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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, 1927.

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·HOW I MURDERED RASPUTIN.

PRINCE DESCRIBES A NIGHT OF HORROR.

BULLET AND POISON.

TEAR GAS BOMBS IN A

THEATRE

ALLEGED MORPHIA

TRAFFIC.

SABRE CHARGES IN TWO FOREIGNERS CHARGED,

BUDAPEST.

ANTIEW RIOTS.

A 20 KILOGRAM DEAL.

James Christie and C. Bluhm' VIENNA, Oct. 3rd. were yesterday morning brought Determined attempts were made before Mr. K. E. Lindsell, at the Again yesterday by anti-Jewish Central Magistracy of mobs to prevent the second formance of the "Great Lcharged with procuring and at play by Jewish author, in the tempting to sell 20 kilograms of

morphis Budapest National Theatre.

- remand

It is not often that a murderer finds himself in a position respect- able enough to give a long, detail. ed, and true account of the exact sircumstances of his murder. A political and patriotic murder, however, may be an exception: Prince Youssoupoft, in his extra-charged the crowd repeatedly, for the defendants and the case for: ordinarily interesting "Rasputin: using their sabres. Twenty-three the prosecution was conducted by His Malignant Influence and his people were arrested, and six were Mr. T. H. King, Director of Assassination," published last badly wounded. The arrests

the outbreak on Friday totalled Criminal Intelligence. month by Jonathan Cape, gives an

ninety-two. elaborate and circumstantial ac- count of the drama in which he and Rasputin were the two chief figures. From the beginning of the war the monk exercised a dominating influence over the Ciar and the Czarina.

An organised mob outside the Mr. J. A. Gordon Leask appeared theatre stoned the police, who

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group of young Russian nobles, led by Prince Youssoupoff, decided to kill Rasputin. The stage was set in one of the lower rooms of the prince's palace in Petrograd. Rasputin was invited to meet the prince's wife.

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At the previous hearing, the A polica cordon was drawn round Magistracy allowed bail in the sum the theatre early in the evening of 82,000 each, but apparently the and three detachments, each com- prised of one hundred food and defendants were not able to raise for at yesterday's thirty mounted police, were also the amount, on duty butside the theatre. Tram- cara were forbidden to halt in order hearing, Mr. Leask hanked that to avoid giving cover to deman- defendants might be permitted to strators, and 120 detectives were

go. over to Kowloon to pack up inside the building.

their belongings, as rent for their Coughing Protest.

flats was daily scoring. Rioters altered their tactics in

case until In remanding the view of Friday's failure to break Before this wino had been pre-into the theatre. The rise of the Monday, his Worship asked Mr. pared and chocolate cakes contain curtain was the signal for an out- King whether it would be possible ing cyanide of potassium Ras break of coughing, stamping, and

to take the defendants to Kowloon putin ate two of the poisoned shouting. Actors endeavoured to cakes, but, to the prince's utter continue, but became quite in in order that they might remove amazement, he continued to con-audible in the ever, increasing din. their belongings," Mr. King said verse as if he were none the worse When the first act ended a free je would be possible to take the for them.

fight developed, the audience them- Then the extraordinary and selves expelling many of the de accused over in Police custody. unheard-of closing stages began. monstrátors Rasputin, merely feeling lightly unwell, got the prince to play and sing.

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There was odse overbead. Rasputin inquired what it was.

Probably it's the guests going away," replied the prince.. go up and sec."

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Amazement.

Stink and tear-gas bombs were |

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thrown during the second act, and THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. percussion, capa were exploded.

The public shouted to the police to take, action, and many women be-

came alarmed, and left. The lead- FURTHER DONATION FROM I'lling metress, with clasped hands,

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The prince went. The Grand Duke Dmitri Pavloritch, Parish kevich, and Sukhotin rushed to- wards him with revolvers in their hands. They were amazed to find the poison had not worked

appealed for pity for the artists, who were half suffoented by the evil odours of the tear-gas, but it had no effect.

