H.E. Jui Liang (Manchu), Governor of Kiangsi, has obtained fifteen days' sick leave from his duties; he is said to have the intention of resigning his post. Rensons are nat given.
At a recent conference of ministers in Peking, attended. among others, by the Grand ies Lu Ch'uan-lin and Shih Shu (Imperial clansman), Tai Hung-tze, President of the Ministry of Rites and Yung Ch'ing, Manchu President of the Ministry of Education, it was proposed to abolish the Manchu W garrisons in the provinces and put into immediate practice intermarriage between Chinese and Manchus, as the first tangible step towards smoothing away racial jealousies. These propositions were heartily endorsed by their Imperial Highnesses Prince Chun (brother of the Emperor) and Prince Ching, the senior member of the Imperial Clan, when suddenly Tieh Liang, the reactionary President of the Ministry of War, strongly objected to the first proposition on the ground that this would be taking the livelihood from the Manchu garrisons—each adult Manchu gets a fall allowance of four taels per mensem—and that it would be disastrous to act too hastily in the matter, Finally he declared that it was the duty of each one present to protect the privileges of the Manchus that had been the sim of former Emperors of the dynasty. The Manchus present seemed struck by Tieb Liang's arguments and the proposition was laid on the table for the time.
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