"HONOUR OF DEATH."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 263, 5 November 1932, Page 3 (Supplement)

"HONOUR OF DEATH."

BOY EMPEROR'S SWEETHEART

TROUBLE WITH HIS WIFE.

Emulating the ancient Manchu emperors, who sent silken cords to their enemies as a polite hint that suicide would be pleasing to the Imperial will, Henry Pu-yi, the former boy-Emperor of China, and now President of the new State of Manchukuo, has conferred the "honour of death" upon his erstwhile mistress, Wan Siu. Wan Siu, a beautiful 20-year-old Chinese girl, reigned as Pu-yi's favourite while he lived under Japaneees protection in the foreign quarter of Tientsin. Forgotten when Puyi was taken away on board a Japanese warship to be thrust into the role of President of Manchukuo, Wan Siu took up residence in a modest Peking hotel. Recently she showed a Chinese journalist a message signed by Prince Pu Chieh, brother of the former Emperor, in which she was taken to tusk for bothering such u high personage with low requests for money. "'His Majesty," the letter read, "desires to confer upon you the honour of death." Until a year ago Wan Siu lived in 'splendour in Pu-yi's Tientsin establishment. She got into trouble with his wife, however, and was given a legal separation with a promise of 400 Chinese dollars (£4O) a .month for life, which she claims has not been forthcoming. /