The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-08
RETURN OF CHINA'S COURT
An Edict Fixes September / as tie
Date for the Trip.

Ii Hung Chang Notified of the Pro-
posed Journey to PeI<in-Tbe Dow
a=er Empress Health VIII Not
Permit Travel During the Summer.
PEKIN. June SIS p. m-).-The Chi
nese peace plenipotentiaTy, Earl Ii
Hung Chang, has just received an edict
to the effect that the Court will leave
Singan-fu for its return TO Pekin on
the nineteenth day of the seventh moon
September /.
Emperor Kwang Hsu ri his edict
says that consideration Tor the health
of the Dowager Empress makes 1t inn
possible TO undertake the journey in
the heat Of summer. The Court viii
travel through the Provinces Of Honan
and Chill to Pekin.
This announcement has excited great
interest here and there is an eager en-
quiry for details concerning the further
plans Of the Court, but they have not
yet been obtained.
1t is understood that the entire Court
though there has been considerable
speculation as to whether both the
Dowager Empress and the Emperor
would return at the same time
Reports state that the Court will be
accompanied by a strong military es-
cort during the journey from Singan-fu
to this city, and that the capital viii
be well guarded by native troops some
time previous te the entrance Of the
It is believed here that by the time
the Court has re-esta bIished itself IL
Pekin practically all of the complicated
questions which have arisen as a result
Of the recent Boxer outrages viii have
/ been settled by the foreign ministers.
An opportunity viii then be given for
| the affairs of the Empire to settle down
| into d normal condition.
| The Chinese ENJOYS are very much
! gratihed by the edict announcing the
! comparatively early return Of-the Court
/ and it is generally regarded as indica-
! tive OF the intention of the Dowager
! Empress and her advisers to do all they
! car to restore the Empire to more
| peaceful condition.
/ The British are gradually preparinz
/ To withdraw from Pekin. though no
definite time has as yet been fixed
! Nine transports to take the troops
| back to India are expected here within
a month The British will, perhaps,
/ keep more. than their share of the Iega-
ton guard here temporarily to prevent
disturbances.
The Chinese troops have failed to
SUI press the Boxers in central Chi
! Ii, and the French have therefore decid-
ed to resume their occupation Of Chen
ting-fu and other places in that vicin-
its- The Chinese themselves have nc
expectation of success in maintaining
order in the outlying districts
The Germans are actively at work
fortjfying their part of the Iega ton
quarter. one fortress is being planned
for the top of the city wall behind the
/ legation
The ministers have issued proclama-
tions giving minute rules for the regu-
Iation Of the quarter and closely re
stricting the Chinese. Nothing has beer
determined upon in regard to similar
restrictions against the lega ton guards
going among the Chinese outside tht
limits Of the quarter
The official escort sent by the Gov,
I ernor Of Shansi to conduct the mission,
| aries to Taiyuen-fu has arrived here I
is reported that ten soldiers viii b,
posted at short distances apart all along
the route TO Shansi. The main body o.
| troops has retired entirely from thi
line. The missionaries are somewha
| doubtful Of the expediency of maxim;
this trip until the effects of the evacua
tion by the allies are known and it il
apparent that the Chinese are SINGER,
in their professions Of protection an,
that it is safe to travel through tn
country Sir Ernest Satow, the British
Minister has advised the missionarie
to postpone their departure.