CHINA.
FRENCH VERSION OF EMPEROR'S DEATH.
United Press Association—fly Electrio Te.'egr«ph—Copyright PARUS, February 5. The "Revue Magazine de Paris"' states that the Empress of China before dying, induced Yuan-shi-kai, Prince Chun, and the chief Eunuch to compel the Emperor to take opium and suffocate himself under throat of strangulation. The Emperor complied, hence the refusal of European medical help. The Empre&s appointed the present ruler, and died next day.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13343, 8 February 1909, Page 7
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