Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-11-04
PRINCE ITO SLAIN
BY AN ASSASSIN
JAPAN's IDOLIZED STATESMAN Is
KILLED By KOREAN.
NATION IN MOURNING
Fusilade Of Pistol Shots Greeted the
Distinguished Statesman a He
stepped from Train at Har-
bin-well-laid Plot

hot three times MouuaA l4't "1f ~ tI
,ber 25th and fatally wounded at Har-
in. Manchuria. 10y a fanatical Korean VI
atriot.
prince Ito died within twenty min
ties after the shot, without regaining
Consciousness So
The shooting took place az the rail- r'
Dad station al Hardin. and was clear 81
y the result OF a very carefully arr Do
anged plot. The diplomat fell when Sd
truck thrice. Director Tanaka, OF the o
fanchurian Railroad. was also L
Wounded Tanaka was standing AZ the
ide OF the elder statesman, weicom- "a
ng him. when suddenly the reports or s.
revolver threw the crowd about the z
tation into panic. Several shots were
ired.
The attack on Prince Ito was
made lust rs the statesman ac-
compnnicd by Russian Financial
Minister FNokoVron, was about ="
honor. Hr was walking from the
railroad car across the station pi"h-
form when the shots were hrcd-
n L. reported that three Others
were wounded, japanese Consul
&c -rrr~tarv and General Wan
aEcr Tuuahn. Of the south ""nSh"-
Goes"i General kn,Vnknn'~ In
iuric~ are serious, but "a l. believe"
rae ns-n~~in. who was captured
fn the station. declared thnt ne
was nctuut-d not mrrc'a he lne
hntrrd oT 81 faction ot his country
rucn. hut hs desire Tor pcr~"""i +
revenge.
Prince Ttu. when in command or
dcrcd the death ot scf crut "i thc
rrNolutioti~f-. he ~rid- frccuut IONS
hen tat,rn ~ she nuthnritic~. hut
rhr u~~i.- -iu uNrrct use these Hf ht~-
Eui~iuu himself 60 Japanese cos
Thr Japanese CONSUL general had
n~krd thut All Jurunc~r hc EtNc"
a. aHmHanm erect the
nrImce. A. special watch TOR Koreans
was tuaintnincd. aud the day before
the trur-cdN three iaorcuu~ were ar
rested. The ~imi'rrits lea feature
90 koreans and Japanese rendered
these steps futile, however.
tfue Korean tapfurcu
.t-o Korean fs reported 90 have
be-. captured. How many more wore
inpucatca on the attempt at ossos-
Fination cor.I not De learned. 10 rs
thought however. that in the COM
fusion following The SHOOTING several
Koreans who had gone 60 harbin pre-
pared To- carry out the death sentence
declared or Ito by the Korean 0a-
triotic or-ar ations. should Che hr~.
attempt fa.i escaped Hardin Mtr
thrown into furore over the ahait
The police were reinforced WIN troops
and so severe became the resiri'lio.
on the public that The town was VII
tuailv under martial law The au
thyritfes Irrr. ediately BEGAN maNni
wholesale .rsts. and every hofcai
fn Hardin WAS either thrown IN lai
or placed r.aer guard
Prince lfe 81 MS I'm Hardin 20 COME
with the l..es,ln Minister OF Finance
n kokoNs.'
The prIc.ral topic was the pur
chase hy J.t.n II Russia rallr ga %.
Interests r Nanchuria- Prince 10
went 90 Hardin on probably what Vs.
the most f.H.cult and delicate matte
fn which Dee nad taken part during
LONG ser..,. as diplomat.
The attack ou Prince Ito is Ut
most iurnr.out development in %
far Eastern situation in long tim
and wI.. tl aIl probability. have Ia
reacliug results The attitude OF Japa
will take GOA the matter. ln view
the fact that the shooting was doi
on foreign SOIL is awaited with an
fetv iu the offices OF every Cover
ment iu Europe Prince lto's missi
at Hardin was extremely delicate.
Mission OF Diplomat.
His task was 20 induce the re
resentativcs of Japan's late enemy
favor Japan. in spite OF an incln
ton on the part of the st. Petersbu
authorities TO keep the railroad lin
out OF the hands OF the Nlpponesc.
The Russian government IoNoI
the sale OF the railroad either
China. financed by an information
syndicate. or 10 such a syndicate
rect The roads include the M
lire and in addIuOn the southern ID
from Hardin TO Port Arthur.
thirty years the title for these II
will pass from Russia TO China.
The control OF the roads is OF
mendOus strategic Importance
Manchurian railroad systems. un
Japan's control. would give that
ton a tremendous lever and IN 81
ways would act as check on all
tempts 10 disrupt the present SIT
ton in Manchuria and guarantee
couDtry's integrity till China VIC
he strong enough 20 take the lead
hand herself.
prince Hiroboumi Ito was
statesman's full name, and he
known as "the elder brother or
Nfikado." He was born In 1888,
In his diplomatic career has SCI
IN many countries. In 1868 he 81
a year in England. and nve y
later was made Governor or III
The following year ne became
minister of finance and in this DEL
ment Of diplomacy he was PROB
one Of the most prominent inquire
the worlds councils IN lSt nc
went 10 the Occident touring EuI
aud again in lSS2-1901. He was
times premier OF the japanese
net. resigning in 1901. The folio
wear he was created resident gel
in Korea. -. =,
career he was the most impo
figure in the guiding Of Japans
destinies
Ito'S life had been frequently th
ened and several attempts had
made to assa ssinate him
japanese student was arr
some years ago in the garden o
former Prime Minister'S house
a dagger concealed under his XII
The student admitted that his pu
was TO assassinate Ito. He becan
tensely unpopular for time Il
ing the peace with Russia and {
attacked him in the streets OF
Ito took a leading part In ach
Yapan's control OF Korea He b.
...aAant ranernl AZ Seoul Rfte