THE LATE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
\ . A STRANGE STORY. ''. [Pbkss Association— Copxbight.] '-. Paris, Fab. 5. '•> The '"Revue" magazine of Paris r atateß-that the Empress Dowager of •' China before dying, induced Yuan • Shi-kai, Prince Chun, and the chief ■ eunuch to compel the Emperor to! • tase opium and suffocate -. himself with' gold leaf, " under the threat of strangulation. The Emperor complied, and hence the refusal of European medical help. The Empress then appointed the present ruler, and died next day.
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12459, 8 February 1909, Page 3
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77THE LATE EMPEROR OF CHINA. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12459, 8 February 1909, Page 3
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