.
Government Still Rericent
The ovster-like reticence of the British
government respecting the situation at
Fashoda and the intentions of the minis
ters in the matter is causing bitter out
cry in the press. Even the supporters oi
the government are disgusted. Tne on
hint on the subject appears in the army
order of the commander-in-chief OF the
forces, Lord Wolseley, on the conclusion OF
General Kitchener's campaign, in which ne
says:
.'The campaign has resulted in the con-
quest of the valley of the Nile from the
second cataract to the Sebal river
This is seized upon by the press as an in
direct state of policy upon the part of the
government and as implying the determi-
nation of the ministers to insist upon Ma
jor Marchand's evacuation of FashQda.
In the meanwhile the blowing OF trump
cts on both sides of the channel continues.
Inquiries made in diplomatic circles re-
veal the fact that the ultimate solution OF
the difficulty will be that the French Will
retire from Fashoda, but will be allowed
to retain an important part of the territory
through which Major Marchand marched.
his will be another score for French blun
similar to the Niger settlement, which Is
now admitted to be diplomatic victory
for France.
There has been lull in the Dreyfus ex-
citement since the appeal in the case and
the discriminating documents were sent to
the court of cessation, whose decision,
however, will probably not be rendered un-
til January. The parliamentary proceed
ing will take three weeks, and the matter
is not likely to formally come before the
court before the end Of October. The case
would have been much more simple If an
annulment of the verdict instead of re-
vision of the case had been asked for. But,
in the case of an annulment the responsi-
bilities would have to have been fixed, and
this is just what is not wanted. If the
court of cessation pronounces in favor of
a revision, the affair will be referred back
to the military authorities, who will order
a new courtmartial, which may again take