The sun., 1900-10-09
COURT FEARS ALLIES.
Effort 70 Induce Chinese Emperor to
Return to peking Fails.
HE MOVES FARTHER AWAY.
JapHnese Adyicea Declare Thnt shen-
si. the Place TIwnng su Has cho-
sen For His Residence, Is
Strongly Fortified.

Washington. Oct. S.-The effort to in
luce the Chinese imperial court to re-
turn to Picking has failed, after a week 5
persistent effort on the part of the I.w-
ers. News to that effect was brought
to the state department by the Chinese
minister, who received it via ST Peters
burg from Niceroys Iu Kan Yih and
Chang Chih Tung, under date of Oct. 4,
1t was as follows
THE departure of their imperial maj
estes for Shensi province was due to
distressing conditions mt Tai Yuen Flu.
There is n scarcity Of food supplies in
the province of Shansi Oh account of
long continued drought, and the provin-
cial capital, Tai Yuen, is almost deserted,
the tladespeople having left on account
1f the disturbances caused and continued
for months hy the Boxer rebels. who had
invaded that province With the encour-
agemcnt Of Governor Yil.
'Their maiestieS therefore were oblig-
81 to proceed to ShCnsi whore telegraph
tc communication with Shanghai and 9th.
5r parts Of the empire Is opened, and
rapid communication with their maics-
lies may therefore be carried on. Thus
court and official business may be trans
acted more cNpeditiously by their pres
auce IN Shensi rather than in Shansi.
Tile reasons for the temporary post
poncment Of theii naieSties return 10
Pekins are the presence Of the allied
forces there, on account Of which solicit
ous fear is doubtless entertained be-
sides 4 dread of the outbreak Of epidemic
diseases, which usually follow after great
disturbances, destruction Of property and
military operations. 1t is hoped the pow
ers will be considerate in their judgment
in this natter"
In Fear of the Allies.
The important feature of the message
is the confession that the court is re-
strained by fear of the allied forces from
returning to Peking The movement
takes the emperor and empress dowager
about 300 miles farther away from Pc
king, though, according to the state
ments contained in the message, by rea-
son of direct telegraphic communication
with Shanghai the court practically will
be nearer for purposes of negotiation
with the outside world than it was at
Tai Yuen. Minister WI has been in
formed also that Niceroy Yu of the PROV
ince just vacated by the court has been
impeached because of his aniiforeign
tendencies, which is the first step toward
his degradation.
1t is said there are no Boxers in the
newly chosen locality, so that the court
will have thrown off the hostile influences
recently surrounding it. As the dispatch
is dated four days ago, it is taken that
the trip of the imperial party began prior
to that time. 1t will be slow and tedious,
overland most of the way, with short
stretch of river navigation Sngan was
formerly the place of imperial residence.
and the ancient palaces are there. The
only disquieting feature of the move
comes from Japanese advices stating that
the now point of location is strongly for
titled, which is some indication that the
imperial family is still in flight and is
seeking stronger dcfenseS. but the friend
ly yiceroys and Minister WI do not share
in this view.
The minister considers the question of
punishments practically disposed of by
the edict of the emperor and the German
and American notes exchanged last week
The only difficulty he applehends is in
case the foreign ministers seek to desig-
nate certain persons who shall he pun
ished in addition to those whom the gov
ernment itself marks for punishment.