The evening times., 1900-09-24

While this Government mas not yet bcSh
officially notified of the appointment by
the Empress Dowager OF Prince Tuan as
President of the Grand Council of China,
the press dispatches announcing the fact
were read with interest today by the Off
eials of the State Department. and the &C
tion is regarded as slap at the allies
and a blow aimed particularly at this Gov
ernment, since the Administration has
sided with Prince Tuan and against Ger
many in regard to his recognition as an
official of the Imperial Government in the
matter Of negotiations
The bold effort of the Empress to re-
store to power those officials accused by
the allies of having been leaders in the
atrocities against the foreigners in Pc
kin. has somewhat startled the Govern
ment officials. and while they decline to
discuss the matter until officially notified
of the appointments. they intimate that
the scheme is very repulsive and may re-
suit in closing for the time being any eff
IorIS dL negotiating ioi PSoSS' AoHS-
Fuh-Sfang, who is made Generalissimo of
the Chinese armies, is a notorious anti
foreign bigot. and is earnestly hated by
Germany, France, Russia and Great
Britain.
Prince Chuang, who is made Grand
Councillor, is the deputy commander-in-
cb;af of tba poxarS and We. nrplflin emf
in the seige of the legations in Pek,n-
In speaking of the matter this morn
ing, one Of the highest officials of the
State Department said that while he
ought not to express opinions before
being notified through official channels.
he could only compare the defiant action
of the Empress to that of waving a red
flag before 4 mad bull.
1T is without doubt the most foolish
thing that could have been done at this
time said he. Prince Tuan is the last
man to be exalted as head of the Govern
ment It is universally known that he was
the head and brains of the attempts to
MuEutT llS UIpiOHldNlC representatives VI
the powers in Pekin and his release was
only tolerated in the hope that a speedy
adjustment might be had. Today Germany
is demanding that this man be beheaded,
and yet as if in insane defiance, he is
made the premier of the empire.
THE headstrong Empress is playing in
-
finds her head secure on her shoulders,
and her actions can but result in the dis
memberment of the Empire. The an
nouncement of Tuan's selection comes to
me as might the news that the Chinese
troops had assassinated the leaders of the
allied forces.
Prince Tuan will never do aught but
treachery for the foreigners, and VIII
probably plunge the Empire into war
which will end in the downfall of the
dynasty and the setting up of the colo
MES of the powers"
A Cabinet official, who was at the State
Department today, stated that he was more
ludu SuTpTlSeu dL the u-MS. our IdDOFS
have gone for naught,' he said, ''and every
one Of the powers will protest against the
appointment of Prince Tuan. 1t is all a
wearying piece of folly and the allied
forces can fight the matter out among
themselves. The appointment was made
by a decree. showing that Tuan has the
fear that the whole business will end in
the execution of Tuan, Cheng and Chu-
Rng, and the partition of China
1t was admitted to-day that as soon as
the appointment is reported officially,
this Government will at once add it's pro-
test to those of the other powers, and
remove by force if needed, the unsavory
Prince Tuan- The position granted the
latter gives him control of all communf-
cations TO and from the throne, and is in
direct defiance to the demands OF Ger
many.
Those demands were that as precedent
of all negotiations for peace, the leaders
in the outrages upon the foreigners in Pc
kin should be delivered up to the allies
and punished, Prince Tuan, of course, was
one of the most prominent of the anti
foreign leaders.
1t is now said that the action of the
United States Government in declining to
agree with Germany's proposition has en-
eouraged the Dowager Empress to offer
this defiance to the Kaiser