SUN YAT SEN BURIED
CEREMONIAL IN PEKING. RUSSIANS PROMINENT. Reutov’s Telegram. PEKING, March 20. Ur. Sun Yat Sen’s remains, escorted by three aeroplanes, were transferred to Central Park, following a private Christian funeral service in accordance with deceased’s request. The streets of the capital were dense ly packed. The procession, which took half an hour to pass a given point, included the relatives and representatives of the chief executive of the Government, labour unions, and also a large party of Soviets, headed by M. ICarakhan, carrying a Red flag, followed by members of the Kuo Mintang executive with the flag of the Canton Administration, with 48 Kuo Jlin-tang pallbearers.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12094, 23 March 1925, Page 8
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