The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-12


where-AIso TO Declare the Empress
Dovaser an Usurpcr and Govern TN Q
Country Enough Him--Mnny Radical
Continues Alarntng.
London, June 12.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Express, tele-
graphing yesterday says:
"Wen Tung Eo, Emperor Kwang
Hsu's tutor and confidant who was dis
missed by the dowager empress after the
coup d d'etat in 1898, sends with the spec
ial sanction of the emperor and his par
ty, including three viceroys, a message
to the people of the world. In part it is
as follows:
His majesty is oonAnced, through
amply trustworthy sources, that the 10y
al support of many scores of millions of
the Chinese will be accorded to his pro-
posals for putting an end to the state
of anarchy brought about by the action
of Empress Hsi Tsi.
(" The government of China being vir-
tually non-existent, the emperor pro-
poses that the foreign powers. whose
troops dominate the capital, shall re-
move his Imperial person from the pal
ace in which his majesty is confined as
a prisoner, shall declare Empress Hsi
Tsi and her present ministers to be
usurpers and shall bring Emperor
Kwang Hsu to Marking, Wauhang or
Shanghai whichever the said foreign
powers deem to be the most suitable sit
uation for the new capital of the Chi
nese empire, under the new conditions.
cit is proposed by his majesty
and his advisers that the foreign pow
ers should declare joint protectorate
and undertake the task of governing
the country through his majesty"
The message then suggests that the
protectorate should abolish certain
boards in Pekin; appoint new ministers,
abolish the existing so-called armies
establish gendamerie under foreign Of
'ficerS, take control of the CUSTOMS posts
and telegraphs, and work them through
Chinese officials, establish uniform
currency, readjust taxation and insure
the freedom of religion.
"Weng Tung, who predicts a peaceful
acceptance of such regime, goes on to
say:
" China Is ripe for the change of tide
which the reactionaries vainly seek to
stem. If it should so be, on the other
hand, that the foreign powers seriously
contemplate the dismemberment of the
Chinese empire they have before them |
the huge task of facing dense millions,
who, although lacking in training and
who make but contemplate soldiers, |
possess boundless powers of passive re-
sistance and would be able to wear out
the patience of any European rulers |
seeking to govern them without regard |
to the prejudices of the Oldest cviliza-
tion.
The conquest and division of Chi |
ma would be possible with one hundred |
thousand troops, but to retain the gov
ernment would require one million SOL |
diers and centuries of work The task |
would end with the most unhappy re-
suits for both conquered and conquer
ors.
His majesty and his advisers beg
America and Japan to pause before re-
sorting to ACKNOWLEDGMENT which can |
be deferred, at least, until the emper-
or's efforts to govern his people and to
restore the happiness of this great di-
vision of the race have proved abor-
tive. If the people are assured that the
powers are guiding and protecting his
majesty and do not. intend to swallow
the country piece-meal, they and the
soldiers will return unquestionably to
the allegiance from which the empress
diverted them
London, June 11-A dispatch from |
Tien-Tsin says that it is reported that
the dowager empress has fled to the
Russian legation at Pekin
Tien Tsin, June 1.-THE captain in