The following letter from a member of the Reform Party in Peking who got hiv information from one of the Empress Dowager's eunuchs, who was an eye-wit ness, has been courteously placed at our Gixposal and we translate it literally ax follows, as what is stated is perfectly reliable "To begin at the beginning,' vious to the 22nd of January last, Peking was filled with disquieting rumours which gradually filtered into the Palace. Some tieelared that the Emperor had already been secretly deposed; others again stated that the Emperor had been made away with by puisun; but when the Ein Dowager heard of them she simply in that yrim way of hers which, to the terrorised eyes of these around her, meant, that she had decided on some cours wh even if it were paved with the blood thousands would not deter her from hor subsequent goal. It ix also signi the Prince Ching—of those who daily attend. ed upon her, knew exactly what thy Empress Dowager actually intended tw do, although it was quite clear that some sort of coup was on the labis. But when the fateful 24th of Jannury, 1900, came, every one knew that, only 'a few' hours before, the Es wal been forced to si abdication and a gloom spread over capital like " pull, accentuated as it was by chilly, louring skies, "Tiwasane of those who stood around with inkslab and pen for the Emperc use, while the Empress Dowager herself held out tre pen to him. Even then his Majesty hesitated to take it and sign the ready prepared 'Imperial' decree of abdication held out to hit; but an imperious stamp of the right foot and those piercing, menacing eyes of the Empress Dowager frowning upon him seemed to enthral and fascinate the Emperor, who immediately stretched forth a trembling hand and the next moment, with a groan and a gesture of despair, as it were. the fatal deed way dono and the Empress Dowager had triumphantly snatched the decree' from her nephew's hand. Then a sudden change occurred, which those around her were tuo accustomed to see to be startled or astonished at. The Empress Dowaser's face became instantly suffused with smiles, her eyes became soft and benevolent and she was all kindness and motherly solicitude for her Imperial nephew! He, poor fallen Majesty! had sunken down on his chair after signing the fatal paper, while a sudden deadly paleness manifested itself on his countenance and a moment after he had dyed his robe and the carpet beneath him with his life blood. His Majesty's excitement had been too much for his weak health and it seemed that he had burst ons of his lesser blood vessels. Very kindly and gently the Empress Dowager herself attended to the Emperor aad,
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