The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-26

erHERl. could hardly have been q. z
more startling annonncef'' : en- ~ " y
Western ears than that MADE DS
Sir Chcntung Lang chenE. a st tne
y dinner given Prince Pu Lun a t Sherry
Y the other day ~ namely, that the Empire
H offChna had become slgnatory Of ne
Geneva Convention. and that the powager
Empress had started Chinese Red Cross
4 organization with subscription OF loooo
taes NJ ESi
The Dnwager Empress OF China does no'
figure In the populhr mind rs 2 person !,
likely to head Red Cfbss subscriptions ana !.
commit the government she controls 70 ne
humane practice recommended by Geneva y
who and what manner { wornan Il si's
4 who rules where Kwang Su rei'.nss
A Tsu Hsi made her debut into h'gh -. ~
nese society as wife OF the nth ca "a s. s.
.or the Emperor Eien Feng!Who ascel 's. .
the throne In 1851. Atthat time official
China longrd FOR an heir to the throne.
which comm odlty the actual Empress did
NOT succeed IN providing. But IN lssh ms
,adys ~ the fifth class in the hierarchy OF
foot-wa rrners, did give son 70 her t W. =
IN a manner so satisfactory that In the 5fo'-
n lowing year she was IdisSh ~ 49,
Empress and from that day to this she
y has maintained herself in all inc noho's
* maj were then teaped upon her. This Of
!, itself speaks volumes for her PEI SOMA ''
charm. clevcrness and courage for IN no
eountryis there more regard Tor RANK DE- ai't !
precedence than in China, and think what
Z a Jump that was = from NTH class conf /
8 panion to flrst class Empress!
4 4 r ISnn web
lied French and English forces invaded
~ country Ii 1850 Ned to Lehol. in Mon
golia, where he had a summer pala &c. sna
her. he died In 1851. some think from the
effect OF wounded pride.
Two Expresses in Charge
He left two Emprcsses in charge OF at
ta,rs-the Imperial Empress and the corr
!. cubine who had provided him with an
heir. 1t is interesting to note that the
same concubine. after a lapse OF forty
years. should again have had to fly Pekin
in consequence of an Invasion of English.
French and others approaching her cap'-
TAI over the sa me road as their predeces-
sors OF 1860.
In 1850 French and English troops be-
tween them managed to reduce the mar
yelous summer palace OF Yucn Min Yuen
10 "a heap OF ruins In 1900 there was no
such destruction, but a good deal OF incl
dental looting. That there was not more
was owing not so much to Christian SOL
diers as to the Japanese. who through
out this latter campaign set an example
& OF moderation. as we'll as courage y
The two Empresses returned from their
Involuntary stay at Jchol on November
4 1851, and Immediately carried out a
coup detat In which the dowager concu-
blne FIRST showed to the world that Napo-
leon III had much to learn from his col
leagues In the Far East even In the mat
ter OF a coup d'etat.
t5 Made H herself Regent
She called the Council Of State together.
and read them paper purporting TO rep
q resent the mature deliberations OF her
-year-old son-this edict susPendeo
previous arrangements concerning the re-
4. rency OF the child and made her regent,
along with the Imperial Empress ard
Prince Kung. In fact. 1t made her virtual
ruler of China, and as this was, Tor many
reasons into which ! need not here enter
contrary to the Constitution governing IN
such cases, It made an immense uproar IN
the Immediate neighborhood OF the PAL
Cce, M
Bnt tho concublne mother was equal TO
tho occasion. The three who ventured 10
protest against her arrangements were
two Imperial Princes and the secretary
Of the State, gu Shuen. The Princes were
nsrmltted to hang themselves. while the
nublic executioner cut off the head oflthe
Heere.ary OF state on November s. lsSl-
Only a week after the return to Pekln'
This was all very sudden, ana, from ths
stand point Of the constitutional lawyer,
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