New Britain herald., 1921-05-11
|ESE PLOTTERS
 E AFTER THRONE
hCy on Foot to Restore
 ManChu Monarchy

pin. May f1,-Rumors of an- cmpt to restore the Manchu by placing the captive boy Hsuan Tung on the throne lating In the inner circles enter of Oriental statecraft. he from unknown sources n movo Is to be made with xt two months.
 Ition on this possibility pro- of tho most fascinating bf conversation among tho e woll as among the for Here is the stage and tho boy emperor a star char the development of a plot yet focus the worlds att Y is possible in Chinese pol pon Picking centers not only K ambitions of Chinese mill hd politicians but large n Of all the diplomacy of tho " Of Hsuan Tung Is like a e Arabian Nights. Though a boy of l5 years he hts n proclaimed emperor and abdicatcd. When he was two years old he was made by eaiet of the dying Elm wager in 1905. With his rince Ching m regent, tho s nominal ruler over 40O- sopie for a little more than -n. Then cnmc the republic sidsnt. Yuan Shlh-kai, and tlll an emperor. retired to within the walls of the For J.
 lc remained for five years DIT. when he was yet only bId. he was forcibly restored rono hy a coup d'etat of hang Hsun who, it has been Has tho agent of n German event tho Chinese republic nR n hostile attitude toward in the war. Another pur- 0 conspiracy ia said to have top tho sending of Chinese
 Europe to relieve thu orkers SO that they could tho fighting line.
 no tho boy cmporor's reign
 It lasted less than a again he went back to tho hla forebears prisoner. ha has remained surround Do or 1000 of tho Manchu princes, eunuchs and whis-
 women who long and blot for the time when tho n of Heaven shall again
 dragon throne.
 bort him and his household is. titled and otherwise. Inc rpublic pays an annual al- bf from s3,0O0. 900 to $4.- silver and thus within the tho capital city of the epnblic exists strange ch may at any moment be- prey of ambitious military the fuIcrum by which they themselves to power.
 still possessed of the title r, leads a secluded life. He mittcd to pass beyond tho Inc Forbidden City though longs for travel to the ountrics of whose strange
 customs hc has learned tutors, three Chinese and Hh, the latter K. F. John holnr and author.
 rung is described by thoso in contact with him as ith of affable manners. nd interested in the outside
 it's political movements. hid of his tutors he kept in the progress of the peace
 at Paris and the changes ,rld's map which ensued.
 v, tho Chinese classics arc study but he also has nglish and derives delight skill in penmanship. He Is
 to his toutors and strict ,n tho rules of imperial ley have taught him.
 rung is carried in his yell chair by 20 attendants to of Heavenly Purity where h tutor gives him lessons. exercise hut he has little Rrntify his wish within the tho palace grounds. If he ie he must straddie n pony low pace about the court puRh he longs to see the rts of the world he Is not cd to go rowing on the lake summer palace. To the America accustomed to its Is position would be intol- ct hts disposition remains rung has reached the age
 question of his marriage
 up. When Yuan Shih-kai It president Of the Chinese
 was reported that the boy had become betrothed to ants daughter to promote restore a monarchical gov fifth Yuan aA emperor. Not was reported that he was o marry the daughter of presfdent Hsu Shih-chang. hero tho girl is being edu- he United States. This In conformity with the .t,aor of arranging mar