THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 22, 21 July 1900, Page 1

THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.

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The Shanghai cori'espondont of ;>_ London journal has iolegrpphcd to his paper what he declares is" ait official deolfM'sUon of pckey hf the Emperor Kwang Hen. It was communicate J through Weng Tun^Ho, the Emparor's ex-tutor, who was chrfirmssd from Pelrin in 1698. The more important part; of the Imperial message is as follows : — His Majesty is convinced, through ample trustworthy sources, that tho loyal support of many millions of the Chinese will bo accorded to his proposals for pufilingan end to the state of anarchy brought about by the action of tho. Empress Hsi Tsi. The Government of China being virtually non-exi&fceut, the Emperor proposes that the foreign Power?, whose tioops dominate the capital, shall recover his imperial person from tho palace, iv which his majesty is confined prisoner, shall declare Empress Hsi Tsi and her present Ministers to be usurpers, and shall bring Emperor Kwang Hsa to Nanking, ATu Chang or Shanghai, whichever the said foreign Powers deem to be the most suitable situation for the capital of the Chinese empire under the new conditions. The Government should be carriod on, says Wong Tung Ho, [ by the Emperor, but the /.Powers should declare a joint protectorate over China. The proposals include the abolition of the imperial Boards at Fekia, the appointment of new Ministers, tha , re-organisation of the army to police the Empire under foreign officers, tho control of the Customs ani posts and telegraphs by iho foreign Powers, the establishment of a uniform cur> rency, the readjustment o,f taxation* and, b'n ally, freedom of religion. The revolution would be a huga onG, but Weng declares that it would be peacefully j.c opted by the great bulk of tho Chinese. The present difficulty, Weng implied, would need tho presencs of fmlA: 100,000 foreign troops.