The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-06
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many stormy scenes; Shih To, better
know to us as Prince Ii, who has no
knowledge of foreign affairs. and hates
all foreign barbarians;" Wenk Tung-ho,
the Emperor's private tutor, who Is equal
ly conspicuous for his dislike of the bar
barians though he is credited with nav
ing taken to the study of foreign analrs
since the troubles with Japan kang ~,
an official who gained his high ONCE by
presenting the Emperor, for the purposes
of the late war, with large sum OF mon
ev. which he had no doubt obtained by
extortion Of one kind or another, and
whose appreciation Of modern conditions
In warfare may he judged by the faet that
he prefers bows and arrows to guns, and
has ordered that those of his companies
which are provided with the mur4erous
rife shall use clay bullets, so as 70 save
the expense Of leaden ones; and CHEN
Ying-pu president of the board OF pubic
works, who Is singuiarly free from preJu-
dice against foreigners, in spite OF the
fact that experience has never brought
him into proper contact with them. The
ministry Of war conssts~of Prince Kung
(presidenD, Prince Ching (yice presidenO,
Weng. Tung-ho, ana Jung Lu. With
two of these gentlemen we have already
made acquaintance. Prince Ching q
Kuang) was promoted from the third TO
second order of princes four years ago.
He has held many offices In the capital,
among others that OF president OF the
Tsung-li- Yamen, to which he still belongs
and is reported to be q fair-mlnded man
relatively, that is, for he has never been
far from home. Jung Lu Is Manchu,
and airs advanced views when are
crude His lengthy connection With the
mn nf not account
for his insistence upon the necessity Of
showing a bold front 20 foreign agrees
sion. The Tsung-li-Yamen consists of
Prince Kung,. Prince Ching, Weng, Tung-
no. Kang VI, and Jung Lu, IN addition 20
orr estinable old friend, III Hung Chang,
and Ching Hsin, stiff and bgoted norni-
nee of Prince Kung; Ching Ii, very old
man. from whose mature lips drop WORDS
of antlduated wisdom; Hsu Ying-Wei,
Cantonese, who was once literary cham
cellor IN Kansu, but who has remained in
Pekin for a good twenty years past; Liao
shaoheng, elder brother OF the Governor
of che-I<iang; Chang Yin-huan, who spent
twelve years as minister TO the United
States. Spain and Peru, and was special
Ambassador at the diamond jubilee, and
WI Ting-fen the leader of the reform par
~ The men most capable OF Offering
good advice in the present emergency are
the two last named, but Chang fln-huan
IL Of TOO low rank to possess any real
influence. and It Is stated that WI Ting
fen. despairing of any reform while the
country's affairs are In the hands OF the
preiudiced fossils and corrupt servants,
recently applied for two months leave Of
absence 10 repair his ancestral tombs-a
preliminary to retirement. In The multi
tude of counsel offered by these varions
officials there is much plotting on the part
OF each member of the three boards
against each and every one of his fellows
Periodically the Empress Dowager comes
out, rates them soundiy from behind her
screen. and IL they have done something
unusually foolish, boxes all their ears
And between one and another of them
the unhappy Son of Heaven comes crop
DER.