Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-05-26

DON HbIsR HHeos' VT NHi4Nh'
this fact we refer to few OF the steps
taken by His Majesty during the
months OF June. July and August.
On June 13. 1898, the Emperor issued
a decree commanding "the establish
ment Of a university at Pekin." On.
the 20th he ordered the Tsungl va
men to report en- the necessity of zen
coraging art, science and modern agri
culture" On the 23d he abolished
the Literary essay as a prominent part
Of the examinh@fon." On the 26th the
Ministers were censured for their 'de'
lay in reporting on the proposed PekiD
university" and il was ordered that
''the Lu-Han Railway should be ex'
pedited."
On July 4 he commanded the estab.
lishment OF agricultural schools in the
provinces to teach the farmers i'm.
proved methods Of agriculture. On the
| 9th the Emperor ordered the Introduc.
ton OF patent and copyright laws
| On the 9th the Board Of War and the
| Foreign Office were ordered to report
on the proposed reform in the military
examinations. On the 7th special re.
wards were promised to inventors and
| authors" On the 14th the officials
were ordered to do all in their power
| to encourage trade and assist mer-
| chants. ON the 29th the establishment
of school boards was ordered in every
| city in the Empire.
ON August 2 the Bureau of Mine,
and Railways was established, with
Wang Wen-Shao and Chang Yun-huan
| as high commissioners. On the 10th
Jung Lu and Liu Kunyl were directed
to consult on the establishment of
naval academies and training ships" "
On the 14th the Ministers and provin-
cial authorities were urged to assist
the Emperor in his work of reform.
On the 22d it was ordered that schools
should be established in connection
with the Legations abroad for the
"benefit of the sons of Chinese living
in foreign countries"
For more than a year previous Ia
the issuing OF these deerees the young
Emperor had been purchasing every
book on religion, science. government
and general education that had thus
far been published in the Chinese Ian
guage. Two years before he had beer
daily reading portions OF the Scrip
lures. -Four years earlier he had be
gun the study OF the English language
No pains were spared to secure every
thing that would be helpful TO him IL
| the present crisis When we conside'
that all this was done by a young mar
who has been brought up in a cOnserv
atlve country, by old conservative
women, and in opposition To thei
wishes we can but wonder what h,
might have done with fair Opportun
tiles and national and domestic sym
pathy. What now has the Empress
DowaEer done? She has depOsed tn
Emperor Kuang Hsu and has him a
the present moment In close confine
ment and has forged an edict placinl
herself on the throne. She has be
headed OF banished his eunuchs an,
has executed five of the brightes
young men of her empire for no othe
reason than that they were in favor o
reform. She has burned all the book
which the Emperor bought and bar
ished the ennuch that bought them 10
, him. She has an inOrdinate love 70
spending money. In 1887 It was dc
cided to set aside thirty million tael
for the creation OF a navy. After pre-
viding for the payment OF FIVE battle
: shipgr she appropriated the remainde
in the repair OF the Eho Park Gardens