Peking letter, is for some reason or other not at present in good grace with the Court and several deliberations have occurred between the Empress Dowager and Prince Ching as to who should be appointed to succeed Chou Fu, who, after all, is merely an Acting Viceroy, owing to his being from Anhui which is one of the Liangkiang provinces. Among those recently recommended to the Throne for the above post is the Grand Secretary Wang Wen-shao, who has his former experience of the Viceroyships of the Yun-Kuei and Chihli provinces to recommend him. It is, however, feared that Prince Ching has put a spoke into the Grand Secretary's wheel by telling the Empress Dowager that Wang Wén-shao's deafness and failing eyesight are against him. The Grand Secretary, however, is most anxious to get this lucrative appointment.
The Review of the Peiyang Forces.
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the Peiyang Administration, were expected to leave Peking yesterday morning on their tour of inspection. Their Excellencies are to inspect Paoting first, Mach'ang next, and lastly the troops at Yungping, near the Great Wall.
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