The Portland daily press., 1900-06-26

EMPRESS OF CHINA.
Able Woman Who Rules
Ancient Empire.
Her Inirigues To Obtain and Hold
Power.
Puppet Emperor Whom
She Manipulates.
Her Recent ReactiOnary Policy
Coup d'Etat Of 1898.
(From the Fortnightly Review.)

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prompt 10 seize' lung Ohe uieu oiii,u-
less ou' leaving WHOM Ai'iu,.e. "ho
heir' Inc Empress Ahiu-es oiaih's
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ueath-uecEiieu 10 pe suioiu"i' pu' 30 0on
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years oiu' Una. 'he ohoi0e Vi 'ne An'peii"i
Gan court ien'
| lung Ohe uleu oii JANUARY - io,''
on january 10 'he hihpiesses ioiii',"s
accepted the regency when they had
practically assumed. a decree of the 10th
annopncad that the DESIGNATION "Kwanp
| y = ~,
gu hau peen ohosei as 'he sV'ie VI '"e
new reign.
Waters which had baen so violently dis
80, -, - ,;I-,,, =, ,,,,,s,,a 90 o,ca
uioeu "eie nv. 'iAei' " s''o,'No ~ oAee
1t was felt that the natural course oil
| succession had been diverted, to serve the
ambition Of the doyapers. but they were
| -, .,.t M,
apie 10 hiahe soou .heir PosiVioh' ihe
death of the young Empress Ah-lu-te,
two months after her husband, cleared
~ NV An ,ossad without axta-ral
'h0 way
disturbance, anu tne august iaoies en-
tered upon that second regency which
| Ia sted-in the case of Use An-till her
',aatn J., zoe, "a a., +h., ,a,o ., har s,,II
ue"'.i ~ 1901, 'iiN ~ .no c'''o Va l,eA ''''
surviving colleague, tlli hWang gu came
of age, in 1889.
| Tba Frnn,,ass Doxvoeyar retired avoyved
~, ..
| ~, Hoii the ieschoy vi N"'hS >" VIM
! ing of age, in 1889; but her continued in
tluence was repeatedly made manifest
| a. L.. .-,.taL ~ Ir.,,. ,,,,,,,..,,,
| Al e.'4o'S "Hi0,' oNe
having received her INSTRUCTIONS 10 Issue
| or indorse. Dowager Expresses are ira
d,tionallv n novvar in pekin We find
for instance the Emneror Tao Kwanp
~ We ~ no ,oaanaf,, fainaant nayir1
ertraordinarv resnect IN the lady who
occ,niad that nosifion In his day' and the
Tradition 81 prolonoed futelnre would
combine with The presti re of position 10
give aycentionaI influence to an able.
Setermined and ambitious women like
| Tse-bsi II would In, sunerfluous To re-
"a nitulate nj length the circumstance
| of 1he Emperor' s revolt against that in
insnee and practieaI snpersession i'm
1sssS; nor need we attempt to ascertain
the precise measure of his Individual ca
pacity and force. What is certain is that
| ha Stood for reform and that the Em-
nress Dowarer stands for reaction. He
| had Surrounded himself with reforming
advisers and had issued number az
edicts DESIGNED To get the state carriage
ont of the ancient ruts into which it had
| SINK. Such attempts have excited antag-
onism enough. unon OCCASION. in the
Comparatively Young countries OF the
West. They excited something akin to
horror among moss grown scholars who
saw their venerable curriculum in dan
Ger of change: among palace Creatures
and Mace men who saw their sinecures
in danger: and among the whole host of
permanent officials who saw their per-
9nisItes and the stereotyped routine of
things likely to be thrown into the cruel
BILE. The Emperor was backed by thou
sands of the younger literati, mandarins,
and merchants In the provinces, ami by