The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-10
EMPEROR ASSASSINATED.
CHINESE PAPERS REMARKABLE
FORECAST.
1t Says Something Will Occur One Day
and the next Tells Of Suicide or Muir
der

Advices from China and Japan con-
tain hints that the Chinese Emperor
was assassinated, instead of commit
ting suicide. The following remarkable
succession of articles on the subject a-e
from the Japan Gazette the first being
of the same date as a London dispatch
received some days ago, containing a
report that the Emperor had committed
suicide:
YOKOHAMA, January 25.-An ex-
press Of the Jill Shimpo distributed
this afternoon contains a telegram from
its Picking correspondent dated Janu-
airy oath, to the effect there are indi-
cations that something serious will
shortly occur in connection with the
Emperor of China. Our contemporary,
commenting on this telegram, says that
though it is not clear what is surmised
in the message there is no doubt from
It's wording that either assassination,
deposition or something seriously afrec-
ting the person of the Emperor is anti
cipated in the Chinese capital. Since
the last coup in Picking and the as
sumption of regency by the Empress
Dowager rumors Of assassination and
deposition of the Emperor of China
nave often been circulated. Although
some persons are of opinion that the
unpleasant relations that existed be-
tween the Emperor and Empress-Dow-
ager have been removed, the belief has
not been proved by the course OF
events.
YOKOHAMA, January 26-There
seems little reason to doubt the truth
of the telegram announcing the death
OF Kwong Hsu, the unfortunate young
Emperor of China. AS no reports have
been published recently to show that
His Majesty has been suffering from
i'll health, there would appear to be no
other alternative than to presume that
he has been assassinated by order of
the Empress Dowager, who by the ap-
pointment of another minor to the
throne gets another lease of the power
she loves so well to WELD. The Jill
Shimpo, in an article written prior to
the receipt of the telegram of the death
of the Emperor of China and the ascen-
sion to the throne of the new Emperor,
remarks that anyone COnVersant with
the affairs in China will no doubt that
the proclamation of the Heir Apparent,
twelve-year old boy, the son of a
cousin of the late Emperor Tungchi, is
only a prelude to the dethronement of
the present Emperor. Since the failure
of the administrative reform inaugu-
rated by His Majesty and the assump-
ton of the reins of administration by
the Empress Dowager, rumors of the
deposition or assassination of the EN-
pefOf nave Otten been circulated. The
recent report of the removal of the
unpleasant relations between His Ma
jesty and his aunt has turned out to
be erroneous. People we'll versed in
Chinese affairs have not failed to per-
ceive that steps have been secretly but
steadily in progress in the Chinese cap
ital for the final dethronement of the
Emperor.
milaricfitdy Ia g6SCa1 shrdlu iridium
YOKOHAMA, January 30.-The ac-
tions of Liu Kong-ek and Chang Chin
tung, who have been regarded as lead
ers of the reform movement, will, how
former having received orders to go
to Picking, left Marking a few weeks
ago and is now at Shanghai on his
way to the capital. He is thus prac-
tically deprived of the right of being
heard at Picking at this important juno
ture. AS to Chang, who is regarded
with a certain amount of disfaVor by
the reform people owing to his lack of
sympathy with the cause he processes
to espouse, he is now reported to have
gone over to the other side. Under
these circumstances, there will be no
commotiop in China of a character to
endanger the existence of the Govern
ment, even though the dethronement
of the Emperor is carried out. 1t is,
however, conceivable that the pressure
from outside will be increased and
China may have to lose more territory.
In fact, the leviathan Empire may be
on the brink of its downfall.