AN EMPEROR'S DEATH
SUICIDE UNDER THREAT!
ALLECED END OF CHINA'S RULER.
, ■ ' A FRENCH VERSION, (bt TSLKQKApa—ritEss absociaiios—cornticrrr.) Paris, February 5. Tho magazine' "La Revue," published in Paris"",' states that tho Dowager-Empress ( of China, before dying, induced Yuan-Shih-kai (tho recently-dismissed Qiand Councillor), Prince Chun (now Regout), and tho Chief 'Eunuch to compel tho Emperor to tako opium and suffocate himself with gold leaf, under a threat of strangulation'. p Tho Emperor did what was wanted, hence tho refusal of' European medical help. Tho Empross then appointed the present ruler (tho infant, Pu-yi) and died next day.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 5
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