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THE LATE TAO-MU,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1902.

ten months more afterwards, when nature would no longer be tampered with and the Empress Dowager was forced to conclude that she could no longer keep her faithful Minister in office unless she wanted him to suddenly die in harness, nolens volens. Hence in August last,

Another of the few leaders of the Chinese progressive party amongst the higher manda rivate has gone, in the person of Tro-mu, lately Viceroy of the Kwang provinces. The deceased had recently been granted permisin reply to another earnest prayer from Tao Mu, Ision: to retire from office owing to the state

the Empress Dowager was forced at last to permit of his health, which lad been bad. almost H.E. taresign his post; but even then he was not from the time he assumed office. That allowed to leave at once, but had to wait till was soon after Li Hung-chang's departure the latter part of September for the arrival of for the North in August, 1900. At the

the new Governor, Li Hsing-jui, to take the time of the troubles that year Tao-mu-wis

place of the Manchu Tê. Shou, promoted Viceroy of Shenko, but was sent hurriedly to

Acting Viceroy before the retiring Viceroy replace Li when the presence of the latter was.

could consider himself free to think of re- deemed necessary in Shanghai or Peking to

turning to his native city of Wuchiangh arrest the progress of the Allies and to open sien, Che king province. Alas! II.E. was negotiations for peace. But it has long been

pot to see his home alive, and he finally an open secret that the bulk of Tao-mu's duties.

succumbed to his maladies on the oth instant at the age of about seventy-two in Canton were dis harged by his sons, who are very well educated, clever young men, as

years. We append the following outline of the Viceroy was quite incapacitated all the time.

the late Tao Mu's official record: -Born in from illness. Indeed, we reinethher reading a obtained the Flanlin degree in 1868. Owing Wuchianghaien, Chekiang province about 1810; year or so ago his obituaries in the Hongkong papers. Tao-mu was a moderate progressive, but

to his integrity.he was disliked by his superior. not of the same class as his fellow viceroys in officer in the Metropolitan Government, and Nanking and Wuchang, though he was always was practically degraded and sent out to Kansu province as a district magistrate, or Chih counted as a safe man. Pa proved, however, too week to deal with the turbulent elements in the

hsien in 1874 promoted prefect of Lanchou, Kwang provinces and it was during his régime

capital of Kansu, in 1881, and Tantai of Lap. that the Kwangsi "rebellion" grew until attract

chou in 1884. The following year he was ed such wide attention. He was a native of promoted Provincial Treasurer of Shensi Chekiang province. The list of Chinese not;

(Hsian) Promoted Governor of Chinese ables who have disappeared from the scene

Turkestan in 1891, and Viceroy of the within the past two years is indeed remark of the Shen-Kan provinces (headquarters able:-Tag-mu, Liu Kan-yih, Li Hung Chang in Lanchou) in the latter part of 1895, belonging to the enlightened party; while of In rooo, when the Court fled to Hsian, Tao the reactionaries Chan Su-chao, Li Ping-heng, Mu, as Viceroy of Shan Kao, had to present Yuhsien, Kangyi-Hsutong, Yulu and a host of himself at that city to do homage to the minor lights of the mandarin hierarchy have

Emperar and Empress Dowager (he and the been snuffe I opt.

late Vic roy Liu K'an-yi were the strongest opponents of the project of Yung Lu, Kang Yi, and Prince Tuan in December, 1899, la depose the Emperor Kuang Hsü from the Throne) Probably the knowledge of the above fact danger us to have such a. man in the pear made the enemies of the Emperor think it

proximity of his Majesty, and so they success- fully intrigued much to the late Tao Mu's p'casure—to ret him transferred the same year December, 1900) from the Shen Kan Vi royalty to the Two Kwangs This post B.F. practically occupied about twenty months in all.

Referring to his decease the N. C. D.

says ****

Nenus

The news which arrived here from Canton on Saturday reporting the death on the 9th

instant in that city of the late enlightened

TIENTSIN DAY BY DAY.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

TIENTSIN, October zud. Since the railway was given over little has transpired beyond

Viceroy of the Two Kwang provinces, R.E. ....Tạo Mu, will doubtless be received with regret, by all who knew that excellent and-courteous official. It will-be-perhaps-remembered that -- H.E. had been ailing ever since the spring of last year, and although leave to resign office was repeatedly asked for from the Throne, it - was as often refused owing to the 'scarcity of enlightened officials of ability of Viceregal rank in the active service of, the Govern- ment, a dearth especially remarkable since the war with Japan, when that Power pricked for ever the Chinese bubble which had hitherto cast a glamour over Far Eastern inter-" pational politics. The late Viceroy's liberal- minded views of government and enlightened

AN EXCHANGE OF ARGUMENTS policy which he has always tried to push forward about the rates of fores charged. A general ever since-his-taking-over-the-sents-of-the-Two-sense of relief is apparent that there is nothing Kwang Viceroyalty in the winter of 1900 and his never-tailing courtesy gained for him the deep respect of all foreigners, official as well as mercantile, who had met, or called upon him. In consequence of his inability to obtain per miss on to retire from active life and although physically in very poor circumstances, Tao Mu's strength of will helped him to dispatch regularly the multifarious and arduous duties connected with the high and important office he held, although it was expected by every one that II.E could not bear the strain for any length of time. Indeed in Rovember, 1901, it was at one time even telegraphed to Shanghai that B.E. had died suddenly from excessive blood expectomiion; but H.E. conquered everything and managed to remain in office for

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more left in wrangle about with the Chinese. The next incident will probably be the tempor ay retirement of Yuan-shi-kai to go bury his mother. Permission to do this was asked some months ago, but denied, as the city was the not given over. Then there was the railway, but now that als 1 is recovered we shall find the permission graciously accorded is a "special mark of favour," Whether it is really this or an eagerness to get rid of Yuan on the part of his enemies is not plain. Gen. Me, who is about to join Chow Fu in Shantung, is of the opinion that howover good Yuan may be, he is first and foremost

a mili. tary man, and as such, a mistake in a civilian post.

