The sun., 1899-10-22
RIVALS CLASH IN PEKIN.
JUNG LU STRIKES AT PRINCE
CHING'S POWER

Th.v ouarroi NJ , Co,r.,, N,..,,. p.,-
the Empreas Downr.r-Tbe C,urt nj
yided-YounR Emperor's Cbnnre. of Rs.
toration Improving-His Health Better.
prK1N. sept. Tt "a alvovs dio,o,,t fo.
,oreigner N cat env ooour,,o ,doa - -
going on in imperial circlos in this c,tv hr,
iust now the b.st informed na,iy. ,nrro.yo',s
ents appear to be equally in the dark. Wh,,.
aver tho cause there IA no douht that n so,in,.
clash has taken plncs bstw.on two -, th,
Emnr..s DoUaoer,. leading of1oi,l. NM, .,,,
no.t ~ tho Court 4. divi,,ed into t,yo ,.n,inu.
ono sunnortinp prinee Ching mn al, ,,I tr,,s,
ed adviser ofths Empress. and the other rsIIy.
inn around Jung Ju the Emprsss,s ronho-
who n, ,vounp nbe and ambitious JungJ,i,
commander OF all the Chinese armics in ,l,a
north. Prince Ching ia head OF the Tsune. lii.
Yamen. Grand Chamberlain and Commando
Of the Mancbu armies.
Recently. at the grand council befor. IN.
Empress. Jung Lu asked for chief command n,
tbe Yang army In addition IN ina cnr.
mand NJ the Pei Yang armv and feet n. do
clared that tbe merainp OF tho two command.
into ons vould he n m easure OF ECONOMY an,
that the two forces would be far moro efrectiy.
in case OF wnr ~ under one officer. and no opno.
sition 10 this appeal was m ade by any mo,nhsr
eycept Prince Ching. He asled his roval r,Ia.
tr.ss whether she or Jung Lu propo,ed 10 b.
tho real ruler OF China. This aneered the F,.
presss nephew ana ne retorted that the sus'
gestion had been made by him merely to e1.
pose p '"o o.n,is s -, y, .eo on'nk. VINO hah
ueeh T ~, NOUNS s.n W sooure 'ne pos''
tion OF commander Of the Nan. Yang forces
no part In this discussion in fact; she ignored
a.s But the quarrel made great sensation In
up OF the two factions.
Kang VI, tho new favorite OF the Empress.
has commended himself to his mistress By hi:
ability to gather funds from provinces. He Is
now trying to squeeze more revenue out OF
canton ana ms enort pids tair TO lead to
small revolution. He is Manchu and is said
oo,i,,n.,,on .,,t,, p,ia"n "u G,tn nnu S h "a
eohlunetlon WIN frlnce ohing ne hopes to
wo"s onro o, Ssne u. Tho
tempt to remove Prince Ching ,orciblv I hu. h.
is deferred by the fear that such an attempt
would be considered rebellion. Even his hivh
r,n1 rou,d NO, nrotso, bin, =, =, e,,,a Az - .,e"
he ouestion bstws.n aieht ,,d AZ
patriation and an appearance on tn.
execution ground. The throne. meanwhile.
Is peine peseleeo oy the eensofs VINO arc
denouncinR the leaders OF Doth aides. Jung
Iu is oncA more accused OF having aided the
escape OF Kang Yu-Wel. now in British Colum-
bia. By delaying a pursuing gunboat twenty.
Keeping the court in hot water. and several
natives who have good sources OF information
declare that those charges and counter charges
will ut last end In a regular faction fight for
supremacy and the spoiis.
The Empress Dowager is not finding the
government OF China as pleasant a task as
she anticipated. The party that 10 against
Prince Ching is very powerful and he will
probably not be able to hold his power much
longer. He represents tho most enlightened
foremost in advocating an alliance with Japan
as the only hope OF keeping In check the am
bition and greed OF Russia The Prince has
nothing becuse Of the suspicion and jealousy
OF Jung LUIS followers. The latter even. ad-
yised the Empress to refuse Italy's demand Tor
a concession. though they must have known
that a few vessels OF the Italian Navy would
humble her pride and cost her a hundred times
as m uch as the concession Is worth.
The Empress Dovager Is finding the greatest
opposition to her plans among the friends OF
tho young deposed Emperor. The Emperor
though pure-blood Manchu. showed during
uine Chinese that he won support and admira-
tion in all the provinces This was strengthed
~ hia ayidant dasire In an forre raforma and