| Show THE EMPERORS EDICT washington sept 23 the chinese minister wu ting today received receive d a cable from the chinese foreign office at peking giving the bhe text of the che ebitt imbed by the emperor yesterday in W owing to the crit critical lical condl tian of chinese affa affairs drs he be calls back to power the empress dowager and commits to her bands the direction d of the vast affairs of the empire e the edict edtom freely translated from froim the tin orber cipher cable iss is M follows follow now that is disturbed there is need oat all ail business shall be wen well done we the emperor agi agitated bated from morning to evening for the welfare of affairs and fearful lest errors may oo 00 cur observing from the beginning of the reign of tung ohi chi chart the empress dowager had twice given instructions 0 o the emperor and with signal aberl ability ty and success su cess so we now considering the important interests ot of the empire have begged the empress dowager to give to the empire the benefit of her ripe experience and her instruction the dowager empress has hag been pleased to accede to t this request and therefore it is to the good fortune 1 ot the whole empire that this auspicious event is brought about from today the empress dowager conducts the buel ness in the imperati im apartments apart menta taa and on the eighth day of the month chinese calendar meaning today bax lish calendar clarend ar we win take sal all the princes and ministers to perform the ceremony in the Chin chung pal palace ace let belt the ya diamen men foreign office prepare the ceremony may be performs with fl fi tit ing ng honors the chinese was seen been at the lega legation tilon toft y and talked concern tal the edict he said eaid there was n ft ae crecy about it nothing to Indio aAe te that it was a triumph at done one foreign element over aver another othet and that its essential purpose was to strengthen china herself alt the time when foreign problems wre were presen presented tecIL it was quite natural he said that V dowager empress should be called t to the aid of the emperor owing to dynasty reasons the present dowager has survived three dynasties beginning with that of emperor Hise funk yung she was the second wife of the empero ir and bore him a son tung achi chi who on the death of his bis father became emperor the latter was an infant r uler ruler and the mother then and now dowager empress directed for him the vast affairs of the empire on his death without issue the dowager elected her nephew hsu hau to become the emperor emner or and his re reign ign is now in progress he was a child when he took book the throne twenty tour four years ago and up to nine years ago the dowager directed affairs for him acting as the queen regent of spain acts for the boy king the recall of the dowager empress to the active assistance of the emperor the chinese minister points out is a natural move toward the strengthening of toe the hands of the emperor giving him thai ow same aid which the dowager empress gave while the emperor and hie predecessor were infants infanta I 1 concerning the report that the saw press return to power was a COW coop favorable to russia the says he does not co consider nalder the move ate favorable to any power as against MW any other its effect he says would be towards the direct impartiality ty in chinas cainas treatment of russia great britain Ger germany macy prance france arthe the united states japan and the world myrld at larg haw during the former regency of the eta press she had shown marked friendship for the english so that in the opinion 7 of the minister it was unfair td presume she had english prejudices prejudice iL As to its effect upon ll 11 hung change chaing the minister aid braid the dowager empress had long admired the tugged rugged ability df the old statesman but he did not think this would result in the return ot 0 li to the foreign office from which post he was recently re removed owing it waz was understood to foreign influences it to is possible the minister believes that prince ll LI will continue in his hl nominal post as imperial sec when asked t china had the strength td resist dismemberment by foreign 00 powers mr wu ting pang fang staid said 1 7 I am confident ident china will remain intact and I 1 am glad to witt note that your lata bat m immer to china hina mr denby bag baa the same dmn opinion n china has the native re wealth and population to make within herself it should not be OlVer overlooked looked that some of the foreign influences fluentes fluen ces such as concessions for railways railway ways etc will benefit and develop ohina china far more than they can benefit any forean country these concessions will tap the rich interior of china give highways for the products now confined ad 0 o the interior and catry carry them to outside markets the minister speaks with special satisfaction tia faction of a concession which he signed a short time ago by which an american syndicate will build a railroad from dankow to canton a distance of miles it is understood that among the names of those interested in the concession we awe the rockefellers Rocke fellers van der bilts morgans brice and ex mayor hugh grant of new york the min jew aligned the concession just before the spanish war broke out and this some delay in beginning the work od at the ine road now therefore he is informed that the american engineers am about to start for the surveys of the atrie and construction will be from this thi time forward |
