The evening times., 1899-03-10
THE EMPEROR IN DANGER.
Tsi Au Reported as Likely 10 Dispose
of Il hwHnr Su

Vancouver, b. c.. March 10.-Adyices
from China by steamer Empress of Japan
state that Ii Hung Chang. who has
Gently been busily occupied in determin-
ing and preparing for the construction of
Yellow River works in Shan Tung prov
ince. has been ordered by an imperial edict
of the Empress Dowager 10 return post
haste to Pekin. II is stated that this step
is due TO the uncertainty of foreign and
palace politics at present and the Empress
Dowager appears TO wish TO have her old
adviser by her side when the occasion
arises.
Meanwhile the Emperor Kwang Su, ap-
pears only to be kept alive at the Dow
ager Empress will. He may be murdered
any day. The Empress Dowager's fear OF
the Ministers of Great Britain. America,
etc. alone prevented the summary pois-
oning Of the Emperor after the coup d'etat
of September last. and the consequence
was that the health of the Emperor grad
ually recovered, the idea being that slow
poisoning had been attempted. Encour-
aged, however, by the apparent indiffer-
ence of the foreign representatives as to
Kwang's continued existence especially by
the cordiality with which the wives of the
foreign ambassadors accepted the invita-
tion to the palace, the Empress Dowager
urged on by Kang VI, president OF the
Board OF Punishments, has now determined
10 make away with kwang Su altogether.
\ Pekin letter in confirmation of the
above states that the Emperor's health has
recently grown worse and this appears to
point to the fact that the Empress Dowager
has now learned the secret of pittng the
jeaIousies of the opposing Ministers
against each other and reaping benefits
therefrom. The Japanese government has
decided to dispatch another warship of
shallow draught 10 China for the further
protection of Japanese subjects in South
China.
The negotiations between the United
States and Chinese governments for com
pensation for the murder OF the American
missionary. Mckeartney. who was killed
short time ago by rebels AT Shung King,
have been brought TO a satisfactory con-
clusion. the Chinese government acceding
TO all demands of the United States Gov
ernment
At the instance of the British Consul
the murderers of Missionary Fleming were
executed at Chung Kiang The French
priest, Fluery, who was captured by the
notorious Yu Mantle. has been safely de-
livered to the French Consul at Chung
Tiang in consequence of the bandits de-
feat by imperial troops. However, Yu
Mantle himself was not captured, as le-
ported in the last mail
Ho Vie, the hero of the abortive scheme
10 blow up the Japanese fleet in November
1894, has committed suicide near Shanghai.
Chinese papers give details of the muir
der and torture of Roman Catholic priest
near Ichang. The priest was Father Vic
torian Jean Delbrouck, Belgian. He was
captured by thieves. who tied him up and
fiendishly tortured him. One account says
that as the priest hung from the tree to
which he was tied, pieces were cut from
his body and eaten by his tormenters.
From the state of his body fire was eyi-
IDENTIFY applied to it and slugs were fired
into the more vital parts. He was also
mutilated and his head cut off.