The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-11
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young Cinnamon. his friends and like
him. progressive, IL were beheadcd.
i A movement was made to- secure q new
Emperor and tho Dowager wished to en-
throne a. son OF Prince Tuan, but the
Powers objected, and Kwang Sill still lives
with Yang. Lee behind her--both hating
the foreigncrs-is the real ruler. But ono
thing keeps them from numbering the
Emperor outright-the 1ovo the people
have for him. III" For public opinion does
count for thing in China" says Miss
Moon. "a. i t3S Il! a
WE'RE TIIH LEADERS.
1t developed where the late trouble
broke out that Prince Tuan himself and
federate, Tung TIL 4 H slang. were tho
Boxer leaders. But they were Of such
commanding station III the empire that
they could not5be touched by the Powers.
So they escaped. 5;S Il.
Now it is from these two that the new
trouble is going to come. In the Kans1
province they are quietly prepar-
Ing They have aHassed forces, and
have already raised the standard
ment,n which Is the Empress Dow
ager. But this is all a. blind. The En-
press is In collision with them and IS
but bldng her time. She has two faces
one for the Powers and one fdl' the
Boxers-unmistakable signs. carefully
noted BY the missionaries, point to this
fact 1t is;$a curious coincidence that
these Boxer rebels against the govern
ment" have claimed as their Emperor the
son Of Prince Tuan, formerly advocated
by the Dowager. M Sa S.E5
FL And the Kansll dis tinction is not the
only one. There Is another Of similar
character in the szechuan province. in
the far south there Is still another up
rising. but 1t Is not a Boxer movement
1T is a movement on the part Of tho
''progressiven who favor the
young Emperor and hate his mother. The
missionaries are anxious to see this
movement succeed
ES Summing up, Miss Moon declares that
in her opinion and In the opinion of
other missionaries who are there and are
seeing things as they happen.Ett needs
but the progress Of time to have the up
rising sweep over the empire. Prince Tu-
an Is preparing; the Empress DoWager,
while she acts friendly 10 the Powers,
is secretly In sympathy with hims Ehen
all is in readiness this two faced Empress
will throw off the mask. and under her
protection the Prince and his followers
will set about upon a career OF carnage
and bloodshed.
And when the dread moment comes
1T will be worse than 1t was before. Since
the last uprising the government-tha Is
10 say, the Enlprcss--has gotten control
Of tho telegraph stations, and the mission
aries and other foreigners can no longer
be notified. Those on the coast will be
comparatively safe and can escape, but
those in the interior will be helpless.
No human agency can save them from
tho fury Of the Chinese mob when 1t
starts out to cxterminato 'the foreign
devils, $500 TT
~ WILL STAY THERE.
Such is In brief tho statements made
Yesterday by Miss Moon. She was asked
what the missionaries We're doing; If they
We're. taking amy steps to protect them
selves. t} t5 4; ~
"Shall wo desert our posts and leave
China in a body?" she asked III reply,
mo; we are there and we are going to
stay, whatever the consequences. We
can't say positively Of course, that there
will be such an uprising. I can only tell
YOU what think. I expect to return to
China in about n year" 'tS