The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-23
HIS CHINESE MAJESTY'S OR
DER OF PUNISHMENT.
DEGRADED and IMPRISONED
Throne Deals Harshly with Officials
Who Aided and Allotted in
Boxer Uprising.

Washington. Nov. 20-The Japanese
legation has received from the foreign
office at Toxic, the text of the Chinese
imperial edict dated the 18th inst. on
the punishment Of anti-foreign Off
Gals. 1t is to the following effect: !
"Orders have been issued for the
punishment Of officials responsible for
the opening of hostilities upon friend
ly powers and bringing the country
into it's present critical condition by
neglecting 70 suppress and even by ell
81 c%ouraging the boxers. But as Pekin
and it's neighborhood have not yet
been entirely cleared Of boxers, innO-
cent people are still suffering terribly
through the devastation of their fields
I and destruction of their houses, a state
of affairs which cannot fail to fill n
with the bitterest feelings against
these officials Thus if they are not
severely punished how "a the anger
Of the people be appeased and tn" in
dignation of the foreign powers be
allayed. Accordingly Prince Tuan is
hereby deprived of his title and rank
and shall, together with Prince
Chwang, who has already been dc
prived of his title, be delivered to
Clancourt to be kept in prison until
the restoration of peace, when they
shall be banished to Sheng King to be
imprisoned for life.
''Princes vi and Tsai-Yang, who
have both already been deprived Of
their titles, are also to be delivered
to C%lancourt for imprisonment, while
Prince Tsai-Lien, also already deprived
of title and rank, is to be kept con-
fined in his own house. Duke Tsai-
Ian shall forfeit his ducal salary, but
may be degraded Il grade. Chief
Censor Shien shall Ebe degraded two
ranks. AS to Kang vi, minister of
the board lof civil appointment, upon
his return from the commission on
which he had been sent for the pur-
pose of making inquiries into boxer
affairs, he memorialized the throne in
an audience strongly in their favor.
He should have been severely pun
ished, but for his death from illness,
and all penalties are accordingly re-
mitted: Chao Shuy-Yao, minister of
the board OF punishment, who had
been sent on a mission similar to that
of Kang-Yi, returned almost immedi-
ately. Though such conduct was a
fragrant neglect of his duties, still he
did not make a distorted report to the
throne, and, therefore, he shall be de-
prived of his rank, but allowed to re-
tain his present Office.
Finally, Yu-Hsien, ex-governor of
Shansi, allowed, while in Office, boxers
freely to massacre Christian mission
aries and converts. For this he de-
serves the severest punishment, and,
therefore, he is to be banished to the
Furthermore border of the country and
there to be kept at hard labor fo1
life. We have had full knowledge OF
the present trouble from the very be.
ginning and, therefore, though no i'm
parchment has been brought by the
Chinese officials at home or abroad
against Princes vi, Tsai-Lien and
Tsai- Yung, we order them to be pun
ished in the same as those who
have been ~impeached. All who see
this edict will thus perceive our jus.
tice and impartiality in inficting pen
alties upon those officials.