Death of the Emperor of China Reported
THE Emperor of China is dead. The Pall Mall Gazette says a private telegram has been received from China confirming the report of his death, and stating that the Empress was overcome by grief and committed suicide. The dispatch further says that a son of the seventh prince, a child three years old, has been proclaimed Emperor, and the Empress’ mother is again Regent. The young ruler whose death is announced, assumed the throne February 22, 1873, at which time the claims of the foreign ministers to a formal audience with the Emperor were presented, and in the following June, five foreign ministers were admitted to the presence of the Emperor, a fact unprecedented in Chinese history. This has established the right of a foreign minister to deliver, in person, any letter from the head of his Government to the Emperor of China.