Show EMPEROR OF stiina CH 0 NA IS DEAD PEKIN nov 13 A new ruler seated on the throne of china the death of kwang tsu the emperor who had been titular emperor since 1887 the impending death of tsi an the dowager empress these are the important events that today threw the entire chinese empire into a fever of exciter 11 nant according to the most mok authentic information from the imperial palace kwang tsu died this afternoon at 4 two edicts issued at 2 in which kwang tsu proclaimed his brother prince chun chu regent of the empire and ordained that prince 3 year old id son prince pu wel be prepared for succession to the throne tl irone soon after the removal of the dying emperor from the imperial palace the grand council of the empire was assembled and the imp imperial crial edicts were read to it and aff af linned irined conflicting stories are told one is that the dowager dowa ger empress is herself dying that she insisted on attending the meeting of the grand council and was so overcome by the proceedings that she swooned prince chun the appointed agent i is a brother of the emperor his name is tsai feng he lie succeeded to the title of his father prince chun in 1891 |