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MESSRS: BRUNNER MOND.

Mr. J. P. Braga, the hon. English Secretary of the New Territories Agricultural Show, writta:

Co. (China), Ltd., the Committee

Dr. Vass, Minister of Education, came to the theatre at 10 p.m. to inform himself on the situation, but the noise did not cease, and the per-

From Messrs. Brunner Mond & formance came to an end.

has received a further handsome The rioters declare that they will donation to the funds to defray the take widespread netion against cost of the Agricultural Show to be Count Bethlen's proposal to modify held on the 7th and 8th December the numerus clausus," which law next. With the first subscription The prince turned to look at /excludes all but a limited number of 850, the cheque to hand of $100

A hurried discussion took place. The prince seized

the Grand Duke's revolver and went down to Rasputin once more. The monk was sitting with bowed head!

crucifix, and called on Rasputin to say a prayer before it. Rasputin The was amazed at the request. prince's narrative goes on:--

"God give me strength to end it all I thought, and I slowly brought the revolver from behind my back.

'I fired!

roar as from a

There was wild beast, and Rasputin fell heavily backwards" on the bearskin

rug.

There was a rush from autaide to the room. Some one stumbled against the electric lighting switch, The place was in darkness.

When the light was switched on Again Rasputin was seen lying on his back. There was a small red spot on his silk blouse. The bullet had passed through the region, of the heart.

The party switched off the light and went upstairs to the prince's study. All felt elated, so convinc- ed were they that the events of the night would deliver Russia from ruia and dishonour.

Strange Impulse. Then suddenly the prince was overwhelmed by the desire to go down to the dining-room again: Rasputin lay motionless.

Then came the most dramatic, most terrible experience of all seized by some strange impulse, the prince suddenly seized Ras putin by both arms and violently shook him.

of Jews from the universities.

PERONNE LIVES AGAIN.

REBIRTH OF THE CITY OF

·WAR GHOSTS.

makes Messrs. Brunner Mond's donation altogether one of $150, which represents a large propor- tion of the total thus far collected..

AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE,

Peronno, behind the lines of the LONDON'S FIRST EXCHANGE. Somme battle front, has risen from its ruins.

In 1919 it was a city of ghostsį. tottering, walls, a swaying wooden bridge over the river, constructed by British engineers, and in the midst the white skeleton of the once beautiful Gothic church.

THE MUSIC OF THE DIAL.

The first practical stage in the introduction of the automatie tele- phone into the London area is on the eve of accomplishment. A start is being made with the Hol- a plucky woman, who had braved bora. Exchange, which has accom- shells and rats, and the German modation for 9,400 lines, and a rè̟- advance of 1914.

There were only three houses with roofs-the French Red Cross, the Britiah Y.M.C.A., and the house of

By 1920 the city of ghosts had presentative of The Daily Tele- disappeared. Walls had

to be graph was informed authoritative- razed to the ground, and nothingly that, in the event of there being crowned the slight rise above the no hitch in the present plans, sal- the Holborn district Somme marshes but the arches of seribers in

may expect to be in possession of the church and the battered towers

the new system before the end of of the old castle, which has sur-

the year. vived many wars,

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Now (says Renter's, correspon-

The whole process, which seems dent) the new Peronne has grown so weirdly magical to the layman, up. The work has been slow. The is nowadays a commonplace to the If you want, city has been rebuilt in a manner technical expert.

say, Mayfair. 6700, you run worthy of a sub-Prefecture.

The large boys' school has been ccaaively the first three letters of robuilt on modern and commodious the exchange name, M A. Y," then lines; the primary schools have the figures 5700 round the dial, ideal-normal indeed- been reconstructed; in the central and, in square stands the new Town Hall, eircumstances, you find yourself a graceful building conceived in a connected. The subscriber, it is combination of Gothic and Flemish true, must get into touch with the styles, and all around stand large operator in the cases of trunk and shops displaying goods with as toll calls, or of a call for telegra phic purposes; but for all ordin- ary calls within the London area the operator does not intervene in automatic telephony-always pro- viding that there is no hitch.

and much art as Paris.

