Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-23
TIIE ElIPEROR'S EDICT.
THE CHINESE MINISTER'S VIEWS.
There is No secrecy About the Idict WIN
strengthen Chins, and She WIN
Hsmsin Intact.

Washington. sept 29.--The Chimes
minister. WI Ting. today received
cable dispatch from the Chinese foreign
office al Poking Swing the text Of the
cdici issued by the emperor yesterday
In whach owing TO the critical cJn1l-
tiln Of Chinese affairs. h. calls back 10
power ,he Empress Dowagcr and COM
mits 10 her hands the direction of the
vas, anairs Of the empire. Tho cdict.
freely translated from the cipher cable.
iq as follows
"NoW that China n disturbed, there
.a need that an business snail be we'll
done. We. the emperor, agFMcd from
morning 20 evening for ne welfare VI
affairs and fearful lest errors may oc-
cur. observing from me beginung OF
the rclyn OF Tung chi. nu, The En-
press Dowagcr had twice given In
strucHua to the emperor. and VIA
slEull ahiuty and aucccaa, ~ wr now,
considering the important Interests 20
III empire. have 0cggcd che Empress
huWAHrr 10 give 10 me empire thc
her,ut n her ripe cXpcricncc and her
Instruction.. The dowagcr empress has
htDn pleased 10 accede 10 this rrquui.
ami therefore 70 u ~ me guud fortune
81 the whole empire that this auspeloua
event j. brought about From today the
Empress DoWagrf conducu thc budi.
ness 10 hi imperial apartments. and
on the eighth day u The present month
(Chlncse calrndar mratlng today Dng-
ihah calcndAf1 VIZ Win tftc all me
princes aud ministers b p,rfofm the
ceremony IN the Chinchung palace. Lot
the Yamcn CfordFn oiiicol prepare that
the ceremony may be porformd Win
nllng hpuufa."
Tie Chinese mlnfslur WIS seen at the
legation toby and talked concerning
ne adct. lie said there was NJ SEE
crccy about u, nothing DO Indicate shat
u WAS a triumph % ons foreign element
over anuphcr and that ~ essential pur-
pose Nus "a strengthen China herself
~ ne time when Herlola
alwlEn problems wgrs presented. IL
W4s qulis natural h. said that the
dlwagrr empress should De called 10
the aid OF tn emperor OWING 60 dy-
nasty reasons The present downEer
has survived three dynastles, begin
ming with thht % Emperor iliscp Fung.
She was the second wife % the emperor
and bore him a son, Tung Chi. VINO On
the death % his father became emperor.
The latter was an Infant ruler ana the
NNNAHNI NnNA anu N"M ANNAhNH NNN~
press, directed Tor him the vast AFFAIRS
NJ the empire, on ha Death without
issue, the dowhFur elected her nephew,
Kwang Hau 10 become the emperor,
and his reign Il nov ln progress. He
was a child when be took the throne
twenty-flur years agp. and up 70 nine
years ago the dowuggr directed affalrs
Tor him, acting ~ The queen regent OF
spain acts Tor The boy King, The re-
cali ~ H. NNMuw4r 4uuFaaI a
active assistance of The emperor the
Chinese minister points out "a natural
move toward the rtngihening OF the
hands % the emperor giving MIN that
same aid which the duwagr empress
gave while the emperor and his pre,ie-
csssor were Infants.
Concerning the report that the ems
press return % power was coup
d'.tnt favorable 20 Russla the minister
says he does not consider the move Ia
vlrahle TO any power a. against any
other. rs effect, he says, would be
towards the direct lmpiriiality In
Chlna's treatment Of Russia. Great
Britain, Germany, France, the United
States, Japan and The world at large.
During the former regency OF the em-
press she had shown mait a friendship
Tor the English. 20 thaI ia the opln-
ion OF fhe minister {, was unfair 10
presume she had English prejudices.
A. TO IT, eject upon H. Hung chang.
the minister said. the dowager amprsss
had bong admired the rugggl ability III
the old statesman. liuI he ala not
think thls would result In The return OF
II 20 the foreign office from which
post he was recently r4nlved. owing,
u was understood. o. foreign lnfiu-
enceE n Is possible the minister be.
licves that Prince IL viii continue
In hls nominal pos, as Inn
perlal socretar. When asked II
china had the strength 10
resist dlamemhermcut by foreign pow
crs, Mr.. WI Ting Fang said; II am
confident China viii nrmlln intact. ana
! am glad to note that your late minister
go CHINA. Mr.. DENLY, has the same
opinion. China has the native re-
sources, wealth and population to make
strong within herself u should not be !
overlooked that some of the foreign In !
hurncea such as concessions for rail- |
ways. ETC.. Will benefit and develop |
China far more than they can beneft /
any foreign country, These concessions |
viii tap the rich Interior OF China, give |
Highways f0f the products now confined |
10 the interior, and carry them 10 OUT |
side markets.
The minister speaks with special sa-
tlsfactiun Of a concession which he |
signed a short time ago. by which an |
American syndicate VIII build railroad |
from Hank0w 20 Canton, a distance ~ |
800 miles. II Is understood that among 1
the names OF those Interested In the |
are the ltockdcllers. Van |
ierbilts Morgans. Brlce and cx-Mayor /
Hugh Grant OF New York. The min |
Isi5r signed the concession Just before
the Spanish war broke out. and this |
led TO some delay In beginning the work
IN the road. Now thercfpe he la In
formed thai the American engineers
are about to Start Tor che surveys Of the
tne. and thar construction VIII be
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