The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-31

The working plumbers wish ii made
Confucian; sts that the past era is for
ever closed.
THE FATE OF THE TSUNGLI VA
MEN.
The part which the. TsuusIi Yamen.
or Foreigc Office, has takeE in rela-
.ions between China and the West
hes been already mentioned. 1t
has been ar Oriental circumlocution
c.,ice not u transact, but to prevent
the transaction of business. 1t Is itself
AN epitome If the double-dealing. shut
ring and treacherous policy which has
marked the course Of Chiha's inter-
course with her sister natious. A just
fate has overtaken 1t. for it Is now
lguarded by a party Of Japanese SOL
diers, and 'he various interpreters of
the legations went on set day and
uritedly sealed each bureau containing
the record, OF the correspondence with
his own country, so that they are In
1.-THE safe custody Of all the powers,
while not accessible to any one solely
tThe humiliation Of grea: empire
icou!d scarcely go lower than this.
THE EMPREsS' RESPONSIBILITY
The single individual responsible be-
\ fore God and man for the misery and
ruin which .he progress Of the / Ho
chuan has brought in its train is the
EMPRESS Dowager herself. 1t was she
WHO poured oil upon the flames which
she protested to be trying to subdue.
Next in Importance. owing to his posi-
ton, was Prince Tuan. father of the
youth select Ted that winter as successor
II Nuang Hsu. The Empress Is sup
posed to have been most influenced by
his advice, as he had more at stake
i T. an any other subject. BY an I'm
perial decree of June 21st. published in
the Picking Gazette, Prince ChuanG
was appointed the official head of the
I;oxer militia, who occupied his palace,
and whose tents stood at it's entrance
in large numbers. Yu Lu, the Cover
nor Genera. of Chill, was a supple
TOOL to the Empress throughout, blow
ing now hot and now cold, as the po-
,iticaI barometer seemed to demand
Yu Hsien, Governor of Shansi, when In
his previous post as Governor of Shan
!. ,tung. developed the Boxer organization
!. and first brought ii to effectiveness.
! He is personally responsible for all the
. terrible evils in -Shantung, and for the
massacre of the missionaries in Shansi
OTHER ABETToRS OF CRIME.
Tung Lu and Tung Fu-hsiang have
:, lalready been mentioned as generals
, holding nigh commands. Kang vi
. VINO is poyuiarIy known as Lord High
iExtorrioner was sent through the
central anu southern provinces las
winter 10 squeeze out more funds fol-
/: Imperial W:-stefulnsss to squander. ant
) was in everything a dutiful henchmaI
Z of his mistress With the exception o
J, General Tung. all the preceding arr
J. ManchuS, WHO had contrived to Absorb
r all the highest places in the Empire
e TO the exclusion Of the Chinese. Among
: the most active of the latter in EIe
: Majesty's service may be named Cha
( Shrch'iao. and Ii Ping heng. the latte
{ late Governor of Shantung. and NOR
! recently Promoted to a new office dis
n linctly OVER the heads of two governor
G general in 5he- central provinces, upol
n whom IL was supposed he was to kee
y "a watch.
: THE FA-E OF THE LEADERS.
: or the whereabouts of two at leas
: iCr these zen individuals nothing Ger
. Tain is known at present. The Cover
!, nor OF Slsnsf- Yu Hsien, one of tn
q most cupable is probably the only on
A who retains mis- former position. Yum
n Lu is supDosed to have fled, and tn
. rane is true of Tung Fuhsiang, VIII
! has the sati: faction of seeing his coun
: sells followed to the letter, with til
!, inevitable results. 1t has been alread
" mentioned that the Princes Tuan an
a lChuang are refugees. the palace of on
OF them in ashes; of the other. head
lQEarterS foI Japanese soldiers. Yu Il
" .rGyince of chilli. who occupied q pos
the most distinguished In the Who'll
!, Empire, afr the capture OF Tien-Tsi
- by the allied forces. committed suicid
leaving twenty or thirty millions
Chinese without a ruler. Reports difft
le In regard ~ the bitter and unscrupy
he Ious Ii Ping-hepg. but all agree in h
~ death. either as a result of a wound |
d cattle. or by f-poisoning-the iegit
l. mate Confucian expression of deep di.
he content with ones fate.
Df CONCLUSION.
y What Is Il that the Manchu noble
=, and the Empress Dowager hay
VA achieved in their effort to extermina
"a the Ocean Men, and to drive WesteI
70 civilization cut Of the Celestial En-
10 20 I'irt? Disaster, humiliation, and able
- defeat such as in modern days Al
sS ARE, not to say Unexampled. In
tempest OF Insane passion they ha,
Ie cxiied themselves. put an end to MAJ
chu domination, and lost the decree
S heaven by which alone they ha,
u claimed to rule. Whom the go,
would destroy. the first make mad %
A.