As illustrating the scheme of the Empress Dowager to gradually place only men of her adopted race—for she is said to be a Chinese b-rin and bred—in whom she ab: lutely trusts, in possession of the most important posts in the Empire, expecially where there is authority over the ferrite forces, we may note her edict of the 13th instant in which it appears that she_has, after all, seized the opportunity offered her by the recent absurd denunciations of a Hanlin Reader against Chang Ju-mei, Governor of Shantung, to remove this oficial from his post in order to place one of her Manchu protéyés—Yit Hsien—there. Tt will be recalled that mention was made: in these columns of the receipt by Yii Hsien, as acting Tartar General at Nanking, of an edict commanding him to organise the Tartar regiments of the Liangkians prasinees in accordance with modern methods, the aim being to eventually make him independent of the thority of the Viceroy Liu who is ex officio Generalissimo of all the forees of the Nanyang administration, that is to say, of the maritime provinces south of the Yellow River, with the exception of Kuang tung. province. The abore commands of the Empress Dowager would undoubtedly have angered the Viceroy Liu, as a mark of want of confidence in him, and he might therefore he trusted t" wreck the whole thing, without taking into account the inexperience, etc, of Hsien noted in this connection. The shrewd and sagacious usurper evidently saw the mistake she had made in time and withdrew the appointment before any harm had been done, for' we now learn from a reliable source thit as soon as Viceroy Lia heard of this first edict he at once telegraphed ion to the Empre r, diplomatic permission, however, to be allowed to have the honour of an Imperial audience prior retirement from the public service, Naturally, the resignation has not been accepted; but, although way to the redoubtable old Viceroy, the still more redoubtable Empress Dowazer never allows herself to_he thwarted of her pet grand scheme. Hence, the unlucky Governor of now Shantung is made her scapegoat to stand down in favour of Yii Hsien, who not quite four months ago was the' former's subordinate officer (Provincial Judye) from which the latter had been promoted, soon after the coup d'état, to the substantive st of Provincial Treasurer of Hunan and acting Tartar Generalship of N: The Governor of Shantung is the Commander-Chief of the provincial forces, there being no military officer of that rank there, not is he responsible to any one for his acts except tothe throne. Finally, to make matters look really as if the dismissed Governor of Shantung had been guilty of misdemeanour, he is further commanded to he prepared to undergo official investiga tion,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.