The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-13
RERELLIoN N CHINA Expected
People WIZ No Longer Submit to the
Wholesale Slaughter Of the
Empress Enemies.


SHANGHAI. March IA full ac-
count has been received here of the
meeting on March at Peking between
the empress dowager and the grand
council Protests were read from the
viceroys and governors OF nine Of the
eighteen provinces against the policy
Of the empress dowager. These OFF,
cials are the gretest provincial authori-
ties in China. They declared unitedly
that, If the empress dowager persists
in prosecuting the reformers and con-
tinuing her reign of terror policy, the
Chinese under them win rebel against
the Manehus. The viceroy at Nan
king says he has 10000 Hunanese
troops who are anxious to tight the
Manchus, ard he fears he cannot cen
troll them.
The viceroys who united in this re-
markable step represent the provinces
of Kiang-Su. Anhui, Kiangsi, Human,
Hupeh. Chekiang, Fookien, ouangsi
and Kwanktung. with an aggregate
population of lS0,OO0.OO0.
Until this protest was made the EN-
press dowager had been having things
quite her own way. Though she had
desisted from her purpose to set up
q new emperor. yet her wrath toward
those who opposed her has shown no
abatement IL is unOuunded. Kin
Lier Shan has been captured in the
Portuguese colony Of Macao. off the
south China coast, by Ii Hung Chang's
detectives. Mr.. Kin fed from Shanghai
last month. He is the manager of the
national system of telegraphs in China
and headed the petition signed by 1900
notabIes, against setting up a new em-
peror. Probably he will be decapitated.
An English law firm here has been re-
tanned to defend him. The government
has trumped up charges of 'lefalcation
against Mr.. Kin, who is really very
able and enlightened man.
Or March ] instructions were wiEed
from Peking to 500 Chow, capital of
Kiangsu, to arrest and put to death
the reformers weng T'Ung-Ho and
Shen Pong These men had been in
very important positions in Peking,
but were easily captured in 500 Chow.
The chief reformer. Kang Yu Wei, has
fed to Singapore. The empress dowa-
ger has offered 100000 for his Dody,
dead or alive. Kang Wi, who is the
dowager's high extortione,r' has an
nounced his purpose to visit the Yang
Use ports at an early date. We shall
probably hear that many retormer
who cannot buy his freedom will be
killed. Old Chang Chi Tung, viceroy
of Wu Chang, has recently been pub
licly reproved in scathing terms by the
dowager and he may lose his yiceroy-
atty on the arrival of Kang Wi.
II is said that there is an official list,
prepared by the Peking government
of the names of three hundred re-
formers who are prescribed. A special
list of over thirty-fve names exists of
those who are 20 be killed as soon as
they are captured.
The Chinese correspondent IN Pek-
ing of the North China Daily News,
writes as follows: I'VE, in Peking'
think the indifference of Western ma
tions, especially Great Britain and the
United States during a crisis like this
is a shame. The subjects Of these two
Western nations have been most earn
est and energetic in trying to introduce
Western civilization and education in
to China. They have succeeded glor-
iously They have obtained most il
lustrious converts, including the emper-
or and some Of the younger princes
Now they shirk from making even a
mild protest against the actions Of the
empress dowager."