The true northerner., 1900-11-23
Light SENTENCES
Imposed by the Chinese Imperial
Edict on officials.
BANISHED AND IMPRISONED
The Most Severe Sentences Imposed
on Any of Them-princes Tuan and
Chwang Deprived of Title and Will
be Banished and lmprisoned for Life.

on Any or Them-princes Tuan and
Chwang Deprived of Title and Will
be 5anished and Imprisoned for Life
Washington. Nov. 21.-The Japanese
legation has received from the for.
eign Office at Toxic the text of the Chi.
nese imperial edict, dated the 18th
inst, on the punishment of the anti
foreign officials. 1t is to the following
effect:
Orders have been already issued
for the punishment of the officials re.
spcnsible for opening hostilities upor
friendly powers and bringing the coun.
try into the present critical condition
by neglecting to suppress, and even by
encouraging the Boxers. But as Pekin
and its neighborhood have not vet
been entirely cleared of the Boxers.
the innocent people are still suffering
terribly through the devastation of
their fields and the destruction OF
their houses, a state of affairs which
cannot fail to fill one with the bitter.
est feelings against these officials. And
If they are not severely punished, how
can the anger of the people be appeas.
ed and the indignation of the foreign
powers allayed?
Accordingly Prince Tuan is hereby
deprived of his title and rank, and
shall, together with Prince Chwang,
who has already been deprived of his
title, be delivered to the clan court to
be kept in prison until the restoration
of peace, when they shall be banished
TO Shenking to be imprisoned for life.
Princes vi and Tsai-Yung, who have
both been already deprived of their
titles, are also TO be delivered to the
clan court for Imprisonment, while
Prince Tsai-Lien also already deprived
of title and rank, is to be kept con.
fined in his own house. Duke Tsai
Ian shall forfeit his ducal salary, but
may be transferred with the degrade.
tion of one rank. Chief Censor Ying.
Men shall be degraded two ranks and
transferred.
GAS to Kang-Yi, minister of the
board of civil appointment, upon his
return from the commission on which
he had been sent for the purpose OF
making inquiries into the Boxer affair
he memralized the throne in an audi.
ence strongly in their favor He should
have been severely punished, but for
his death from illness, and all penal
ties are accordingly remitted. Chac
Shuy-Yao, minister of the board OF
punishment, who has been sent on a
mission similar to that of Kang-Yi, re
turned almost Immediately. Though
such conduct was a fagrant neglect Of
his duties, still he did not make a dis.
torted report to the throne and there.
fore he shall be deprived of his rank
but allowed to retain his present of
fee.
Finally, Yu-Hsien, ex-governor OF
Shansi, allowed. while in Office, the
Boxers freely to massacre the Chris
tian missionaries and converts. Fol-
this he deserves the severest punish.
ment and therefore he is to be ban
ished to the furthermost border of the
country and there to be kept at hard
labor for life.
1--WE have a full knowledge Of the
present trouble from the very begin
ming, and therefore, though no i'm
peachment has been brought by Chi
nese officials at home or abroad
against Princes vi, Tsai-Lien and
Tsai-Yung, we order them to be pun
ished in the same manner as those
who have been impeached. All who
see this edict Will thus perceive our
justice and impartiality in infiicting
condign penalties upon these officials