The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-08-19

The revolution in China which bringing Sun Vat Sen
DteH of his nstV onT has revived the interest of the public
in the Baby Emperor and the mobiles of the Mncu court who dropped
ticaly forgotten rulers
as life and death over the most opupu nation in the world few
months wiped them not only from power but almost from the world
time Manchu should obrude the
sidertion home abroad them The they held
through centuries has been completely anihilaeI.
The inside history of how this accomplished has still TO BE written
shhka who had seek for his forced
retirement in disgrace was RECALLED to peAg resort to save ns
possible his the adoption of republican
sense by limited constitutional monarchy He pro,
cam FORM sovrnmen b" the tide and force Of public opinion
too strong for him to combat Following the formal announcement of
government of China in mnfcent and agnnmous spirit issued
granted an annual allowance million the prop
critics real and otherwise of the throne aud the members of the imperial
history now and yet it all happened within the past eighteen months
and dependent the charity of Yuan shhai they have been for
time past I'LL
February Empress Dowager
praises for her nobility of character the saving of thousands
of @ % vGnmtay %oen large 6 funeral a was % planned the
but a. inexpensive one he contributed nothing and the
pay the necessary expenses.
The voluntary abdnon the late Empress Dowage voluntary
refused to sign the ahdaon document PREPARED and drawn up for her
Through the payment of four hundred thousand as Yuan shh
bought the influence of this nnc who used his to his
then she reluctantly signed the extremity
months the throne has received in all, is reliably stated
than onenh of the of allowance granted by the
proclamation of the In March, Yuan Shka moved the
presidential the Winter Palace AT the
family ordered the Forbidden City
the Summer Palace miles the the city Picking
The step doubt will be them the palace Jeho
other distant quarter The palaces Mukden Picking and Jeo
filed with imperial the heritage from imperial
tors Personal belongings of all kinds including pearls of enormous
value, stored in the palace the Forbidden City these
allowed be taken with family thought. had
mted that all these belongings unqcsionab the of the
throne All such private and has been for months
guarded by troops The Manchus
and they been and forbidden
ing of of their belongings 1t question if all their property
real and otherwise not regarded by Yuan Shhai confated
After the death of the late Empress Dowager Yung the question
The imperial family chose the legitimate
first concubne of the Shih-Kai opposed
selection
finally divide authority appointed
with equal powers There today Dowag
guarding infant Emperor deserted by all the imperial
rounded by small army of parasites useless eunuchs who unable to
themselves otherwise and be fed and clothed 70 those who
have read of the luxury elegance of the under the old
Empress Dowager plight be pathetic the
The rule the yemlon pencil obieated His
humiliation similar
vested in the imperial family China period
The Manhu Imperial family
gle in China Their problem today is struggle against odds for
existence; and the world not.