A DIRE ALTERNATIVE.
HOW THE EMPEROR OF CHINA
DIED. PARIS, February 5. The magazine "La Revue," published in Paris, states that the Dow-ager-Empress of China, before dying, induced Yuan-Shih-kai, Prince Chun and the Chief Eunuch to compel the Emperor to take opium and suffocate himself with gold leaf, under a threat of strangulation. The Emperor did what was wanted, hence the refusal ot European medical help. The Empress then appointed the present ruler, and died next day. '
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3110, 8 February 1909, Page 5
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77A DIRE ALTERNATIVE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3110, 8 February 1909, Page 5
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