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Show CHINESE OFFIC"l DtUDADED. j Imperial I J r. l...irJ A...... Iw.ver I I'.y an imperial decree issued at Tai ! linen Fu. capital of the province of J Mian Si. Ktnftcror K wang u denounces the lloxer uiovemenl and designates ' 1 for punishment nine ringleaders. He j acknowledges his own fault and re- . j buses himself, but he pla. es the blame j i upon the priuces and ool.lea who par- I ticipated iu the uioveweul and pro- I tected it. Prince Tuan. Prince ( hung. I'rlnee j Tsai l.ien. Pnuce Taai Ying. Huge San ! Kang. Vieng Nieo, president of the ! concert, a d I'heo Shu I hiao, president of the board of punishment, are all deprived de-prived of- their titles, removed from office and turned over to various trial Isiards for further prnalti.-s. I'rince Tuan, by the terms of the decree, is to be tried by the board of claus. The foregoing corroU.rate the official offic-ial advices received recently from Di-reclor Di-reclor General Sheng by .Mr. Wn, the Chinese minister at W ashington, and by the latter communicated to the department de-partment of atate. It ia rcirted that Tung Fu Hsisng haa fled to the province of Shen hi. The impression la growing that the imperial government ia making an effort lo disperse and punish the Box-era. Box-era. The imperial troops who were seen Monday near Pei 1 a Chu are believed be-lieved to have l-en concerned in this movement. The acting viceroy at Tien Tsin was notified that orders had been issued to disperse the I. oxers, but aaid he feared to send out troops becauae of the presence of the allied forces. |
