The appointment of six officials to act as Regents, presumably instead of the Em. press Dowager, is by far the most important move made by the Chinese Court since the occupation of Peking. It is too early to forecast the significance of this event. Io certainly is a plan to prop the dying power of the Empress Regent. Meantime we merely note the names of those appointed:—Mascatus: Prince Ch'ing (2% ip) whose record is too well known to need any remark, Wan Kang. ") He was a member of the Tsungli Yamen as early as 1684, but was dismissed the sams year. In 1890 he. was President of the Board of Rites and has since risen to the highest honour, Grand Secretary. 7 Yang Lu (A&giybegan his career as Presi-dene of the Bourd of Revenue, Had various fortunes till 1894 when ho was made a member of the Tsungli Yamen. Promotion then followed rapidly, he becoming President of the Board of War, Grand Secretary, Viceroy of Chili, Member of the Grand Council, ete, Finally'he was Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Forces.
The three Cauxese are:—Li Hung-chang (aw.
Wang Wen-shao (EXAB) has held the important poste of taotai Hankow, member of Tsungli Yamen, Viceroy of Chili and Comptroller-General of Mines and Lu Chtuan-lin (BEfYR) has been Governor in succession vf Hunan, Shensi, Szechuan, Kuantung. Money has mostly determined his promotions. Of the six, K'unkang, Yunglo, and Lu Chtasn-lin are notoriously anti-foreign. Prince Chting Fand Wang Wen-shao are moderates. to Li Hung-chang nothing need be said of his character, or the want of it, which is known to the world.
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