The following official intimation has been sent to the various high provincial authorities by the advisers of the Empress Dowager at Hsian concerning the future movements of the Cour "As already announced to your Excellency their {nyperial Majesties the Empress Dowager and Emperor have decided to change the date of their departure from Hsian fom the 1st of September to the 6th of October next, When the Court arrives in Honan province it will branch off for Kaifeng, the provincial capital, where the 67th birthday anniversary of the Empress Dowager—10th day of the 10th moon Wednesday 20th November, 1901—is to be celebrated before the Court proceeds further on towards Peking. In fact their Imp-nul Majesties will not leave K'aiféng for Peking until after the 22nd of December next—I2th day of the 11th moon. Special Imperial instructions have been sent to Sung Kuei (Manchu), Governor of Honan, with reference thereto,"
Te will therefore be seen from the above that what had all along been declared in these coltans—that there is no chance of the Court getting to Peking this yern about to be accomplished.
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