| Show I I jd TSI ISI AX A AND An I i SU SUo r tl I IW H now lOW W lr world Imf has fj 1 I i r 11 t ne l of or tho death of the emperor Ii ot o China or OJ or names 1 J tor on the lj tha th m lIh authorities n l l dl ll gro and nl alBo of or if t W l demise d or of tho real ruler of China U 1 Vl r since h c and tho of 9 i u uan UI of under the thu I 1 5 I an Oil Infant 1 L ff Chun Clant J I Is I im important I IU i I t t lifs II D Prince Prine t t I i 1 11 l lt lIlt news Tho rhe change of rulers 4 J mean m un a a more i liberal direction or It t tJ 1 H O lIl In n IL 6 m IH J may moan noan reaction J J 1 J Of tho deceased emperor very cry little Ii I 1 history i w 4 In I known but tho remarkable I told toJ h of oC the empress dowager r has been A l i repeatedly Hori 1101 life UCe has hils been very err f W r that of Jr tJ cu lady In Inan I n t an pl Interesting drama Kor I OJ Ihl m II I thirty years cars SO has a I In n I J winnins ganio against I l lI e great tl pow powers has ha 1 ers oC of the world an only lately 11 11 il II disposition lI to lu 1 fl JJ lI any 1 J ill t fJ l ld to tu foreign f Influences I Tl t l An n Was born orn sot In III thu thul l a I i weFt of III i Ii I ii 1 wr In IH not hut but It Is la supposed that tM r f M li f i was af tho daughter o an Ni if illiE j J Ho soW sold hor hol horin ft n in to 19 a IL Jo old ohl Ri t j und and p part r slave uV purl adopted t c rl i daughter sho ac ne W f c In S O i OO Ill I i t 1 ahi d on hor hel bl f f had J never nevel been beon bound or at a tin h lii j i i rrt portals I of tho Imperial I ll palace I t I I iho had Issued a It I t for ladles Sho e waa va ono Imo of tho thoten thoi f i rR II 1 I I ten t I Hl io b uly bruins brains i 11 Ill III tint tin thu of or ortt tt 11 tL a ho jf n 11 Ir found f u 1 l In n a position to t tt lo lot a JI t hand In the Ih I of Ir tho country I i ik Ath of oC th ld emperor 11 I her l infant Ji son succeeded tto 10 the throne F I tJI ln anil ad mala l I appointed for fo foi i P I J I An J oust rated t d her hm 1 I after aC el 1 t 1 i m thc i l an 1111 d 1 J u ft I f I d th 1 l I Il l Y t t f ll it I J jt f ii af 1 t bis 11 lib I l j 11 fi 1 us regent Urn tho t W 1 t fl i reg 1 P Wf i 1 t cd to 10 hang nib 1 ll cut ut ot oC tho I l I Secretary e re ary of oC State T I An then op 01 t lE I I J i d CIr took look 1111 reins of nf government p 1 administration the empire t im rp ir kJ cUll through the thc Tal Tall J rebellion reb ll as us l l i ii J as w a series sellos of off l f i lirt h w crimes eF which hi ft tho un rebellion in f tJ f J a J that of r Yakub Bob Bel In Kash li 1 gala l of Diem actual national dan lr Bera Tho ho quarrel with Japan in IS 4 I i J 11 if Was adroitly 11 1 rm 1 WJ lAns son sol a weak tf Incapable ascended the and j ii notions about doing it manifested some 1 rt q i J 1 7 Ills hili own ruling his determined tf t sut 1 t aside ul Q his decrees and soon loon the tho J young emperor mounted to heaven i r t 1 and an In 18 3 the tho Empress calmly IfT Ig Igi 1 11 tho laws of succession had her j i ili li if baby bl by nephew snatched 1 w d h g gw fj from 1 his bed bc on a 11 bitter winter night iff ziff Q r carried to tho palace and proclaimed J ii tI iii lf emperor cr Nevertheless No I s Ans character has lm a i H It lII its bright lights Some Soine time ago when tl 4 11 j there was a famine in one part of her hert lt JI ii empire she alto hall had it published In III the t H A It j i i Gazette that she could not bear 1 IU t to eat expensive viands while her peo 10 people 1 J were At 1 another time i fI t t tI she o issued suell J a lL proclamation denouncing that very v ry graft by which Mho h lias r Ill n rt amassed ama sM her hOl fortune t In 1900 when iJ the embassies were besieged b and amI PIC ho j q t f fute o ur the tho European Inmates seemed at att M I Shu sh made courteous Inquiries fl t utter after the health of o the members rR of t ld t l Pi the tIO diplomatic IP e corps and sent them ii fresh vegetables and flour for fot their l M i support II tho Intervals of or the tho on onslaughts onil F 1 f J i l Jt r rm t In In her old oW age this remarkable le wom woman il m 1 ti an has given receptions to the ladles of or the tho diplomatic corps s lie has haH shat shattered precedent by audiences hJ i 8 I ij r in III sacred hall of the Ow 1 loW iJ 11 dell GUy which women are prohibited entering Things foreign have havo been i f 2 I ij Introduced with her hel sanction Not many I t j years cars ago she he bestowed bC her Imperial iI I Q smiles upon two girls half American r by birth wholly Parisian by b education e uc t 4 I the thc Neill and un Lizzie Yu u Keng hel helI t p tile tho daughters oE oC the lato tn III f i j 1 h Paris One day so 50 the story goes IM the J S I r ll J asked ono f I oJ uC are thor thoroughly f ld 1 f of o these girl who course B fi t if t r conversant wIth thu th French J fI i Lt language to 10 translate a I French state stute j document whoso alleged translation by bya a I member n of the Chinese e Of tr r k l had h l been be n handed her hor She found it 9 I the two versions were different and d h lit then the Misses lIsses Tu Yu Keng were i t tho of the ti I i iF fu On of this th Important edicts Issued Issue l lI I J the tho now no departed ruler of u a aI Sl i ift I lately I tc by I rm r 1 empire IK 4 one abolishing the tl tt t 1 Jt aJ eJu e and all disbanding an I garrisons For two antI and a II 1 I f nt 41 1 1 centuries i these tho thoO 4 fM tJ O green r n banner men have been lJ on to the I t ht oO an over present pre ent reminder that t f t I they th are 1 10 a t conquered race The eom fI F I f t Vy manders have lICit held tho most mo t 1 Mj I j rank taking precedence In theory on a aJ at gj J iJ ij ii rl J Ka t of or the tho viceroys ot a In n which Ie i they the stationed The Man illi H Ill r it 1 U hu HU troops have ha 0 d special pal fJ 1 il rid ll special They have hac been bo n nJ J I ll t from the ordinary laws nut and the thc r rr I 1 f J I ll n o courts urt they lh y r no taxes ate n g in n no noli li 11 b i trade or 01 profession pr t slon except t mF f 1 tt t j q r ri i W lr f m lM i that of oC arms l aIdi oven lIven ll i ln ho nW iron from which th tho shut out The cuts pf p cOI on ullO o Instead ot nC upon l 1 subsisted uh ls tho chul 1 lan s houses am amstock and stock Sloe and were w ro tg to tholand tho My By le he hc sought to abolish the class between 1 hus ant and c must always I be b a sOl I An hn been o e Tn In policy J but her h l conservatism not prevented her from following the nd u procession lolI to 10 tho Inevitable lUst lItS place on record the tho filet fact that China during entered a new 11 era of Its h tOIl le of or u IL icon form of government |
