CHINESE COUP D'ETAT.
SWINDLER WHO FINANCED PKIXCE VU LUX'S ARMY. New York, May 27. Edward Boitk, the fugitive .swindler, who is accused of having secured £200,lioil wiirth of jewellery from New York linns by fraud is stilted to have resorted to these frauds iu order to finance a conspiracy to overthrow the (loverniueut of China." lioeck acted in conjunction with Prince I'll Lun, cousin of tin; present Emperor and head of the reform party in China. The l'i'iuce is credited with baring a well-eipiippcd army of <>(i,ooo men readyto take the field as soon as the DowagerEmpress dies, and lioeck is said to have helped materially to finance this army hy purchasing arms, ammunition, and uniforms here, and shipping them to China. A jeweller at Dayton. Ohio, with whom Boeek was intimate, claims to have seen letters proving Boeck's relations with Prince Pu lain. Several well-known American financiers are reported to have contributed to Boeck's conspiracy in the hope of secur ing large f'hineses concessions when th» Dowager Empress' inlluenee was no longer exerted against foreign innovations.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 17 July 1907, Page 4
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177CHINESE COUP D'ETAT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 17 July 1907, Page 4
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