The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-24

London, Oct. 23.-The Marquis of Sal
isbury to day demanded the Immediate
release of Sun-Yat-Sen, Il Chinese physi-
clan, said to be Il British subject, who
was, according to the statement OF his
friends, kidnapped while passing the
Chinese legation here and held prisoner
in the legation on the charge of having
been engaged in II conspiracy in China
to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.
a complete Gordon of detectives was
formed around the Chinese legation, the
officers being ordered to seize Sun Vat
Sen and release him should he he brought
out
The Marquis of Salisbury, after read
ing number of ailidavits in the case,
sent II strongly-wordcd letter to the Chi
ncse envoy, pointing OF that the method
adopted by the legation in arresting Sun
Hat-Scn was distinctly not needed, rs the
courts were open to the Chinese officials
to obtain any criminal or for other legal
process. The premier also said that he
| could not fail to point out that the act
! savored of unfriendlness, rs seeming
violation of the right of asylum to which
England was committed by every tradi-
ton and belief, and he asked the envoy
| to immediately release the imprisoned
Chinaman and so avoid further unDleas-
antnesS.
An inspector of police and Sun. Vat
Sens friend, Dir. Camille, who first raised
the question of the Chinamans imprison-
mcnt, entered the Chinese legation ut 30
p. III. with the letter, and not long after
wards they emerged from IL side door
with sun Vat Sen, entered Il cab and
drove to the foreign Office, where Sun
Yat-Sen made n formal statement of his
case. His release was witnessed by IL
Ils and Of -
the Chinese minister cabled to Pckin be.
fore the release was made
y representative of the Associated
Press was informed this afternoon that
Ill official circles the detention of Sun
at Sen at the Chinese,legation is regard
ell rs q 'monStrous abuse of the priv
lleges of the legation, which could not be
tolerated for u moment"
After his release Sun-Yat-Sc in an in
teview denied that he had entered the
Chinese legation of his own accord, as
! claimed by the Chinese officials. He said
that he was passing the legation, which
ut the time he did not know as the Chi
nesc official headquarters in London,
when he met two Cinnamon with whom
he got into conversation. ''Thcy asked
me. to enter said he, ''aud before I could
reply they pushed me inside the door and
slammed it behind me.
81 was forced upstairs to the fourth
story by my companions who locked n e
i'll a room. Almost Immediately after
wards gentleman described rs being
Sir Halliday Mccartney entered and
said: YOU'RE iii China row
HE said he arrested me upon informa-
ton received from the Chinese minister
at Washington, who had cabed the Chi
nese legation here that was on board
the Majestic.
'rhe next day Tang, the legation in.
terpreter,appeared ana said: Everything
is settled; we are going to gag and bind
you and carry you out ut night on board
II ship we have..-chartered probably Il
Glen Liner, as Mccartney is friend of
the company If we can't smugele you
away we can kill you, as this is China, ,
meaning the legation"
In reply to questions he said that he
was provided with food when he asked
for it, and it seems that his friends sue
ceeded in communicating with him
through the English servants of the lega-
ton by means of notes hidden among the
pan1e