THE EMPRESS OF CHINA.
A STORY THAT'MAY BE TRUE.
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. ‘Received Febrnary 6, 8.15 a.m. Paris, February 5. The Revue Magazine states that the Empress of China, before dying, induced Yuanshinkai, Prince Chun, and the Ohie£"Eunuch to compel the Emperor to take opiumjand suffocate himself with gold leaf under the threat of strangulation. The Emperor complied, hence the refusal of European medical help. The Empress appointed the present rnler and died next day.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9365, 6 February 1909, Page 5
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77THE EMPRESS OF CHINA. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9365, 6 February 1909, Page 5
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