The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-19
CHINA BESET BY INTRIGUE Political Jealousies Arc Apparent. , -.---e----- MANcHU FACTION IN POWER Capital is Quiet, But Feels Some
 Unrest.
 - DipIom.tic Corps VIII Be Allowed in the Forbiaaes city on No- yembeF as to View
 the Cofans.

Picking, Noy. is,r-The situation to- day shows no material change as over yesterday. but runors are rife of poe litical jealousies at the palace.
 Considerabie adverse comment has been anouscd by the fact that Prince chnn, the regent, is Ignoring the Chi nese in announcing the composition of [ the committees that are to have the obsequies of the late Emperor and Empress In hand. The only two Chi nose appointees are Yuan Shi Kai and Liu Chun Lin: the remainder are Man chuts.
 The selection of Prince Pu Lun and Chen Pas to proceed to the western tombs ana select tho site for the mauzoleum of the late Emperor has been received with great dlssatisfac- ton. principally because Prince Pu Lun was at one time very active in the intrigues Co secure the throne him. self Chen Fi Is a former Boxer and anti-forefgn in his sentiments. He owes his position to the eunuchs..
 The action of Prince Chun are cloth ed with full imperial authority, and show that he is Jealous of the Manchu prerogative. His ,edicts show clearly the literary style of Chnag Chi Lung member Of the Grand Council. but otherwise Chan Chi Lung Is not active in affairs of state and appears to have been yec1ipsed.
 It has been reported that Prince Ching. President of the Board of For eign Affairs, has suffered physical coll lapse. His present position ie preca- rious. and t Is believed that his career is practically at an end
 The fourteen native banks that sus- pended payment a few days ago today were re-opened and began to pay oui money from funds supplied by the gov .ernment for the purpose. of tldlng over the panic. They are under police sup ervision. The payments are to con tinue for period of Ave days. r An edict5 issued today declares thai the era of Pu YLNthe infant Emperor of China, be named "asnap TpHg,' uaan|ng 'sPYoesaisned d hneca5 aiap Tlail ehafacterIzatta Is tzsterprets1 as sin' nifying the ufilficatIon Of the nstE6t on the reform program of the tnE0na
 Another edict orders Rosthunious title for sKuanE- Hsu. in recognition oi his merits It enlarges on the reform program to which the vaiedtctory oi the Emperor committed the throne, and thus commits the government again to the details set forth in the program.
 The Grand Council appears anxious to impress the idea of reform on the
  clan.
 The regent has appointed a. m. November 2S.s for the members of the diplomatie-corps in Peking to appear in the Forbidden City and express the condolences of their respective govern ments on the death. of the Emperor and Empress. Three members of each legation will be. received. They will bow three timese before the cofIins of the Emperor and the Empress. and once~to Prince Chun. the regent.
 The Dowager Empress Yehonala acting. on a memorial presented by the Prince and the ministers. has issued an edict that the period of mourning be reduced for the regent and the court to one hundred days, and for the people to twenty-seven days.
 The military maneuvres in the Yang Tse valley will be modifie5 on account of mourning.
 At o'clock this afternoon, when this dispatch was filed, the city Is abso- luteIy quiet and no disturbances are anticipated. The presence in Peling of 10000 foreign drilled troops assures the maintenance of order.