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THE QUEUE.
TO BE A THING OF THE PAST. The queue, worn for two centuries and a half by the Chinese as an indication of a conquered people, is at last to go, and in 'the course of some three months it will be a thing of' the past. The Pekin correspondent of the Tung Wah Times (Sydney) states that Prince Tsai Toa, who has just returned from Europe, has recommended that the disappearance of the queue should have its beginning among the Imperial clansmen, and then pass on in order to the metropolitan and provincial officials, and after these are to follow the students, police, and 'common people." The prince is anxious to have the reform carried out as quickly as possible. The correspondent adds that on receipt of the memorial from Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Ambassador at Washington, urging the removal of the queue, the Prince-Regent consented to have the proposal brought under the notice of the Empress Dowager. According to report from the palace, some of the high officials were informed that the Empress-Dowager will not offer any objection. Support for the proposal also comes from Wu Tunglien, Chinese Minister for Italy, who forwarded a message to the Wu-pu recently urging that the Chinese should discard their queues. The message was at once referred to the pommission of Constitutional Reform", the majority of the members of which are said to favor the proposal, which is to take effect at the Chinese New Year — the end of January. The news is hailed with satisfaction in Chinese quarters, for .the wearing of the qnetie is repugnant to the sons of the Chinese Empire, as it always reminds them of their subjugation.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LX, 31 October 1910, Page 6
TO BE A THING OF THE PAST. The queue, worn for two centuries and a half by the Chinese as an indication of a conquered people, is at last to go, and in 'the course of some three months it will be a thing of' the past. The Pekin correspondent of the Tung Wah Times (Sydney) states that Prince Tsai Toa, who has just returned from Europe, has recommended that the disappearance of the queue should have its beginning among the Imperial clansmen, and then pass on in order to the metropolitan and provincial officials, and after these are to follow the students, police, and 'common people." The prince is anxious to have the reform carried out as quickly as possible. The correspondent adds that on receipt of the memorial from Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Ambassador at Washington, urging the removal of the queue, the Prince-Regent consented to have the proposal brought under the notice of the Empress Dowager. According to report from the palace, some of the high officials were informed that the Empress-Dowager will not offer any objection. Support for the proposal also comes from Wu Tunglien, Chinese Minister for Italy, who forwarded a message to the Wu-pu recently urging that the Chinese should discard their queues. The message was at once referred to the pommission of Constitutional Reform", the majority of the members of which are said to favor the proposal, which is to take effect at the Chinese New Year — the end of January. The news is hailed with satisfaction in Chinese quarters, for .the wearing of the qnetie is repugnant to the sons of the Chinese Empire, as it always reminds them of their subjugation.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LX, 31 October 1910, Page 6