New-York tribune., 1908-12-04
rH[NESE REGENTS LISP
,,s Role in Connection fcith His EN-
bassu to the Kaiser.
leos. by a.. Iarsntncod company.l

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,s-oe Chun's portraits 90 not furnish correct
- tbe appearance OF the new regent and de
~, -r,le- Of the vast Empire Of China. who duS-
. ,be next ten fifteen years will administer
R y. .ryernnent Of the Celestial Empire with des-
=, hand For he has q h are lip which causes
= "a speak with a pronounced LISP.
= pss this hare lip, in fsct, which prevented
:, besns practised upon the German Emperor
=, seven years ago When IL became necessary
= s.rs prince Of the imperial family. at the head
s sr.--isl embassy. the Court OF Berlin. to ex
~ss 70 Emperor William the regret Of the Chi
.ss aousrch for the murder 81 the German Envoy
!. PekinE Baron Kettler. hy the Boxers in
.srs II vas gravely proposed by some Of the most
,-ss-,-stive and reactionary Chinese statesmen
sat instead Of dispatching Emperor Kwang Su's
,-1v brother such mission. reseu1-
ss-S him should be in his place his sub
,s'ute and ~ personate him. Tricks such as
.lis have often been played on the unsuspecting
so-krne-. especially i,. connection with the out
-sres pe-rer-sted foreigners at the time Of the
insur~ection Of eight years ago; for most OF the
--o,irert Chinese statesmen condemned TO death
CT the instance OF Western governments as respon-
she For The outraEes in question were executed by
'rroxy. and are TO everybodys knowledge still alive
snd well
1'd Prince Ching. the most enlightened and saga
rous q the members OF the imperial family and
rusted adviser Of the late Empress DoWager.
promptly vetoed the suggestion that any onf should
tfeu7pt persenate the En1peror's brother. the
r-o115 that. owing the young fellows hare lip
Erd POPULARITY of speech. the fraud would quickly
- discovered and would lead 10 trouble and
h-mi-isticr at the hands Of Germany. He pointed
nj that the prince was too well known in Pekng.
especially ny the japanese. who had been most
tssidvous IN their attentions the Emperors
h-ot-rr. realizing tire role which he would be des
-ine6 n psy in connection with the ereignty of
rAirs on the demise OF his brother the Emperor.
s-6 - the aged Empress DoTva ger. So. after all.
p-,rcs ChUn was sent in person But the Chinese
.,r-rorities sa-ed their face by causing II he
-,sr known enong the people OF the Celestial En-
- thsr. instead OF proceeding 10 Europe to
--ss scr-,.-r snd present profound apologies for
-. murder a the German Envoy and the massacre
n European missionaries. he was the contrary,
-esp-6inC pressing invita- ton % the barhari-
ss - visit Europe IN order that he might receive
Tbs IMPRESSION. circulated for and wide through
c-r China Uss strengthened by the exaggerated
ronO-s ratS Prince Chun an the places AZ
zrfrp he touched in China his way L embark,
-,-sr-v sr Tientsin. here the Russian general in
command n addition the fullest military com
n9ents caused the troops unde- his command TO
cheer the prince. The English did their share
s-i77 <,~fhe- confirm the belief that Prince ChUn's
mission was one Of triumph rather than OF humia.
rtr- For Hong Kong. Singa pore. Colombo-in
fset everywhere that the steamer conveying him
t-orped e. route for Europe-he was welcomed by
-1e British Governor and officials with all the
safe due 70 g prince Of the blood.