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Show August 27, If 08, the late Empenr I icverently receivod the excellent de- cieo of tho late great empress dowager dow-ager strictly ordering the officials and I-eoplo of Peking and of the province.1: -to carry out completely, by the ninth year,, all th'i preparatory work, so th.it at the appointed time tho con-tlitution con-tlitution may be proclaimed. Also pioclamatious for tho members of parliament to assemble and other decreets de-creets bo rightly manifested the stirred stir-red Instruction and all between the stas applauded. From ourselves down o the official? and people high and low all must sincerely obey the excellent ex-cellent decres previously issued. Th eighth year ol Hsuan Tung Is the limit, 'I time. Let tberes.be no 're-absorption of sweat.' Our hope Is that thl-' will certainly be carried out. Let tho officials of Pek'ng and the provinces n no account look idly on, and procrastinate, pro-crastinate, delaying tho opportuue time. "Let patriotism be shown forlh; ex ert yoursclveu that constitutional government gov-ernment ma be established and court ?nd 'wilds' (people) may have peace and so we n ay comfort the spirits i'f the late gieat empress dowager und the late emperor in heaven and make firm the foundations of counties. years of peaceful government." IMPERIAL EDICT OF CHINA IS RECEIVED EMPEROR OUTLINES HIS POLICY TO STATE DEPARTMENT. Constitutional Program of Late Dowager Dow-ager Empress Will Be Carried Out in Its Entirety. Washington, Jan. 26. A copy or the imperial edict reaffirming in emphatic emphat-ic terms the determination of the new government of China to carry out In lt entirety tla constitutional program laid down by the late empress dowager dow-ager of China. .August 27, last. Iims been received a! the state department. A literal translation is as follows: i ."On the flr.-it rluy of the eighth moon, |