Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-14
QU0NG L0| ON.
BOXER TROUBLE
BUTTE'S MOST INTELLIGENT CHI
NAMAN DISCUSSES THE CHI
NESE SITUATION.
HIS VIGOROUS ESTIMATE
OF THE DOWAGER EMPRESS
Says There Will Be Turmoil Until She
Is Killed or Deposed-Butte So
ciety Sent Her a Cablegram.

Quong Loi, a prominent merchant and
one of the mos influential citizens OF
Chinatown, discussed BoXer roubles
with a representative of the Inter Noun
tain, this morning. LOi, or Louie 7
would have been a man of affairs IN
China, and on account of his tales and
accomplishments stands we'll in the city,
where he has resided many years and
where he has a1nassed considerable
property. "".t"
Loi is a reformer and lis against the
dOwager empress and for the young EN-
reror, Quon Sui. He says the dowager
empress lis responsible for ali the trouble
and Dis of the opinion that China WIZ he
in trouble and turmoil unit. she is killed
or deposed.
"The dowager empress had charge Of
the empire for many years during the
minority of the young emperor" said
Lot. "Sl1e loves power, mas brains, is
INSCRIPTIONS. and has pack o. her a tre-
mendous party ~antagonistic to the EN-
peror and reform The young emperor
stands for progression and the introduce
tion of modern civilization, and those OPP
posed to him ave worked upon the
prejudices of the ignorant classes. who
are very much opposed to western civil
Zation.
Several years ago the young emperor.
who was then about % years Of age,
SHOOK OH ule 1nHuGICc Ou III uoN dSN1
and decided to take matters in his W
hands. He announced hat he would
foster and encourage numerous reforms.
You must understand hat in the old
days, several hundred years ago, Man
churia conquered the people n coun-
tries comprising the Chinese empire, IN
consequence of which the Manchurians
have dominated the government ami
constituted a favored class. The en-
perors of China have always been Mai
churians. So great was the favor en-
ioyed by these people that every max
Manchurian was a pensioner on the gov +
eminent, the armies We're recruited from
Manchuria, the popular belief being that
the bravest best of the empire came
from the northland n the sons of the
sires who had conquered China in the old
days were the only men fit to fight the
empires battles.
zone of the reforms proposed by the
young emperor was that of making all
Cinnamon equal. He issued a proclalna-
ton early in August of 1898. abolishing
the pension system in Manchuria. This
was he last of many proclamations
looking to the wide and sweeping re-
forms. The mobiles of Manchuria con :
spired with the dowager empress and the
result was the disposition of the youns
reformer. Then the empress and those
with her proceeded to organize the Is
nOTdnI against Nlt oiSIEIlC ., 1SpI1oSi~
ing the emperor as the foreigners friend.
The Boxer society, the most powerful
secret organization in China, was used
very successfully to this end.
1.-THE thousands of Cinnamon all over
the United States belong to the reform
| party, and many of them are members
of a fraternal society. the Bow Wong
Wev.' the object of which is reform. The
name means Emneror's Protective asso-
citation, We have a branch of this or
/ ganiZation in Butte and we meet once
a week and discuss how we can better
the condition of our countrymen across
| the sea. Not long since we had as our
guests a distinguished reform ora'tor. He
was with us several days. but no men
tion was made of 1T in the Butte news
/ paners. As the result of his talk We
| cabled a protest to the dowager empress
i'm which we told her that if she lid not
release the emperor $1,000 armed China
men would so back to their homes te
fight for his liberation. The cablegfalr
cost us $40, but we thought it was well
worth the money. Similar kilograms
We're sem. from every branch of the So
ciety in the United States. The empress
was very angry at the protests and is
sued an order ~forbidding any more being
brought to her."
Lou is of the opinion that those who
are fighting for the right and reform IL
China will yet triumph.