That wonderful empire w insecure as Napoleon's own. It fell to an incompetent son whose only inheritance of the colo: virtues and vices of the father seem to lave been his overweening vanity. It was but a question of months before he brought down on himself and his associates the shattered ruins of his father's work. Rebellion sprang up" throughout the empire. Amongst the leaders were scions of the feudal kings whom the First Emperor had ly dispossessed some twenty or years before. Of these, one of the most important was called tv rule over his father's kingdom of Ch'u the name of which is still affected by scholars for Hupeh, and with less reason by those of Hunan Iso, Raised for a brief space to rule by the foremost warrior, f the re volution, Hsiang Liang and his still more celebrated nephew, Hsiang Yii, he was set aside by the nephew (afte the uncle's death) in order that the nephew might himself become emperor over all the feudal kinglets. He had received the title of the "Righteous Emperor", but was sent to the far south of Hunan to exile, and murdered soon after reaching his destination.
Verdun Garde An Epic Struggle. us the eastern part of the pro-into: the Tungting Lake, nuxha being 50 miles south of tue southern end of the lake. Good steamers of British and Japanese firms make the journey between Hankow and Changsha four days in the week as long as the river water ix deep enough. During the winter, the service may cease for from two to four months, The journey tal most of two days up river; more than 24 hours down. Daily' trains yun between Changsha and Wuchang; and now that the unspeakable rabble under Chang Chin-yao have been cleared out of the province. there is every expectation that the journey will be comparable tot on other Chin railways.
Plans are lo for an ress ser view that will take the traveller sither way between dawn and dusk Most travellers who have kad the opportunity of ing Changsha with other cities, give It a regards niiness, cle wideaw kenes and gen marks progress.
The present ar is intended to satisfy the occasional traveller or the general reader with 1 outline sketch of the past history of Changsha.
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