The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24

man who saw their sinecures in danger; and
among the whole host OF permanent olnclais
who saw Vt th iSina psrn lssiv to be be thrown AZ INTO The
| crucible. The Emperor WAS backed by thou,
sands of the younger ~literati, mandarlns, ana
The IL highest officials in the Empire. But The
coup detat was effected in Pekin. where ne ne
/ resctionariss practically held the field. Az
OF the forces really at work combined with per-
sonal fears and personal ambition to throw
the Empress Dowager into their HANDS. On
Sept, % she openly ss1Ze sd,c, o% s.,ed IN
the Emperor's name declaring his lack 81 caIac..
itv and begging her to ass M the guidance OF
affairs. SIX Of the men VINO nag lsforn Ner.
put to death without form o. tTlai. hanS
Yu-wei, the most prominent OF all, escaped
70 Hong Kong. and thence 70 Iapan; 1GasnS
TO the foreign Minister'S, in which certain un,
| amiable characteristics that have been ascrIbed
TO the Empress irSn, % tS Sat t@srsss WI Sn Who o
sis3 s sseSias lola ID e Of power ID during e long and
iioe1tious life, She Ss i, sD sharss end % MIR h haytns
| poisoned her former colleague the EmITess
bowager Of Hen Flung. and her daughtersln-
law, the Empress Dowager OF lung Gne, sns
an Emperor who was fuli Of brightness and
promise: and is told that she is, after all, but q
concubine relict 81 H!en rmng uThom, oy neg
Chang Yin-huan, who had been in England
twelve months before as Special Envoy at the
queens Jubilee srG was s6 SSaiSn from 70 d salnef !. :
R RsIis a h MaJes sas ' %inists.' High 81 p ae-
; EinGS,a1 of'c saS. sS SisDlac.S Of rpPs sSSsrsss snd
left, and their places filed by Manchus and
reactionaries. II was frankly ANTICIPATED.
at the time, that a drama which oYenHd with
such amenities would be consumated by kwang
su's death; but an explosion Of remqnstrance
from the provinces. combined WITH repre-
s s Htstss ., by the he, evil bFl' Implcs.iS Ma'eT t&n;
to arrest the design. He was allowed
TO live. under close tutelage and control. and
the Empress Tze-hsi has ruled openly in his
Having turned the tables on her adversaries,
and recovered the power which those VINO have
once tasted il are reputed to love, the Empress
might have been content; though even she
might grow weary Of combating the hostility
TO her regime which centres round the person.
ality of kwang Su. But the reactlonary clique
was not happy. All was safe for the moment,
but their mistress is advanced IN years, and
what would happen at her death; II the Inn
era Of reform, and not Of reform only but Of
revenge, perhaps, for wrongs suffered ana
indignities imposed. So, u fresh combination
was devised. The promise Of adopting q pos
thunous son to Tung Che had never been iui-
filed, as Kwang Su has not fulfilled his share
by providing the child. II was cons'-tent,
UnufT lnf-f iItulH-l W li'lHF' 'i"' '''
should he selected from among tho younger
members Of the Imperial Clan. A son tadopted
or otherwise) OF Tung Che would stand out as
heir to the throne. and a whole vista Of pos
slbiities was opened up
II Is part Of the irony Of things that, IN Jan
uarv. 1900. the result was announced (as follows
In the Emperor's own name.
while yet in our infancy We we're by, grace OF 1.-THE
Emperor Tung Che chosen 10 succeed him In lhe
heavy response billucs Of head u the whole Empire,
and when his Males died We sought day and night
10 he deserving Of such Kindness by energy and faith-
fulness In our duties We were also Indebted 20 the
Empress Dowager. who taught and cherished US as
Slduously. ard ~ her We owe our SAT " T. the present
day. Now. be It also known that when We were
selected TO the throne II was then agreed that I ever
we should have a son, that son should be proclaimed
heir TO the throne But ever since last year 1881
we have been constantly III. and II was for, this rea.
son that, In tn eighth month Of that year lthe date OF
the coup d'ttat. the Empress Dovager fracionsly
acceded. 70 our urgent prayers. and tok over the
reins of Government In order 70 instruct US In our
dutie. a year has now passed. and still we md our.
selves an invalid. but ever keeping In our mind that
we do not belong 10 the direct. fine Of succe sslon. and
hat for The SAKE Of NE ssfsv Of hs Empire q ew