Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-30

absolute Cnnlfnl OF tue Young tnl-
peror. 10 whom she stands in the
light Of mother, with all the authors
~ that comes from that position ia
china AZ such she has taken the real
tslace Of the Princess Chun tho wife
of the regent, who is the baby em-
poror's real mother The latter does
not live In the palace: she has nothing
To do with Pa VI, and har even TO
beg for an audience with her own
baby son.
THE PRINCE REGDNT
As to the prince regent, he is about 10
years younger than thc empress dow
q ger and mis- position and powers are
not settled lie II practically the en-
poror. hui " Nehouuls has any of the
attributes of the great dowager he can
not be sure. that she win not stcp in
and overturn all his plans, just when
everything is moving the smoothest
Prince Chun is the lneal grandson of
the Emperor Tao-K wang. VINO ruled
china from 1921 20 1881. and the great
grandson Of tho Emperor CHA Ching.
who was on the throne from 1895 20
1920 His father was the sixth son Of
Tao-Kwang, and as such was the
brother of the Emperor Hsien-F eng
who was the husband OF old Tsai An
Princess Chun. the elder, had four sons
The second was the late emperor, and
tho third the present prince regent.
] understand that Tsai Au wavered
between making tho prince himself or
the imperial baby the heir to the throne
and that she had long conferences with
Yuang Shih Kai and Chang Chih Tung
on this subject. II Is probable that
Yuan Shlh Kai preferred the baby. and
Il may be that this was one Of the rea-
cons Of that statesman's dismissal from
office.
There r. no doubt but that Prince
Chun IL more fitted to rule China than
any other member Of the imperial fam
lly He Is better educated than the
| other Tartar princes he has Travelled
more and knows moro about modern
| methods and modern civilization. He
kept his eyes open when ne was sent to
| Germany to apologize TO the kaiser for
the murder Of Baron Won Kctteler As
he Travelled he had a map before him
and studied the politics Of the countries
| ne passed through He saw the Won
ders Of our civilization, and since he
| has been an the throne he has been
! studying the western sciences, modern
| military tactics and other things. ono
| OF the generals OF tho Chinese army
| who was formerly minister 20 London
| is giving him lessons I'm English. and
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| iects for about two hours each day. He
has ordered that the chief tutor for his
| baby son shall be posted I'm western
learning as well as in the Chinese clas-
| sizes.
A MODEST RULER.
The prince regent manifests a gen.
| eral disposition 10 improve himself in
| every way possible. Just the other
| day he asked one Of the officials OF
| the Hanlin college whether he might
I read the books stored I'm the imperia
| library, and he is doing all he can
| TO keep track OF the Chinese news
papers and public opinion as expressed
| therein / am told that he has per-
sonally instructed the grand councillors
| that he wants his own faults and short
| cOmings pointed out, and that the
censors must not be afraid TO criticisl
| him. He has also put outside ms
| residence a petition box which Is ac-
| cessible to all classes Of people.
He proposes 20 establish a newspa-
per here as the Chinese organ Of this
central government. and also TO give
| medals TO the editors OF the other Chi
nese papers who prove to be beneficial
to the country and to society. He has
| changed the old custom by which the
| Manchu officials called themselves
slaves in addressing the throne. TheS