The retirement of H. E. Huang Chun-hsien from the post of Minister-designate to Japan, according to the edict of the 5th instant published in these columns, has not-apparently satisfied the Empress-Dowager, for she has followed it by a secret order to the Viceroy st Nanking, which was telegraphed to the Taotai here yesterday morning, for the immediate arrest of the first named official, H. E. Huang happened to be residing in the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, on. the Bubbling Well and, +0 it was an easy matter for the local mandarins to effect his arrest. Much secrecy was observed, the tes of, the Bureau of Foreign Affairs ing locked all day and opened only to admit or let out the mandarins who had charge of the secret arrest. The only reason so far as is known for H.E.'s arrest is the one fact of his being " friend of Kang's, and if this be followed by decapitation, for which there is some reason to fear, it will be a cause for much regret, and itis to be hoped that steps will be taken to, st least, save this well-educated and liberal minded official's life. It is further reported that the high authorities of the Linngkiong provinces have been furnished from Peking with the names of eight persons whom the Empress-Dowager is most anxious to get hold of.
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