EMPEROR OF CHINA'S DEATH
THE, TRUTH WILL OUT. FORCIBLE SPICIDE. Paris, February 3The, Kevue Magazine, Paris, states that the Kmpress of China, before dying, induced Yuau-Shi-Kai and Chun, tinchief eunuch, to compel t'lie Emperor t» take opitfin. and suffocate himself with gold leaf under a threat of strangulation. The Emperor complied, hence the refusal of European help. The Emperor appointed the present ruler, and died next day.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 12, 8 February 1909, Page 3
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67EMPEROR OF CHINA'S DEATH Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 12, 8 February 1909, Page 3
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