The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-16
CHINA'SW WOMAN RULER IS DEAD DoWags impress Passes Away. FoLI As EBlPERoR's DEATH Ed. { Places lhfes Years Old Boy
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 Dowager Empress of China, the auto cratic head of the government which she directed without successful inter ference since 1881, and without pro- test, since 1881. died at 2 o'clock this rafternoou.
 The announcement of the powager EmpreAss 5 death was offlcial and fol- lowed closely upon the announcement that kuang Hsug the Emperor, had tarnoon. but lt is believed, that the deaths of both the Emperor and the Uowager Empress occurred z consider able time before that set down in the official statements.
 An edict Issued at o'clock this morning placed upon the, throne Prince Pu Nj, the s-year-old son of Prince chun, the regent of the empire. in ac- eordance with a promise given by the Dowager Empress soon after the mar riage of Prince Chun in 1903. An edict issued on Friday made Pu Yi heir pre-. sumptive. The foreign legations were notified this morning by the foreign board of the death Of the Emperor and the succession of Prince Pu IL.
 Troops have been n readiness for several days to queIl any disorders that might arise on the death of kuang Hsu, The possibility Of uprisings was
 
 the death of the Dowager Empress was known to be close at hand. Two dl- visions Of troops have been held in re- serve and these are now stationed in various quarters of the city. Twenty gendarmes were dispatched to guard the approaches to the legations but up to the present the duties of the forces have been slight.
 Prince Chun. the regent. has ordered sStaa A ka cautions for the. continnation of the ad- ministration of the provinces as here tofore and he has ordered g hundred days oE mourning. The eQuft will go into ntoufpiaG fnf khrea years.
 Re&iaB ia TKanAsoFgaed.
 Pekin@ azfSadyf ha& been greatly transfofmeds ali red objects have been removed and blue substituted. The people learned this evening of the death of the Dowager Empress and although the Chinese are in no wise emotional. they showed that they were profoundly impressed by the passing of their pow erful ruler, The foreigners in the city are watching the strange ceremonies with great interest.
 At the palace elaborate rites are be. ing observed and flood of edicts has been sent forth.
 Death -bed observances of 5000
 
 Emperor and Dowager Empress. They died alone and unattended although surrounded by circles of abject specta- tors who remained rod distant, as on account of the sacred persons of their matesties, they could not ba approach ed. The Emperor died as he had lived. without ministration of whatever kind or scientific aid. For months he had refused to permit the services of for al FaNafniana and alfhnnQh ft stated that he had gone back to the old form of medical treatment, 1t Is believed that lattefly he received no treatment at all.
 The government has given out that the Dowager Empress, in a lucid inter val on Friday last, received Prince Ching, who is Manchu and a member of the royal family, and approved the edicts declaring Prince Pu Yi heir pre- sumptive and Prince chun regent of the empire. Prince Ching was, at the beginning of the Boxer outbreak, Lord !. ChanberfaiTl of the court and com faauder of the Picking field forces. It was on Prince Ching that the foreign officials hung hopes of the safety of the envoys.
 That the Dowager Empress took this step is discredited. Nevertheless she Is believed to have successfully estab- 
 Manchu regime, without obstacle, and the opinion Is held here that this solu- tion of the difficulty which has neces- sarily confronted the government Is the best possible.
 ChIna Is Quiet.
 Until word of the Dowager's death is spread broadcast. no general disor- ders are apprehended. China Is quiet CT now than at any time since 1900. ' n fha aoufh ara -n0aaf. ble on any pretext but the north is more inclined to peace. There are few signs of antagonism to foreigners and there is no manner of doubt that Prince chun will be able to meet the situa- tlon.
 Tsze Hsi An Cor Western Empressl was born November IT, 1884. She was the child of poor people who lived in Picking. At an early age, following a common practice in China, she was sold as a slave, by her parents on account of their boverty. She became the property of d famous general who en- chanted with Nher great beauty. adopt ed her and offered her as a present to the reigning Emperor, Hsin Feng. She so charmed the Emperor by her looks and intelligence that he made her his secondary wife and on her bearing him a son, the future Emperor, Tung Chin. raised her to the first rank. On his death she became the regent of the empire, administering the national af- fairs with more vigor than any of her predecessors.
 Her authority was complete over about IA, eco officials and over the well fare and lives of the vast majority of the inhabitants of China who number close to 270. 100000.
 The Dowager Empress was In China. a Foreigner" being a Manchu and was under the ban of Chinese patriots and an increasing anti-Manchu party. which sought the suppression of the dynasty. She wore the Manchu gar ments but her speech was Chinese.
 She was dominating to the last de- gree, and magnetic, and seemed to be all seeing to her courtiers, who stood as if on eggs in her presence. She was theatrical in public, exhibiting the stage training she had acquired in pri- vate. Her officials did not hesitate on occasionS to speak of her fierce temper her Tartar character, and to refer to. her as a terrible woman"
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