The Nome daily nugget., 1911-11-24
PRESENT EMPRESS D0WAGER
 POWER BEHIND CHINESE THRONE

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 tablishsd in the territory their press 4.-'vice. Ia said telegram We asked tht they forward to us the name. age and how the present empress d9v agar ss ured her title. and all lnterrstinx facts that would prove of interest to our many readers We have also re- sorted to the use of the international Year Book, for the yesr 1910. publish ed by Dodd. Mead S Co. Of New York. which Ia s we'll recognized au- thority for facts about history of ma. tions. Then the Worlds Almanac for the years lso7-s-s-I0 and 1911. and Ire American Almanac Year Book Cyciopaedia and Atlas for 1904
 From the answer to our press dls- patches we learn that the present empress dowager. who Is in hiding with the boy emperor Pu-Yi. is young woman still in her twenties. She Ia a daughter Of Viceroy Yung- lee. of Tienseln. and was well known throughout the empire before becom- ing empress dowager as Princess Ye- honala. the favorite young companion of the former empress dowager Tsi An. who was the ruler in fact of the Chinese empire during the Poxer trou. bles. and was forced to flee 10 the Hidden City of Slan-fu in the province of shensi in 1900
 The present empress dowager Is de- scribed as very strong character and bitter enemy to the present premier. Yuan ShI kai who has been recalled to try and hold the dynasty in tact during the revolution. and snatch from vhat seems certain defeat victory for the empire.
 The bitter feeling the young em- press has for Premier Yuan Shi Kai is not toned down one ioto from the fact that the present premier saved her father from being executed de- cade. ago for hls connection with the Boxer uprising and acts the China men in hls province performed under his sanction.
 She was selected by the late em- press dowager to be her successor in office and 10 bear the title of empress dowager but under no condition was she to be the consort of the emperor. The naming of Princess Yehonala as her successor happened a short time prior to her death in 1905 and in naming her as such stated she did il out Of love for the young princess and the strong character she possessed for making a good ruler and upholding 'ke house D: tho Msnchus
 After the death Of the empress dow- ager Tsi An. the emperor committed suicide, and the young appointed Princess Yehonala assumed the reins of government which she has msin- tained and is still trying to do with the strong character she has posses. sed and displayed ever since the time she was the companion of the woman who appointed her empress dowager of China.
 In China the term empress dowager | is not of the same meaning as applied | in European countries. The great em- press dowager who was responsible | for the Boxer uprising was the aunt of the ruling emperor oNsr whom she held sway and ruled with an iron