by MIS LOYAL SUBJECTS OF NANKING (specially translated for the Nowr-Cut Dany News.)
To the Editor of the Nontn-Ciuxa Daruy New:
Sm:—The undersigned offi ables, and gentry of the city of and Vicinity, having read with terest translations from your widd known and reliable paper successively appeared in the Press concerni the crisis in the desire to point out that the disturb of the The Chuan outlaws there have been undoubtedly caused by the frivolous ignorance of those at the head of our Government in Peking, who secret] excited the outlaws to oppose themselves to the various foreign Powers. The result has been that all the Powers have taken up the challenge and war is now in progress.
Tt has been evident to all that, ever since the reactionist coup d'état of September 1898, our Emperor has never had any say in tha Government of his empire. Hence it follows that the present troubles re not due to his Imperial Majesty, nor to the officials and gentry in the various provinces, nor yet to the law-abiding literati and people thereof. The real authors of all these disturbances are therefore without doubt the frivolous and ignorant members of the present Government. Had our Emperor been at the head of affairs and been allowed to follow his own policy, the present state of affairs would never have occurred. Never before has China had such an enlightened and lovable Sovereign, and it makes his loyal subjects weep bitter tears at the thought that the wresting away of the supreme power from His Imperi Majesty's hands has also all but engulfed our Emperor in the catastrophe created by ignorant and incapable Ministers. We look longingly toward Peking, but grieve that we have not the power to rescue our beloved Sovereign. We can only place our trust in the spirit of justice and the impartiality of the Governments of the various Powers and their Representatives at Peking, who understand the true state of affairs, to rescue our Sovereign from the clutches of his enemies, and from our count enemies also, and restore our Emperor to his Throne and rights. The days of reform will not then be far off, for the Emperor, knowing the advantages of Western learning and sciences, has ever been eager to reform his country, thereby bringing civilisation, peace, and plenty to China, and the world at large also. You will then see a grateful people filled with happiness and thankfulness st this supreme act of justice ut the Western Powers; a grateful people will eagerly seek for oppertuiaties to show their gratitude to their f jours; and the prayers of the Chit tion will ever follow the Powers that have restored their beloved Sovereign to them, and brought peace out of the chaos now devastating the Innd, Can we hope for this act of kindness and justice at the hands of the various Foreign Governments and their plenipotentinries at Peking?
We are, et <a P'v, (Manchu) Hoy Hsves, Wes Hat, Liv Cum-cmv, and 41 others, Nanking, 25th June.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.