The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-12
KWANG HsU PROPOSES,
Chinese Emperor Asks Powers Il
Free Him.

Free Him.
LONDON, June 12.-The Shanghai
correspondent Of The Daily Express, tel.
egraphing yesterday, says:
"Weng Tung Ho, Emperor Kwans
Hsu's tutor and contdant, who was dis
missed by the dowager empress after the
coup d'etat in 1885, sends with the spe-
cial sanction Of the emperor and his par
ty, including three viceroys, message
to the peoples of the west. In part it is
as follows:
His majesty Is convinced through
trustworthy sources that the loyal sup.
port of many scores of millions of the
Chinese will be accorded to his pro-
posals for putting an end to the state Of
anarchy brought about by the action of
Empress Hsi Isl.
The government of China being vir-
tuany nonexistent, the emperor proposes
that the foreign powers whose troops
dominate the capital shall remove his
imperial person from the palace in which
his majesty Is confined as prisoner,
shall declare Empress Hsi Isl and her
present ministers to be usurpers and
shall bring Emperor kwang Hsu to
Marking, Wuchang or Shanghai, which
ever the said foreign powers deem to be
the most suitable situation for the new
capital Of the Chinese empire under the
new conditions.
1t is proposed by his ma jesty and his
advisers that the foreign powers should
declare joint protectorate and under
take the task of governing the country
through his majesty
THE message suggests that the pro-
tectorate should abolish certain boards
in Picking, appoint new minister's abolish
the existing SO called armies, establish
gendarmery under foreign officers take
control of the customs, posts and tele-
graphs and work them through Chinese
officials, establish uniform currency, re-
adjust taxation and insure the freedom
Of religion.
"Weng Tung Ho, who predicts peace
fnl acceptance Of such regime, goes on
to say:
"'China Is ripe for the change of tide
which the reactionaries vainly seek to
stem. If 1t should so be- on the other
hand, that the foreign powers seriously
contemplate the disnemb erment of the
Chinese empire, they have before them
the huge task of facing dense millions,
who, although lacking training and who
make but contemplate soldiers, possess
boundless powers Of passive resistance
and would be able to wear out the pa
thence Of any European rulers seeking to
govern them without regard to the preju-
dces Of the Oldest civilization.
1.-The conquest and division of China
would be possible with 100000 troops,
but 10 retain the government would re-
quire 1,0O0,000 soldiers and centuries Of
work. The task would ED with the most
unhappy results for both conquered and
conquerors.
His majesty and his advisers beg
America aud Japan to pause before re.
sorting to ACKNOWLEDGMENT, which can be
deferred at least until the emperor's eff
forts 10 govern his people and TO restore
the happiness Of this great division Of
the human race have proved abortive. II
the people are assured that the powers
are guiding and protecting his majesty
and do not intend to swallow the country
piecemeol, they and the soldiers will re-
turn unQuestionahly to tina allegiance
from which the empress diverted them.
The Daily Express publishes the fol-
lowing from st. Petersburg:
"Prin"e Oochtomsky, editor Of the Vie
donosti, who is great Chinese author
ity, says that the Boxers are one Of the
old secret societies with which the mod.
ern society of China is honeycombed.
They have been working against foreign
ers for several generations. The Boxers
will probably be put down. but II is fear
ed that great II mber Of men, women
and children will be murdered before
thut can be effected
1.-THE prince says the present difficulty
10 Of a temporary nature and cannot be
compared with the great upheaval that 10
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