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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925,

日八十月式丑乙皇- 四十國民赛中

SUN

DR.

SUN YAT-SEN DEAD.

PEKING.

YAT-SEN DEAD.

official confidence.

Later, how-the time, of which he became an were away from the capital. A ever, he sought to belittle the official

midnight raid was made on the Admiral's hospitality, his public- Yeung, who was an educated President's Palace in Canton city ists saying that the Japanese adventurer, ultimately returned but Dr. Sun successfully escaped OFFICIAL NEWS RECEIVED FROM safety aboard a Japanese war at the junction of Gage and down to Whampoa.

Admiral had also offered him to Hongkong to establish a school to a gunboat to make his way ship. Sun Yat-sen desired to go Gough Streets. He is alleged to The rumour goes that Ip Kue to Shanghai, and there he was have fallen under the auspicion of had sounded Ngal Fong-ping. taken, the French Goyer.ament the Manchu politicians till Tack then chief of police and a division offering on his arrival protection Sow, a prominent Canton official commander, on his views and it SKETCH OF CAREER AND INFLUENCE ON and house in the French settle secretary offered a reward of was agreed, it is said, that Ip

ment. Here hes. FUTURE OF CHINA.”

clase-$1,000 for his life.

would notify Ngai before any ly watched by French "Chinese" police, and had

One evening, as Yeung was move was made. The same night, a small army of secretaries,her professed to deliver a letter Mountaine and Ngal at once sent teaching a man went up and Ngal's detectives learned of the march from the White Cloud who carried on his propaganda or inquire the fees for a son. As his private car to the Palace to This message was despatched to London and came out via work, the doctor never under any the teacher, who was a strong ask Sun to leave, Dr. Sunie

circumstances leaving the house, man physically, advanced he was Shortly afterwards he returned to the South and with the aid of his Kwangai and Yunnan allies again secured possession of Canton, this

under the title Generalissimo,

Peking, March 12.

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Sun Yat-sen is dead.-Reuter.

Singapore. It was received in Hongkong at 1.30 p.m., and at the "China Mail" office after 2 o'clock.]

During the tiffin interval. Hongkong heard of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death. It is believed that he died at half past nine this morning. At any rate, such is reported to have been the gist of a cable direct from Peking to Hongkong.

Dr. Sun's death at this stage of Chinese politics will not have the influence that some, might expected it to have as the country has been more or less prepared for it.

Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Unifor...

EARLIER CABLES: (By Courtesy of Daily Bulletin:)

PEKING, March 11. This morning's bulletin states that Sun Yat-sen's condition' since yesterday is worse,... The water in the abdomen has increased, and has had to be taken off in order to relieve the pressure and the vomiting..

Sun Yat-sen, who spent. a fairly quiet pight, has begun to refuse nourishment.

(Reuter's Service.)

PEKING, March 11. Sun Yat-sen's entourage fear the end is drawing near.

Dr. Krieg remained all night with the patient, whose tempera ture is normal, pulse 150-160 and respiration 18.

tion in Portland-place, and kept a prisoner with the object of shipping him off in secret to China. The prisoner threw notes out of the window, but this was discovered, and the window, was screwed up. Eventually news reached Dr... (now Sir James) Cantlie, and notes were passed to Sun Yat-sen in a coal-scuttle. The facts eventually reached Lord Salisbury, who insisted on his in- stant release, declaring that he would not respect the extra- territoriality of the Legation in such a came, but would order the police to break into it. The cap- tive' was, therefore, set free, and in spite of the fact that there was an offer of £100,000 for his cap- ture he made his way back to the Far East, and by the aid of in- genious, disguises was able to carry on propaganda which led to the rebellion of 1912, when the Manchu dynasty was overthrown and a Republic set up of which he was for a few weeks provisiona}" Presidentycatiring mal voca Tuen Shiba In 1916 and again",

in 1920 he took part in revolu

tionary movements, the latter being an attempt. to establish an the independent Republic in south-west and west of China..

time

of

SOME EXCITING INCIDENTS. Mention ia mado above of a popular story about Dr. Sun having been told in his student days that he possessed qualities which marked him out as a fature ruler of China,

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The fortune-tellér who is credited with having made the

fred at He died immediately quoted as having been reluctant to It is believed that the assailant slip away without fighting but has never been brought to book... was at last persuaded to leave. Sun, Yeung and another by He also rejected the advice not to name of Chiu Sing, ), were take Mrs. Sun with him so as to known as the triumvirate of the avoid suspicion and Mrs. Sun also Tung Man-wui, ie., the revolus the Bund, the car was stopped by I went in the car. On the way to tionary party.. Chiu was: & journalist and he fa alleged to the anti-Sun cordons who allowed have led the abortive attack on it to proceed on production of the Viceregal Tamen at Canton Ngai Bong-ping's credentials, the early in 1911, some months before soldiers not suspecting that Sun the outbreak at Wichang. He is was one of the passengers, said to have returned to Hong- kong heart-broken at the failure

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After the coup a rumour was afloat in Canton that a company of Ip's troops had intended to rush the Palace and shoot Sun, afterwards declaring that -Sun's own guards had mutinied and perpetrated the murder with the rescuers" arriving just too late.

