The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-02-02


sHANuHN iau as Tee Nnrb
'hina naar Npes puhishes an adia
Hrnnd lsH nifhi by Empor or ksanf
go spnuiniiuf hs Emwror IN bic plarc
pu' sins a.,taruld rrln 80 ghr nav
Empeior will ascend iha throne ON
Jannau fip
WASHINGTON. llu. Is tAftor-
nonn sor,iccl Secretary HAY wac ad-
yised to-day by United mtes Minister
Cnngor az peldn az the re-ui, W the
couyooatiou W Chinese noiahles there
yesterday his statcmo NJ being that
Pu Chun, ~ years Of nc e. bad bein ap.
pointed heir-apparsnt
There is uutama q iscrnnancv be-
tuoan Dir Conger's sta temant and that
cshlad from Shanghai and a. Is i'm.
possible 20 learn here which IL aocur-
ate az this time. Meth pr the State De.
pnrtment nor the chinese Legation
having further inform alton on the sub
iect than that contai ned in Mr.. Con-
gar's brief dispatch. II will DE no.
tioad that he does not Indicate that
The heir has been Oh osen as Emperor
nor thG he is 10 asce nd the throne inn
mgdiately. The result is awaited with
great Interest here. (, Or, BY the charac-
ter OF the selection made of the sue
cessof 80 the present Emperor lay be
determined the ques tion whether the
Russian OF the Japa nese influence is
predominant in CHINA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.-Cb,fter-
noon Serv ice 1.-The Chinese Minister,
Mr.. WI Ting Fang, when shawn the
above dispatch, WAS ut first inclined to
doubt and discredit il, bur on exa.min-
ing the circumstantial detail of The re-
ported 'edict, he said
4 am Il nable tO say whether it, Is
true ornot. Thus far | have rscei we'd
OF hciai or unofficial, to indi-
cate that SUI oh a change has been IN ide
or WIS con templated. A short ii me
ago a report WAS current that the son
of the Prince. of Xuan (erroneousky CIV
ell in The dispatch as Prince Tuano)
would be MAJ ned as tileir- apparent. Bat
| have not been Informed unat this
would be. do ne. Tt would not be sur
prising il an heir-apparent were dcsig
mated. as This occurs at times, usually
in order TO provide q succession when
an EmperDr is siek or otherwise inca
pacitaied.s
After consulting the genealogy of
the Imperial family, Mr.. WI SAID that
as near as ME could tell, Prince Tuan
Is son ofpihe former Emperor, Hieu
Flung, thus making the reported new
Emperor, Po Chun, a grandson of En-
peror Hieu Fang. Thelatter Was fol.
owed by Thug Chi. a son of the pres
mt Empress Dowager, who still re-
aims her strong influence over court
iffairs. Her Son was without issue,
ana was succeeded by the present EN-
,eror, Kwang iSu, nephew of the Tfn-
press Dowager, and designated through 4
Ter influence. In case the reported
change has been made, it Will he a con-
inuance Of the same Imperial family
It the head of affairs, with the En-
'ress Dowager remaining as the strong
power behind the throne Prince Tuan
las been little known in court affairs,
which, however, is not surprising. as
aembers of the Imperial household do
lot minsle with the outside world.
nj are practically luIAnown.
When asked If such change nyould
ntail any change of policy, Minister
Va said: Not the slightest. 1t doe,
ot indicate any change OF policy on
International or foreign affairs, noi' in |
ur domestic affairs. Our people are .
quiet, peaceful people and have little /
egard for personal changes which
,ay occur in tie government