It is reported that the Central Government has been informed that ELE. In Hai-huan, Director-General of tsin-Pakon Railway. is not the official moat suited for the post, so it intends to appoint H. BE. San 'Pao-ch' (Chinese Minister Berlin) in his place. It is farther reported that H.E. In will be reappointed Commissioner for Treaty Revision which post he vacated last pring for H.E, Sheng Kung-peo on had twice memorialized the Empress-Dowager advocating delay in the adoption of a Parliament, on the the ground that there were many things for the Central and Provincial Governments to do prior to the establishment of the two Houses and that no good could be done by hasty action. Thus the members of the Chénwénsé interfered in State affairs, which in an nopardonable offence to the Chinese sathoritien.
The Members of the Mancha Conser-i inion that the promised representative administration will only benefit the Chinese and that the Manchus will lose all the rights and privileges granted to their forefathers by the first Emperors of the existing Dynasty. for their services in conquering China. Moreover quite recently the" Chianghan Jikpao " of Hankow was suppressed by Viceroy Ching Kueiluag, of the Hukoang: Provinces, for printing some letters from Chinese emigrants in the United States, England and other foreign the various Chinese hotels here at great expense and they will all retarn to their respective Provinces in the course of a few days.
Tt will thus be seen that the real object of the Manchu Government this time is to shat the mouths of the people who have been agitating for Parliament since March Inst, and the charge that there are political criminals and other bad characters among the members of the Chénwénsé is merely an excuse cleverly discovered by the Manchu Conservative Party under the leadership of Rich Liang and a few other high Manchu snthorities, who have been opposing the promised reform since September 1906 when the first Edict was issued after the return of the five travelling Coramissioners from foreign countries, where they studied political and administrative systems. As a matter of fact, Prince Ching and H.E. Chang Chih-tang, two of the most powerfal merabers of the grand Council of State.are in favour of tardy action in spite of the progressive ideas of HE,
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