A DESERTED EMPEROR
- • *• A pathetic picture i» drawn by a special correspondent of the London Telegraph of the plight of the ex-Emperor of China. "The immehse precinct* of the Winter Palace in tiie Forbidden City," he gays, "are absolutely deserted, save for the Empress-Dowager, the Child - Emperor, and a few hundred eunuchs. All the Princesses, all the occupant* of the Imperial harem, all the blood relatives of the Imperial ehm have silently disappeared, leaving the Empress and ' her child alone. "The came hundreds of sheep, pigs, and fowls stipulated by the Imperial household ordinances are etill daily slaughtered, but, being uneaten. Are sold outside. The fcunuchs, left Uncontrolled, ate rapidly stripping the palaces of all th*ir valuables, and if. nothing is done they will soon be empty."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1913, Page 10
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127A DESERTED EMPEROR Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1913, Page 10
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