"I was on the point of going away when my attention was ar rested by a shght trembling of his left eyelid. I bent down over him and attentively examined bis face. It began to twitch convulsively.

"An instant laters the right lid trembled and lifted. hoth eyes eyes of Rasputin-fixed

Many British soldiers will be glad therastives upon me with an to know that the city of France pression of devilish hatred.

which suffered most in the war Then the incredible happened. Verdun not excepted-is to live

a violent movement again With Rasputin jumped to his fect. 1 was horror, stricken. The room re- Bounded with a wild roar.

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His

flashed through the air. Like red-hot iron they grasped my shoulder and tried to grip me by the throat.

A terrible struggle ensued. It seemed that the devil him- self incarnate in this moujik, was halding me in vice-like. Singers, never to let me go.

But with supreme effort I took myself free. Rasputin groan- ed and fell backwards, all grip- ping my epaulet, which he had torn off in the struggle."

unlocked.

Doubtless there will still be. plenty for the operator to do. A line may be engaged or out of ser- vice and in such instances the per- fingers, convulsively knotted, thought it was locked, but it open son at the telephone must be told ed, and Rasputin vanished in the

BQ. Then, the subscriber may, darkness.

from inexperience, carelessness, -·-or Purishkevich raced after brim. confusion, have run his or her Two shots rang out The Prince Engen into a wrong notch of the rushed to the main entrance and dial, thus registering automatical ran along the Moika quayside.ly the wrong number. But, what- Rasputin, he saw, was heading to ventinistake may be made, or wards the centre gates, which were whatever difficulty may arise, there is a simple provision for getting A third shot rang out, and a into touch with the exchange, fourth. The monk stumbled and You simply select and run round fell near a snow heap..

Still, later the Prince saw the the letter O, and immediately the body again Some sort of operator responds and rectifies the He feared trouble. Thus the O on the dial paroxysm, seized him,

may be regarded as a kind of Rasputin might still be able to 8.0.8. in the automatic telephone, -will The prince rushed upstairs and harm. shouted, "Quick! Quick! The ra "I rushed at the body," he world. "When in doubt O volver. He is alive! Purish-writes," and began battering it assuredly be the popular motto.

The subscriber to the automatic kevich pulled out his revolver. with the loaded, stick

"At that moment," says the frenzy I hit anywhere. At that telephone, will have to accustom I heard sounds behind moment all laws of God and man himself to the music of the al Already he knows the howling realised that it was Bas were set at naught.

"They wrapped the body in a sound with which he is admonished. The prince seized a loaded stick, cloth, placed it in the car, and for leaving the receiver. offer its Suddenly Rasputin gathered him drove off to Petrovski. Island hook, but henceforth he must learn self up and made a final leap to From a bridge there the remaios to distinguish the niceties of four wards, the wicket door leading to of Rasputin were thrown into the of his

the Daily tho courtyard. Youssoupoff | water, IL.G.

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THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS, PUBLISHED TO-DAY, GIVES THE FÜLL DETAILS OF THE RECENT COUP IN CANTON.

The military and political situation in the South has been completely changed during the past week.

The head of affairs, under whose guidance the Province seemed to have some prospect of returning to orderly government, has been dispossessed of authority, and considerable fighting will probably be necessary if he is to return to his old position.

The new regime, however, although popularly

associated with the extremist elements, have" not, since their assumption of office, shown any inclination to interfere with foreign trade. On the contrary they are urging the mer- chants to continue business as usual.

The position is an extraordinarily interesting one and a report of the change, so quickly effected, should be sent to all those having business relations with South China.

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