The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-12
CHINESE WORM Turns.
Viceroys and Governors Threaten the
Empress With Trouble.

Correspondence Of Associated Press-)
Shanghai. March "A full account
has been received here OF the meeting
on March at Pe1in between the En-
press D0wager and the grand council
Protests We're read from the vicerOyS
and governors of nine Of the eighteen
provinces against the policy Of the En-
press Dowa ger. These officials are the
greatest provincial authorities in China
They declared unitedly that. If the En-
press DOwager persist in prosecuting the
refOrmers and continuing her reign Of
terror policy. the Chinese under them
viii rebel against the manchus- The
vicerOy at Marking says ne has 10000
Hunauez troops who are anxious to
fight the manchus, and he fears he can
not control them.
The vicerOys who united in this re-
marka bic sep represent the provinces Of
kiaEgsu- Anhuia. kiangsi Human,
Hupeh Chekiaug. F0okien, Quangsi and
FSwangtung. with an aggregate popula-
zion of about 1S0, 600, COO
Until this protest was made the Dow
ager Empress had beeh having things
quite her own way Though she had
5esisted from her purpose to set up
new emperor. yet her wrath toward
those who opposed her has shown no
abatement 1t is unbOunded- Kin Lien
Shan has been captured IN the P0rtu-
/ guese colony of Macao, off the South
( China coast by Ii Hung Chang's detee-
tives Mr. Kin fed form Shanghai last
month He is the manager of the IA
( tiOual system of telegraplS IN China and
headed the petition, signed by twelve
I hundred nOtables, against setting up
I new emperor POrhably he Will De de-
/ eapitated- An English law firm here
{ has been retained TO defend him The
J government has trumped up charges Of
+ defalcati0n against Mr. Kin, who IS
Z really a very able and enlightened man
on March 1 Instructions were wired
from PeEIn to 500 Chow. capital or
/ Kiangsu. to arrest and put to death the
( refOrmers Weng T Uug-HO and Shen
/ Peng. These men had been in very i'm
+ portant positions in Pekin. but were
easily captured in 500 show The chief
FefOrner. kang Xu Wei has fled to
/ Singapore The Empress DOwager has
/ offered 100000 for his body. dead or
[ alive.
Kang Wi. who IS the Dowa gers high
eXecuU0ner" has announced his purpose
to visit the Yang Use ports at an early
date We shall probably hear that many
q refOrner who can not buy his freedom
/ VIII be killed. Old Chang Chi Tung,
Ficeroy Of WI Chang. has recently been
publicly reprOved in scathing terms by
the DOWager and he may lose his vice
royalty on the arrival Of Kang Wi
1t is said that there is an official list
prepared by the Pelin government of
I the names of 300 reformers VINO are
prescribed A special list OF over thirty
[ i've names exists OF those who are 10 be
killed as soon as they are captured
The Chinese correspondent in Pekin
Of the North China Daily News writes
as follows: We II Pekin think this
Indifference of western nations, esDec-
tally Great Britain and the United
states. during a crisis like this, a shame.
I The subjects Of these two western ma
+ rtons have been most earnest and ener-
gelic IN trying 10 introduce western
( civilization and education into China
They have succeeded gloriously. They
have obtained most illustrfOus converts
from the emperor and some of the
younger princes Of the imperial house
I downward Yet now they shrink from
making even q mild protest against the
actions Of the Empress Dowager-"