This from a military man him- self is significant. But Gen. Mai has ever

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shown tímaèlf a fair and broad-minded officer, and he is going to Shantung ubviously, because, as Li Hung-chang's man, he has not bit it off very swell with Yuan and his southern tribe. One of the chief complaints against Yuan is that he favours very young and inexperienced inen. Most of his officials are beardless youths, as age in Chinese officials runs. Chou Fa has asked for Yuan-shi-kai's brother to be sent to Shantung to assist him. I do not know this "official, but judge from such a request that he must be efficient and popular. He is at present a secretary to Gen. Ma.

The ex-censo Sung Po-Lu who, it may be remembered, was some months ago arrested in Shensi mainly because at one time there had been an ediet out for his arrest, is

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in Sinan-fu, though efforts have been made by the foreign ministers for his release. It appears the Chinese with all their cunning have not been able to formulate one regular charge against kim, and a memorial is now being prepared in Peking demanding his release.. by certain Shensi officials in the Capital.

A memorial bas lately gone to the Throne against magistrates collecting any more taxes owing to the

GRAVE CHRGE OF EXTORTION usually associated with the magistrate's yamen. It is proposed to confine them entirely to law suits, which one would naturally consider their

legitimate business, and to give them a special allowance over and above their pay to make up for the loss of the tax collecting squeezes.

Discontent and disturbances among students seem to have been unusually prevalent this year.

The members of the Industrial School in Peking have been making a rumpus over the food supplied them, declaring they were starved, the rice being inferise in quality and eked out with boiled cabbage. The director appears to have been rather in league with the cook in the matter, obviously buying to

economise, and the result has been the dis- missal of half the school.

PEKING EN FETE. -Peking-has-been-thoroughly-en-file-the-last-

with the chairs carrying the dowry staffs-of- few days, the streets being liter ly blocked

Jung I u's daughter to the house of her husband Prince Chun, the Emperor's brother. The pro essions are described as having been as brilliant as any royal progress.

Since the trouble a limited amount of rice has been imparted here from the Sub under special permits of 100 bags! each, and a rotification has just been issued by the Tientsin and Customs Tantais that the system will be adopted again this year, covering a total importation of 600,000 bags, with the proviso that each permit must be tilized within four months, Local rice merchants are cauront d ́against, any attempt to create a fictitious price in the cereal.

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Reports are continually coming in of brigands, Boxers and other rioters in this province or that, and just now some parts of She and of Shantung appear to have both been affected, while the trouble both in Szechuan and Kwangsi by all accounts seems to be still going strong. A rather strong bdy of Boxers is now reported app-caching this province from Shantung, but I เว not attach much importance There is probably far more need for attention as to what Prince Tuan is doing with bis Mahominedan hordes in the North.

to it.

THE Ê. D. FOREIGNERS, AND MANCHUS. It is rather significant that at recent audiences OTTAM & CO., FOR SUMMER

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with Chinese and Manchu officials the E.D has been careful to impress sipon the former that foreigners' are good and worthy of all courtesy and protection; while to the Manchu she days; "Be careful to be dependent upon no one but yourselves, and never for a moment forget the shame of 1903" 1 asked a Chinese gentleman which way these words should be read, and to help him out, as he was evidently hesitating, I suggested, "Does the Dowager. mean that they must never forget the humili. ation of 1900 and strive to reform so that such things would not occur again; or does she mean that they are to remember the event in order to retaliate?" "Ob, she does not mean for them to reform," was his prompt answer with a slight laugh, but beyond this he did not go. The reply lacked nothing in significance .however, and I have no doubt whatever as to

what the E.D. meant,

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The Sin Wen Pao says that the Empress Dowager gave a reception to the ladies of the Foreign Legations on the 3rd instant, on which day the wives of the ministers and secretaries, together with the interpreters, went to Wan Shou-Shi (Temple of Longevity) in sedan chairs; then after a short rest they em- launch, by which the party went as far as barked on four commodious boats towed by a

Wan Shau Shan, at which place Minister Conger was waiting to guide the party into the Palace.. The Chinese official on duty were Comptroller Li Lien Yin, Na Tung, Senior Vice-President of the Wai-wu-pu, and Lien Fang, Junior Vice-President of the same Board. After mutual introductions the whole party repaired Hall. The usual formalities having been gone through, the Empress Dowager came down

to the Audience

from the Thront and shook hands with all the ladies and inquired after their welfare in n

most friendly manner. Then they repaired to

dinner at Lo Shou_Tien (Longevity-Hall)-|

Hosts and guests were seated at two tables, one being presided over by the Entpress Dowager, the Emperor and the Empress, while Prince Ching, Vice-Comptroller of the Wai-Wu-Pu, Wang Wen Shao, Na Tung and Lien Fang presided at the other. The dinner expressions from both sides. After dinner, went off successfully accompanied by friendly hosts and guests visited Kwun Ming Lake in boats and upon reaching Lung Huang Miac, tea was servod, and by the time the visitors started to return to the Legations, it press Dowager presented to the ladies paint- was three o'clock. On this occasion the Eth

ings of scenery done by her own hand. said _that_after_the_reception-the-Empress Dowager would hold a review of the Foreign drilled troops stationed at the Summer Palace and although no date had been fixed, the troops were making all preparations.

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