The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-27

uONu liOnl the COdtu tndt ne ndu Oc- cupied in the railroad train. Smiling and lowing, he turned 10 make his way toward the Russian finance min ister. NJ Kolovsoff, who was awaiting him on the station platform few paces distant
 Suddenly a half dozen revolver shots fired in quick succession were heard, followed by the cries Of those standing near the price. who had either been wounded, or imagined themselves to be.
 At the second report Prince Ito staggered and fell fainting. It was subsequently, found that he had re. ceived three bullets, two of which entered the abdomen Prince Ito did noi recover consciousness and died twenty minutes later.
 The fusiIade of shots threw the crowd into panic and it was some tune before it could be determined who, beside the prince, had suffered. When tl.o excitemnt had somwhat subsided it was found that three other members of the party on the platform had been injured. Prince Ito's private secretary received bullet, as did Japanese Consul General Kawal1wan and General Manager Tanaka, of the South Manchuria railway who had moved closer to the prince as the firing began. It is thought that these i three are not mortally wounded. The perpetator of the outrage was not hard to locate, as he stood de. ] fantly ill the crowd, revolver in hand. , He proved to be korean and with two companions of the same nationali- l ty, boasted of a conspiracy to take 1 the life of the former resident gen. eral of Korea in satisfaction for rne alleged tyranny of the prince over ! Koreans
 As the police bounced upon the i three Koreans, the one who did the shouting exclaimed dramatically:
 ''I came to Harbin for the sole pur. pose of assassinating Prince Ito, to avenge my country"
 None of the three Koreans attempt. ed to escape The assassin, while claiming to have been inspired by patriotic motive and to believe that i Japanese wrongs to Koreans justified his act. admitted under examination that he had a personal grudge against | the Japanese statesman, who, while resident general in Korea, had caused the execution of his friends. l It had been supposed that the police protection for the prince were ade- quate. but the police stated later that they were unable to distinguish the Koreans among the many Japanese who had been admitted to the railway station to welcome the prince. The Russian police stated that Japanese Consul General Kawakwan had re- quested them to permit entrance to the station of all Japanese who sought admission. A great crowd gathered. among them being the three Koreans whose nationality passed undetectea. Very soon after death the body of Prince Ito was made ready for re. moyal home and placed upon a rail road train The casket WIS covered with flowers, and in other ways the sorrow of the official and public life was manifested
 Prince Ito had come to Harbln to meet M. Kokovsoff, the Russian min- ister of finance. for what was believed tc be an important conference. The conference was suggested by Prince Ito in his capacity as president of the privy council of Japan The subjects to be discussed were not definitely known to the public. but were sup posed to concern the affairs of the administration in Manchuria
 KckovsoH had previously decliner an invitation to visit Japan for such a conference, aid Harbin was agreed upon es meeting piace In accept. ing the invitation. the Russian minis ter said that political questions must be barred, as he wa scompetent only to discuss financial and technical sub- jects, these concerning the states of the Manchurian railroad The confer. ence had been announced widely in advance ard it was generally known when the diplomats would reach liar bin.
 Government Comments.
 Washington. D. C.. Oct 26.--The pf. flcials of the Japanese embassy here today were quick to draw parallel between the killing of Prince Ito and the assassination in San Francisco q year and half ago of Durham Stev. ems, who had been Prince Tto's right hand man in the reorganization of the Korean government, following the Nusso-Japanese WET. Mir Stevens had heen n very active agent in carrying s1ut Prince Ito's plans for the restora-