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. It was these men with whom the
Empress Dowager allied herself after the Boxer troubles of 1900.
These men were Li Hung-chang, Chang Chih-tung, Yuan Shih-kai,
Prince Ching, and others, and it is they who, in ten years, with
the Empress Dowager, put into operation, in a statesmanlike way,
all the reforms that Kuang Hsu, with his hot-headed young radical
advisers, attempted to force upon the country in as many weeks.
There is every reason to believe that Prince Chun, the present
Regent, has the support of all the wiser and better element of
the Reform party, as well as those great men who have been
successful in tiding China over the ten most difficult years of
her history, while the ultra-conservatives at this late date are
too few or too weak to deserve serious consideration. We,
therefore, think that the choice of Pu I as Emperor, with Prince
Chun as Regent, whether by the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, or
both, was, all things considered, the best selection that could
have been made.
Prince Chun is the son of the Seventh Prince, the nephew of the
Emperor Hsien Feng and the Empress Dowager, and grandson of the
Emperor Tao Kuang. He has a fine face, clear eye, firm mouth,
with a tendency to reticence. He carries himself very straight,
and while below the average in height, is every inch a prince. He
is dignified, intelligent, and, though not loquacious, never at a
loss for a topic of conversation
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