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“… IT IS SILLY SOOTH
AND DALLIES WITH THE INNOCENCE OF LOVE
LIKE THE OLD AGE.”
[… É UMA VERDADE SIMPLES
E BRINCA COM A INOCÊNCIA DO AMOR
COMO NOS VELHOS TEMPOS.]
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
1.
“It is true that, in times past, our Capital has been shifted on
more than one occasion of national danger, but in those days
our enemies were not able to push their armies far into the
interior of our country for indefinite periods, and were
compelled to withdraw after brief expeditions. The position of
affairs to-day, however, is very different, so that we can obtain
no reliable guidance from precedents of history. As regards
the province of Shensi, it has always been a centre of wars
and rebellions; its people are poverty stricken, and there is no
trade there. Seven centuries ago, Hsi-an was an Imperial city,
but is now anything but prosperous. Its vicinity to Kansu and
the New Dominion territories, infested with Mahomedan
rebels and adjoining the Russian Empire, renders it most
unsuitable as a site for your Majesties’ Capital. Supposing
that the Allies, flushed with success, should determine on an
advance westwards, what is there to prevent them from doing
so? If ten thousand miles of ocean have not stopped them,
are they likely to be turned back from a shorter expedition by
land?”
After referring to the fact that the cradle of the Dynasty and the
tombs of its ancestors are situated near Peking, and that it is
geographically best fitted to be the centre of Government, the
Memorialists remind the Throne that the foreign Powers have
promised to vacate Peking, and to refrain from annexing any territory
if the Court will return. These ends, they say, will not be attained
should the Court persist in its intention to proceed further westwards,
since it is now the desire of the foreign Ministers that China’s rulers
should return to Peking. In the event of a permanent occupation of
Peking by the Allies, the loss of Manchuria would be inevitable. The
Memorialists predict partition and many other disasters, including
financial distress, and the impossibility of furnishing the Throne with
supplies at Hsi-an or any other remote corner of the Empire. If the
Court’s decision to proceed to Hsi-an is irrevocable, at least a
Decree should now be issued, stating that its sojourn there will be a
brief one, and that the Court will return to Peking upon the complete
restoration of peaceful conditions. “The continued existence of the
Empire must depend upon the Throne’s decision upon this matter.”
The Memorial concludes by imploring their Majesties to authorise
Prince Ch’ing to inform the foreign Ministers that the withdrawal of
the allied armies will be followed by a definite announcement as to
the Court’s return.
In a further Memorial from the Viceroys and Governors, it is stated
that the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs had suggested to the
Chinese Minister in St. Petersburg, that the location of the Capital at
Hsi-an would certainly prove undesirable, in view of the poverty-
stricken condition of the province, and that their Majesties would no
doubt, therefore, proceed to Lan-chou fu, in Kansu. Referring to this
interesting fact, the Memorialists observe:—