Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-21

Picking, Correspondence Of the As
ISOLATED Press) Dec. II. Prince
Ching, who has suddenly come out OF
long retirement to participate in the
negotiations concerning the rights the
deposed Manchu dynasty is to enjoy
under the reestablished monarchy, was
for many years one Of the most i'm
nortant figures In Chinese politics.
He has been living quietly at Tlen-
tsin and was summoned to Picking TO
look after the interests Of the deposed
boy-emperor who is living as prison
4 er in the Forbidden city at Peklng.
Prince Ching was born in 1899, and
when thirteen years of age was adopt
ed by a grandson OF Emperor CHEN
Lung and was continually advanced
until 1908 when, upon the death OF
Emperor Kuang Hsu, he was admitted
to the rank OF a hereditary prince OF
the first order. Many Of his sons ans
daughters have married into the Cpl
i Il sse royal family .
sss In Manchu circles, therefore, Prince
I Cning is a person of very great conse-
4luence on the ground of family ties
alone. In addition he is exceedingly
ssvealthy and for many years was the
Nm !, st powerful minister In Picking. In
Iii, 1884, he became president Of the
I ! rs Yamen. the old board of for
st,g f1ies airs, ard. in that capacity his
ssvss III RI associated with many of the
1 ,s ~ Q 6VSlts In China's recent his
IN n fact, d period Of many
81 IVA 0q1l ctically nothing could
L ~ 5ithout Prince Ghing's cognl-
nd help, when his front door
N. Market place at which appint-
romotions and concessions
0Dught and sold, when his favor
M sJe passport that opened the most
w AMe and closely guarded portals,
Il. syxC Mis- frown meant ruin to the most
KsSEkfite schemes. And now. after a
4AAtsT of retirement and imperative
5rtance. he re-emerges again to
NA through" what may we'll prove
the last big deal of his life.
terms on which the Manchus
Hated, the favorable treatment
ement that Prince Ching is going
.t wise, included "a stipulation that
abdication the emperor should
allowed to retain his title, and
Ma receive from the republic the
ect due to foreign sovereign.
two arranged that the throne
receive from the republic an
NV OF Taels a 100000 (s5,600,000
ma until the establishment OF
currency. when the sum should
1Tsp, 900 (NIexican). BY article
/, ,s1e emperor was to be allowed to
Temporarily in the imperial PAL
"a gxAbut, was later to remove to the
~ park, retaining his body guard at
ksame strength as hitherto. Other
d ecleEs allowed him to continue to
the religious ritual connected
ih the imperial ancestral temples
IN hnausolea, which were to be pro-
a1TAetl by guards provided by the re-
lie! to retain his retinue as hither-
L appointing. however, no more
Anchs: to enjoy possession of his
ate property under the republics
lection and to retain the imperial
Guards, which. however, We're to be
placed under the control of the depart.
nient Of war.
N The imperial clansmen were to re-
y ain their titles and private property,
isnjoy public and private rights on a
,oting Of equality with all other citi-
d MS and be exempt from military SER
ire, similar terms being agreed to as
~ -fSds Manchus. Mongols, Mohamme-
w. IS - and Tibetans. impoverished
iriis fa3(ad dukes were to be provid-
ehfnd ~ OCEANS Eof livelihood. while
'sl.: se gs also to Be made for the