Memorandum handed to the Secretary by the Chinese Minister.
A cablegram received from Director-General Sheng, at Shanghai, states that by an Imperial edict issued on September 25 Prince Chwang, Prince Yi, Secondary Princes Tsai Lien and Tsai Ying are deprived of all their respective ranks and offices; that Prince Tuan (as an act of clemency) is deprived of office and is handed over to the Imperial clan court, which shall consult and decide upon a severe penalty, and his salary is to be stopped; that Duke Tsai Lan and the president of the censorate Ying Nien are handed over to the said board, who shall consult and decide upon a severe penalty, and that Kang Yi, assistant grand secretary and president of the civil board, and Chao-Shu-Chiao, president of the board of punishments, are handed over to the board of censors, who shall consult and decide upon a penalty.