New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-04

Rocks relating its incidents were con-
tiscated and burned and It was forbid
den. under penalty OF death, TO pro-
nounce the name OF the Chinese ruler.
Yet We have q passage concerning him
from tbs report OF Tartar general,
Tsen-K ouan-Tong, addressed to the I'm
peror OF Peking.
When the revolutionists arose in the
province OF Kouang Tong, 81 reads. they
conquered sixteen provinces and SIX hun
dred towne. Their guilty chiefs and
criminal friends had become formidable.
AIl,their generals fortified themselves In
The positions they had captured, and IL
WAS not until after three years OF elege
that we recaptured Marking At that
time the rebel army numbered one hum
bred thousand men. When they found
all hope lost they set fire to the palace
and sought death in the flames. Many
women hanged themselves or threw them
selves into the lakes in the gardens /
succeeded In making a young girl pris-
oner and pressed her for information or
the Emperor. He IL dead" she SAID
for when he found himself defeated he
took poison, and his son, Hou-Fo-Teon'
yyas Immediately proclaimed In his place.
She conducted me afterward TO his TOMB,
which / had broken open, and there we
really found tho Emperor, wrapped in a
shroud of yellow silk embroidered With
dragons. He was old and bald, with
white mustache. I gave orders to have
his body burned and the ashes thrown
10 the winds. Our soldiers destroyed all
that remained within tho walls, and there
follow cd three days OF slaughter ana
pillage. Nevertheless band or seVeraI
thousand soldiers very well armed. e.
caped, disguised in the costumes or our
dead. and II Is 10 b. feared that the
newly proclaimed Emperor was win
them
This Emperor Hau-Fo-Tson. who re-
ally escaped from Marking, was con-
sidered by the native Chinese as their
legitimate sovereign,
"Several years ago a remarkable man
who seemed very incarnation or the
new China, dreamed OF peacerul ana
prosperous reconciliation Of the two nos
III. races. ne had other dreams, too
such az forming the United states oil
the World He undertook the almost
superhumau task Of winning 10 his way
q, thinking the Tartar Emperor himself
and with his aid, 20 accomplish the
reformation OF China without the loss OK
q single drop OF blood. His name was
Kan-You- wey. In order 10 De near tAe
Emperor he opened a school In Picking IN
1889.
Many contradictory rumors were cur
rent about the invisible Emperor. kou-
ang-Su. who vas kept in tutelage Ike
captive within the palace and was TN
heard o, by tho outside world
"Kan-You-Wey believed only tho favor
able reports: ne knew we'll what sort Of
mon were tho ministers who held SUI
preus power with the regent. yet lie
pitled the imperial victim and all his
heart went out 10 tho unfortunate
sovereign. But how 90 get near him,
behind those fourfold walls? How 20
Grouse the interest OF this dlsconsolate
dol7 Kan-YouWey made attempts again
and again with the zeai Of = fanatic and
AT last, in 1898, succeeded with. tho aid OF
follower In placing before the eyes o. the
Ernperor petition which he had pre-
pared.
Then this shadow of a prince suoke;
struck by these radical doctrines, he had
them explained to him In detail and
granted an audience 20 their innovator.
Immediately he felt the influence OF that
great spirit; he made him his minister
and intimate confdant and upheld by his
advice succeeded in regaining power
1T Is az that moment OF the reign of
Kouang-Su that The Daughter OF
Heaven unfolds itself; the Emperor MINI
self is its hero. and Kan-You-Wey figures
under the name OF Wel-of-the- Forest"
Lott and Mile. Gautier imagine the lost
Ming dynasty still UNFOLDING Us splendor
in secret In the environs o. Marking. II
Is In THIS secret court that the first scenes
OF tho play 'ranspire.