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Show FALL OF AX EMPEROR j CHINESE MONARCH DEPOSED ! BY HIS MOTHER. Was Too rrogre.sive to Suit the Kmpresi Ll Hiine t liang Will be Returned to Tower Reforuts are Now : Impossible. j Perkin, Sep. 3.1. An important edict just issued definitely auounees that the Emperor of China has resigned li s power to the empress (dowager empress), em-press), who has ordered the ministers j to deliver to her in future their official reports. It is difiicult to obtain reliable information infor-mation at the palace in regard to the preceding, but the recent reformatory edicts probably caused the change, j AVhile the emperor was subservient j and a mere figurehead, the dowager ' empress permitted him to remain in peace, but as soon as he attempted to act on his own initiative, his practical deposition was the result. His principal prin-cipal adviser, Kang Yomoi,the Cantonese Canton-ese reformer, Hed in spite of the vigor-our vigor-our attempts made to arrest him, and it is said lie is now on his way to Shanghai. The effect of the change must be great. In all probability Li Hung Chang will be reinstated in power and Russian influence will increase. The hopes of reform so ardently cherished by the intelligent factions of the Chinese are now impossible of fulfillment. fulfill-ment. The sudileness of the coup is said to be due to the desire of the dowager empress to prevent the mission of the Marquis Ito from being successful. The Japanese statesman recently came to Pekin with the object of trying to bring about an alliance, offensive and defensive, between Japan and China. The new order of things will undoubtedly un-doubtedly prejudice British interests in China. It is reported that the next edict will give the full reason for the change. The wording of the present edict is not yet obtainable, but it is to the effect ef-fect that the emperor requested the dowager empress to assume power, this being the third time the request has been made. The Marquis Ito. in an interviev before be-fore the edict was issued, said the emperor em-peror received him yesterday in the most cordial manner and said he hoped to have the advantage of the advice of the marquis in the reforms which his majesty intended to undertake. The marquis, even then, feared that the i miction and conservatism of the Chinese officials uvould .nullify the reforms, re-forms, although be believed the emperor em-peror was acting in good faith. London,- Sept. 24. According to 8 special dispatch received from Pekin, members of the European community there believe the life of the emperor of China is in danger. It is added that the dowager empress desires to place Prince Kwang's grandson on the throne. The emperor realizes the strength of the conspiracy against him and has ordered the guards at the palace to be strengthened. |