Yuan Shih-kai, the chief betrayer of the Emperor and the right-hand man of Jung Lu, arrived here on telegraphic summons of his patron on the 29th ultimo from his cantonments at Hsiaochan, near Tientsin. As soon as he arrived in the Capital he at once went into the Palace and was there admitted into a secret conclave with the Empress Dowager and Jung Lu, who were apparently waiting for him and had timed his arrival to the hour. Nearly three
eventually Jung Lu and Yuan were seen to hours were conubted, by the interview and
former's house, inside the Anting-gate, where Jeave the Pala: ile proceed straight tothe Yuan is still staying at time of the dispatch of this letter. Yuan and his patron appear to have been very busy during the time they have been together making short excussions to the cantonments of the Grand Army in the Southern Hunting Park and then back again to the Palace where they appear to have been: received at all hours by the Empress Dowager. It is significant, however, to note that, at none of these conferences, was the Emperor admitted to Council. His Majesty is still under rigid surveillance and regarded in contemptuous silence by the least end smallest eunuch in the Palace.
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