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Later events in Dr. Sun's life

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are part of China's modern his MACKINTOSH

tory. After the Revolution he retired into private life to emerge later to oppose Yuan Shih-kaf's coup for a monarchy..

Against their will he succeeded in dominating the policy of the Kwangsi military rulers of Can- ton-Lu Yung-ting and Mu-Yung hsien-to such an extent that they allowed the formation by the Republicans of a Southern Gov- ernment with Dr. Sun, as Generalissimo, assisted by seven Administrative Directors. This! Government existed a time through the masterly inactivity of Mu but Sun found his position Intolerable to such an extent that he ordered one of the cruisers to Lombard the Tuchun's Yameh on White Cloud Mountains, the tiring lasting a night without effect. Ultimately, the bigwigs of the Southern Government folded their tents and, like the Arabs, literally stole away in the night

Biding their time till Chan Kwing-ming's invasion from the Fukien, border, Sun and his adherents returned to Canton after the Kwangsi militarista had been driven from the province, It was then that Sun assumed the title of President. This decision was made, it is said, to invest him with the power and prestige not forthcoming as Generalissimo. The impossible situation could not last long as Chan Kwing-ming. with the army, under his control,

Dr. Sun Yat-sen was a man of about 58, strong of build and an impressive personality. He was a doctor of medicine by profes- sion, was educated in America and Britain, and had travelled extensively in Europe and the countries of Asia.. He was a man of simple tastes and ways, a busy student of the world's affairs.. He spoke English, French, and of the Oxford graduate, perfect Russian. His English was that

English with the facility of a in tone and accent... He wrote high-grade English journalist, and contributed largely to many newspapers and magazines in China, England, and America indeed, this was part of his pro- prediction. which had such an and to have died in misery. paganda work. He was so quiat important effect on Sur'e life When Dr. Sun and Yeung went was opposed to Sun's ambition of Dr. Sun Yat-sen was largely and gentle in his manner that it went by the professional name of to Japan from Hongkong they conquering the North by force of responsible for the revolution is which made China a Republic.with

difficult to associate him Bun Yat-seen which meant "Saint were said to have received some arms. Ip Kue's coup in June,

the aggressive.

for half of each day." As he was assistance from the late Leung 1922, is common knowledge, also Apart from his political activities, sonality

per- that is so offen leaving the Alice Memorial Hod- Sing-wan, one time compradore Sun's Right to Shanghai via however he has always been a laive to British and American pital one day, so the story goes to the C.P.B. Hongkong office and Hongkong which he reached by very interesting figure for Hong- officials, or as one who might any the young student was asked by a brother of Mr. Leung Yan-po, British gunboat Chan was kong, having been educated here day be assassinated by enemies, the soothsayer to proffer his left the present compradore to Messrs. driven from power shortly after. and having, in his own words, Little over two years ago Sun and In the course of conversa Gibb, Livingston & Co.,

warda by the combined efforts of acquired his first ideas about Yat-sen tion, Sun was told that he had HELPED BY SHAMEN.

some Yunnanese and Kwangs good government from this faben was appointed President mistaken his vocation in taking Another patarima, adventure mercenaries who declared for Colony. Tradition even states with Canton as capital but his up medicine, He was made for recalled in connection with Dr. Sun's restoration as a war slogan. that the vision, of himself as reign was a brief one. To save much bigger things. A high office Sun is the help he received from About China New Year time of China's ruler was first suggested his life he fled; and he was saved under the Manchua? queried the Chinese seamen on the European 1928 Dr Sun again returned to by a Man Mo Temple fortune by a British Admiral, a detail his head. Even greatar the his life but with the connivance he was invited to tea at Govern

student. The "semi-saint" shook run, He was then in danger of Hongkong from Shanghai Here teller who rushed into the street which vividly impressed the and pulled him to one side, telling doctor at the time and gave him much greater, he added at least boarding house, in reality a guild, memorable speech at the Univer interviewer suggested: Very of members of a certain seamen's ment House; and also made that him that his features possessed hopes he might win back British the sovereignty of the whole he returned to the Far East. It sity where he lauded British the ninety-five dignity" which all emperors of China are reputed to have possessed. The story goes

was for this, it is popularly political ideals and confessed to In the courée student and claimed, that Sun has been partial having developed his revolution- that this fortune teller threw in hie lot with Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He

fortune teller became boon com-to-searden and especially members ary ideas as the result of seeing was later banished to Japan but

panions, and the

was of that guild, this factor con thegood government of this returned to the Colony to die here.

entrusted with the duty of pre into prominence during the 1922 Colony |paring, a secret" revolutionary seamen's stri BAJEM STIRRING CAREER,

Dr. Sun Yat-sen has had a stir- ring career. The son of a Chinese Christian missionary, he became that first medical grad uate of Hongkong College, where ha struck up a friendship with Sir James Cantle, the famous doctor: While practising at Macao he got into touch with the Young China party, and devoted. himself thenceforth

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