The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-07
TROUBLES OF THE ORIENT.
iYyyA TORN INTERNALLY AND ia
PAN INVOLVED WITH RUSSIA.
|trspbic Description of Abdication
of Young Emperor of China at
. pfctation of Empress Dowager-
II pre.sxc. of Russo-Jnpnn War.

ysr,,,a, Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligencer.
April 6.--The turbulent con-
{Ls,,on Of affairs In both China and Japan
Z very graphically pictured In the man
Srsdces which reached here on the En-
+ [rsss of japan. In japan this condltlon OK
srairs is induced by the threatened war
J S1th Russia. which Is now regarded as
1inevitable, while In China II arises from
5internat causes, which, traced back TO
$50, fountain head, are found to emanate
5yronn the crafty old empress dowager, who
800 practically holds the reins OF power.
Z r.ha nt,iabie Might IN which the young
<.,Io, whose authority this remarkable
2.goman has supplanted. finds himself IS
SkIyen in the North China Mall AT whose
3ilsposal Il was placed by member OF me
S,eform party IN Peking, he IN turn ue-
4.tying his information from one OF the
y,unuchs attendant on the young emperor
d II appears from this narrative, which
let's out all the circumstances with great
Gsxactness and at length. that previous to
y he 22d of January the Chinese capital was
Gsued with the most disquieting rumors re-
Harding the emperor. some Of which stated
0ihst he had been put 10 death on the cate
tmentoned However. all doubt was set
IN rest BY the information being published
HAT ne was still alive, but that he had
fklgned HIS own abdication.
III The eunuch who tells the story OF the
zkhdcation says that he was one of those
ykvbo stood By with the inkslab and pen
zkaadv for the emperor's use. Finally the
3kmuress dowager took tho pen and herself
zh>ld II out TO the young monarch. He
ikesi,ated for a moment, but an imperious
$kmmp Of the right foot and the fastening
yhs those imperfous, tiger-like eyes upon
Him seemed 10 fascinate the emperor, who
Immediately stretched forth trembling
ykand and the next moment, with a groan
eknd a gesture OF despair. as II were, the
Shatal deed was done and the empress
&kowager triumphantly snatched the de
Rree" from her nephew's hand. The sud-
eben change in her countenance was re-
xhsrkable. She at once became all benevo-
sSlerce and solieitude for her young nephew
---lje stood In need OF IT, for as soon as the
= bapcr was signed he sank back In his
q hhair. deathiy pale and a moment after
= ward HIS robe and the carpet beneath him
tkas dyed with his blood Tho strain Il Ia
paid, resulted IN the bursting of a small
4 blood vessel He was at once taken hack
20 his retreat or prison, the Wing Tai.
xrhe eunuch adds that the emperor has at
! empted suicide four times since his abdi-
4 ration.
x Russia ana Japan.
! The designs OF Russia on Korea are no
YIonser disguised, and her aggressiveness
~ late has been so pronounced as to bring
/lhe impending war immeasnrably nearer.
tps Japan Gazette says that. considering
Hhst Japan went to war with China prin-
Ylpally over that empires interference In
Xfhs peninsula It Is not likely that the ma
%f"h whose cradle II might almost be said
>fm Korea and whose early associations
1pd traditions are indissolubly mixed up
yfth that little Kingdom. will allow Russia
xfaeh longer to proceed in the path of
xsAblishins what is practically protec-
\ {xafe over tho whole OF Korea. The lat
yf"and greatest causes OF concern are the
xpwontment OF new adviser, a Russian.
~ ~ ne place Of the late Mr.. Greathouse: