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Show DISMISS! OF COUNCILLOR MUSES TROUBLE IH CHINA Action Regarded as'an Affront to tho Powers, and Peace Has Been Endangered. I'eklu. Following tho distnlssijli Irom offlco of Yuan Shi Kul, grand councillor and comuuinder-lu-chlef ofj tho forces, and the appointment of Nn Tung as grand councillor, an edict was issued appointing Liang Tun1 Yen, customs tnotal, to tho position thus mado vncnnt on tho foreign Itoard. Yuan Slit Kal, tho deposed grand councillor, has succeeded In making 1:1s escape from l'ckln. lie Is now hi Tientsin, a treaty port seventy mllcH nwuy, under tho protection of Great! .llrltaln. Arrangements hnvo been mado for his departure for Ilnlnana. Tho llritlsh and Amorlcan ministers minis-ters liavo agreed that tho dismissal of Yuan Shi Kal should not pass uu-' noticed. Tho American, llritlsh, OeW ninn and Japanese ministers mot ut tho American legation Sunday morning, morn-ing, Sir John Jordan, tho llritlsh minuter, min-uter, joining with Mr. llockhlll, tho American minister, In submitting an outline of roprcscntatloiis which' should bo mndo to tho foreign board. Tho ministers disagree on tho ques-; tlon ns to whethor tho welfare ot foreign for-eign Interests Is technically Involved, by tho rcgcnt'B recent nctlon, but they ngrco that pcaco Is endangered. Tho representatives of urcnt llrltaln,; tho United Stntcs nnd Germany vlow tho regent's action as tantamount to nn nffront to tho powers on nccount' of Yunn Shi Hal's position nbroad, ho. being recognized ns tho medium of fair nnd equitable treatment toward tho nations. Tho dissenting ministers minis-ters hollovo thnt unless other sorlous events occur, Interference would not be Justified. Jnpon concurs In the: opinion thnt tho dismissal Is certain' to result In International Injury, hut tlio representations to China would! he different. There Is n mnrked InckJ of unnnimity among the diplomats. |