The Archive · 1904

(2) Decree of th Emperor Dowager AFFAIRS

APROLALLY TRAWSLATHD FoR Tite " sourn- cee os ey sree Cly ce 26th November.

(wy TeteoKAPH PROM PEKING.) tating that she fols sad atthe deplorable CHINA DAILY NOWY.") detail, which state moreover hax been The Attempt on ILE. Wang. 25th November. made worse through the neces-ity of raising The elevon young mon arrested by the fands for the payment of the War Indem- police in connection with the attempted Shangpu, cashiering a certain third-class nity, the burden of Lp 4 ie on murder of ex-Governor Wang Chih-chun Decree. in response to memorial of the retary of the Board of Works for] {he (ton Toon Mubordivates have] Of Kuangei last Saturday, were again attempting to bribe a first-class secretary Deen' Mictiog a sent of taxes une the Drougkt up before the Mixed Court on of the Shangpu to help in obtaining a] 000? 8 tien hames ind ilotexts, Thursday when four of the number wore certificate permitting a friend of the era her Majesty strongly Gepeeokcen And Feleased on security. The first was Kuo accused official to open certain coal} hereby sternly forbids. Hereafier Pa0-song (official name Kuo Jen-chang), tien Bras than choad. an Expectant Taotai of Shensi_ province, 26th November. tions affecting the weal of the peopl eldest son of " famous Chinese General—memorial of the Directors of the Imperial pipe oarage er Hang sug Fs a ghihe of Kiva gor tobe Decree, in response to denunciatory importance, of the questions Kuo Sung.tae of Taiping rebellion period Granarias,——oe ae fands and tho manner st doing 0 must Brigade Commandant of a large body of As} F of rai,, to be that department for defrauding the be left strictly to the heads of the people foreign-modelled troops of that province. Government ¢ la hope lange with concerned themselves Officials are hevice- According to Kuo Pao-song, he had come {number of bad characters who are} forth forbidden to raiae said funds at their to Shanghai toengagefour drill instructors ordered. to be handed over to the Bosrd own initiative, but must consult with thei for his troops. Ho. was residing at the ment, Warrants are ordered to be issued leave the question of ways and means tolin g different house from the one la Punighmonts for tal and punish: gentry and influential men of: h-people and] time of his arrest in the came alloy, but for the arrest of one of the latter who|them. All officials of the Empire er|which the others had been arrested, has fled from Peking. hereby exhorted to pay more head to the! The uniform of the officers of th (1) Decree, in response t" a memorial them and so reserve the foundations of fole he also was attired in semi-foreign 29th November. needs and conditions of the people under "ca cited troops being of a pear foreign th tables und gaatty of Chiklang province todo things which will fom-clothes. The Mixed Court Magistrate Shangpu, on bebait of certs very one shall henceforth

the "T'o-ming" (coll: "Dobve") people burdened people, and in this way he will ter Opgerpad Fe gvers praying that the disabilities under which }eut discontent, among an already heavily #014 Kuo, Pao-stug Reged could be Of that procinee labour. be repeated, "ud [merit the confidence which the Throne] proper security, whereupon he replied they and their younger generation he Psces in its official thal be, coal gut the Shanghai Tootal Citizenship of the Empire, a these gentry H-E: Teh Liang's Instruction. jowover, atid it would not be etiquette given the franchise and privileges of full:. is bondaman, The Magistrate, and notables desire to establish agriculturs!/ (3) Some time ago Wei Kuang-tino, fF the Shanghai Taotai to do such a and industrial schools on the modern Viceroy of the Lisngkiang provinces, and bing snd told Kuo Pao-song to get system, wherein they wish to allow T'o- Chang Chih-sung, Viceroy of the Hukuang|8°™e business man to stand security ming children to enter and study like} provinces, sent us a joint memorial recom- for him. This was eventually done, his other children and in time to make mending the removal of the Kiapgnan [bondsman being the proprietor 00d citizens of them, which these people Arsenal to some strategically secure place, Book Publishing Hong on Foochow cannot now possibly be, suffering in one of the Yangtze provinces, such as|Road. The next man to be released as they have always done for several|Wanohih or Pinghsiang. We therefore|on security was person named hundred years through the law of -lis- commanded Tieh Liang, Vice-President of|Li Shou-chih, holding the literary franchisement by previous rulers the Board of War, and Deputy HighIdegree of Haiute'ai and tutor of

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