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CHINESE EMPEROR IN HIDING.
(DNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION COPIRIGHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 17th July, U a.m.)
PEKIN, 16th July. Discovering a plot against his life, the Chinese Emperor has fled from the Forbidden City, and taken refuge in liis father's former home a mile away. The Emperor, when found, declared that, because he has punished some of the palace eunuchs held responsible -for recent thefts, his servants planned to kill him set fire to the Forbidden City, and loot the Imperial building. The police drove a hundred of the eunuchs from the Forbidden City, and the Emperor remains under police protection.
(Received 17th. July, 12.45 p ir n.) T , . , , , PEKIN, 16th July. It is stated that the Emperor ordered the arrest of the eunuchs following .upon the discovery that many priceless treasures had been stolen from the Forbidden City the recent fire there having been- used to cover up the thefts. Altogether, two thousand eunuchs wer dismissed They presented a curious sight as they scattered about the city. After the dismissals, the Jitnperor . returned to *the
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 14, 17 July 1923, Page 7
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