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placed on board an English gunboat and
afterward taken to Hongkong. LANG chi
Chao, the editor of his paper, also escaped.
but every other man who had been as
ISOLATED with them in the reforms was
arrested and punished
Six of his associates. including kang' g
younger brother. were beheaded publicly
and fourteen of the friends and attendants
of the emperor In the palace were strangled
secretly and buried in the palace grounds.
Many were banished. including former
minister to Washington. who had just re-
turned from Queen Victoria's jubilee, where
he had represented the emperor. The reign
Of terror did not terminate until every one
who had been in any way associated with
the reforms was severely punished
A reward of 100000 taels was offered for
Kang dead or alive, and he was ordered to
be sliced in pieces alive at the moment of
his capture; all of his relatives were sem
fenced to death, and the graves of his an
cestors to be RACED and strewn with salt.
His fosrer-mother, uncle. aunt, two cousins
and a nephew, living at the ancestral VIII
lage of Fang-Chun near Canton, were ar
rested and imprisoned. Another uncle who
kept grain shop at Canton had narrow
kong taking Kang's youngest daughter with
him. Another daughter and her husband
also succeeded in escaping to the same city,
where they have since been living.
Kang a Wanderer.
Kang has since been a wanderer. His life
is not safe anywhere on earth. He has liv-
ed quietly from time to time at Hongkong,
at Macao, the Portuguese port near here, at
Singapore, at Rangoop and at Yokohama,
and has crossed the Pacific to Vancouver
Winnipeg and Montreal. He prefers to re-
main under English Jurisdiction. He leaves
Hongkong willingly, because he is confident
that the police have discovered new dan
gers. Yung Kuwon, one of his disciples was
recently murdered in MS house here by as
sassins supposed to have been sent down by
the Chinese authorities at Canton for that
purpose. Hangs married daughter lives
here with her husband in comfortable CIR
cumstances next door to the German con-
sulate, and he has second daughter at
school at Hartford Conn.,
Many people consider Kang Yu Wei Wis
1onary and impractical and he is often
called an impostor. He may not be a prac-
teal man, but is certainly not an impostor
He has extraordinary gifts for winning con-
idence. He has done what he says he has
done. There is not the slightest doubt that
he was the inspiration of the reforms and
the chief adviser of the emperor concern
ing them, or that he prepared those memo
rable edicts which created the revolution
I'm China and caused the tragic events that
have occurred during the last five years
Mr.. Richard and Mr.. Reid both believe in
him. and insist that he is an honest sincere
and patriotic man.
Kang Yu Wei however has weakened his
influence somewhat and has provoked criti-
cism by organizing a secret society among
the disaffected Chinese in the British colo
MES. and soliciting subscriptions for the
protection of the emperor. He is supposed
by his Chinese disciples to be exercising
some mysterious but effective influence for
the safety of his beloved sovereign and his
followers are contributing money literally
to sustain him. Those who are familiar
with the situation realize that this is an
imposition and do not approve of 1t. But
Kang has no other means of support