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Show DOWAGER EMPRESS CHOOSES NEW HEIR. Decides That Pn Chun Shall Never Belgn and Selects One Said to be Intellectually Intel-lectually Weak. A new heir to the throne will be appointed ap-pointed when the dowager empress meets Prince Ching and several of the viceroys at Kai Feng, capital of the province of Ho Nan, where there will be a general discussion of the affairs of the empire. This news is believed; to be authentic, as it was received from Chinese officials. The present heir has proved to be dissipated and uncontrollable. Moreover, More-over, his father's status as a banished prince makes his succession contrary to Chinese traditions. The candidate of the empress Is said to be Peitze, a nephew of Prince Tuan, and who is intellectually weak He participated in the Boxer aggressions, personally leading an attack on the i rench cathedral. The reform faction disapproves of the selection and suggests sug-gests that the powers oppose it if the empress wishes to carry it, out. Prince Ching will start about November 1 from Pekin to act as grand marshal of the court on its journey from Kai reng. - . |