The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-06-16
APPEAL OF THE EMPEROR.
IKwanH Hsnsa Tutor Urges Deposi.
s::ttos, OF tho Dowaacr.
London, June 13.--Ihc Shanghai
Icofresu0ndeIlt Of the Only

IKwang Hsn'a Tntor Urges Deepest.
s:.tiop OF tho Dowaacr.
London, June 13.-Thc Shanghai
correspondent Of the Daily Express
snyys: S As
.Weng Tung no, Emperor KWang
|Hsuis tutor und confident. who was
dismissed by the dowager empress
after the coup d'etat in 1898, sends.
with the special sanction of the en-
perorg and his party. including three
|~ficeroys,isa message to the people OF
the west. In part, it is as follows:
His majesty is convincedsthrough
amply trustworthy sources That the
|toyal support of many ores OF mill
|iionE of the Chinese will be accorded
to his proposals for putting IN end to
the state o~fsannrchy brought about by
the action of the Empress Hsi Isl.
18th government of China, being
sirtnally non-existent, the emperor
proposes that the foreign powers
whose troops dominate the capital
shall remove his imperial person from
the palace in which his majesty is
confined n prisoner; shall declare Ems
press Hsi Isl and her present minis
tiers to be usurpcrs, and shall bring
Emperor Kwang Hsu to Marking, WI
Chang or Shanghai, whichever the
said foreign powers deem to be the
NOSE suitable situation for the new
capital OF the, Chinese empire, under
the new conditions.
sit is proposed by his mnjesty
and his advisers that the foreign
power should declare a Joint protcc-
|~torate and undertake the task of
governing the country through his
majesty"
"The messange suggests TINT the
~|protectorate should abolish certain
boards in Peking; appoint new minis
tiers; abolish the existing so-called
armies, and establish gendarmerie UNI
der foreign#oflicers; take control of
the customs, posts and t%elegraphs and
work them through Chinese officials;
establish a uniform currency; read
lust taxation and insure the freedom
Of religion.
Wong Tung Ho, who predicts a
peaceful acceptance of such a regime,
goes on to say:
China is ripe for the change of tide
which the reactionaries yainiY seek to
hat the foreiwn. powers seriously conten-
plate the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Chinese
empire, they have before them the huge
though lacking training and who make
but contemplate soldiers, possess bound
less powers of passive resistance, and
would y, be able to Wear W,a out the patience
eTn them without regard to their prctu-
The conquest and division of China
would be possible with 100000 troops. but
to retain the government would require
LOOK, 900 soldiers and centuries of work.
The task would end with. the most un-
happy results for both conquered and
conanerors.
America and Japan to pause before res
deferred at least until the emperor's eff
the happiness Of this great division Of the
pie are assured that the powers are
guiding and protesting his majesty and
do not intend tc swallow the country
turn unqnestionabiy 10 the allegiance
from which the empress diverted them .
Belgium Legation Attacked.
Berlin, June 1.-THE German
foreign office has received n
dispatch from Peking, dated Sun
day afternoon, saying the Inter
national club, outside the gates of Pc
king, was burned and the Belgium sec
rotary of legation attacked by Chi
nese soldiers. The foreign office in
terpress the latter news as confirm
ling the serious view it has taken of
the situation and expresses the fear
that the German cmbassay has
been attacked. An official OF
the German foreign Office called
attention to n remark ascribed
to Colonel John Hay, United States
secretaryofs state, tothe effect that tho
United States could not enter into an
alliance with the powers regarding
China, and said:
There is NJ question of alliance,
which is unnecessary, but only of po-
~litical combination for specific pur-
pose. There is no political question,
but q police question. 1t is a case in
yolving the interest of no single ma
ton, but of all in common"
It is further added Mt the foreign
office that there are now $50 foreign
soldiers in Tien Tsin. OF the 1900
now on the way to Peking $50 are
German. They will repair the rail.
road as needed, probably reaching
Picking today. One of the two tele.
graph wires to Picking, which were de.
stroyed, has been restored. The Ger.
man gunboat Tiger has been ordere
to sail for. China Immediately. Tbs
German governor of Using Tow has
been ordered to cooperate in quelling
the disturbances.