El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-30
THE KIDNAPPING
OF sun YAT SEN
The Herald's Daily
ShertStsry

until he had been some hours in his
prison. BY the time the guards entered
and emptied his pockets he had man
aGeu 10 hide most OF his money When
the guards withdrew they little guessed
that they had left their prisoner in
possession Of over 20 pounds very
useful sum for brihing purposes. Every
servant who entered his room was
carefully sounded 10 see il he would
take a bribe Two men agreed to
carry notes in return for a good re-
ward. and sun addressed letters to
both his friends in the vain hope that
they would be delivered. Both servants,
however, handed the notes 70 their en-
ployerS, and the guard at the door was
retnforced-Ay spy, whose duty IL was
10 Keep his eyes on the prisoner by
day and night TO make sure that no
more notes changed their hands.
As the days went by without any ray
OF hope sun Vat Sens spirit sank to
zero. and he threw himself upon his
knees and prayed all through the night
that some way OF escape might be open
ed TO him so that he might live to COM
plete the great task TO which he had
The answer to that prayer came IN
the morning, when man servant en-
tered his room on some business or
other, and inquired uneasily who sun
really was and why he was kept such
QuenCe AZ his command. sun Nat Sen
pleaded his cause.
Il am being detained in defiance OF
English laws. he said I'm conclusion.
VIII YOU. an EnClislnnan. be PARTY 70
q murder, Ny life IS in your hands"
unlike the crafty Chinese menials.
who would do any deviltry their mas
tiers babe them. the msnservant was an
honorable Briton. From the working OF
his face il was plain that DR.. suns
words had q powerful effect upon him.
without making any promise. he went
away and thought the matter over.
u H0r ~ ion -
DanServant made up his mind now TO
ct In the morning wnen he entered
the prisoners room, with the spy's eyes
glued upon him, he concealed a note in
the coal scuttle, and whispered to sun
without looking at him, what he had
done The doctor almost tainted with
Joy when he read the message hair ~
hour later. for the Englishman mad
determined 10 assist him.
1t was nearly midnight on a Satur-
day when Mr. Camille received q let
ter which the manservant sent TO warn
him OF sun Vat Sens danger. but not
iii Monday could be inform the foreign
OIllce- On Monday morning. however,
the foreign office listened TO his state
ment, and within short time there
after a number OF Scotland Yard de-
tectives were posted on duty to make
sure that DR.. Sun could not be SNUG
gled away without their knowledge.
That done. the government was in
a Quandry. for the legation porters as
sured inquirers that they had never
heard OF such a person as sun Vat Sen.
When Judge Was asked 10 Issue a writ
OF habeas corpus against the Legation.
he refused pOint-Dlauk That would.
Il appeared, be contrary 10 diplomatic
etiquette.
But there was one power with which
e Chinese had not reckoned-the
British Press. When the Daily Mail
OF October g. 1886. startled the coun-
Try by it's exposure OF the situation the
storm which al once broke forth set
tied the case Of sun Vat Sen without
further ado. Nice points or diplomatic
etiquette faded into insignificance be-
fore the seething Indignation OF the
country Al q s.. m. that very day. two
ordinary looking individuals paid call
at the Chinese Legation. but their busi-
ness caused sensation when a. was an
nounced. The first was inspector Jarvis
Of Scotland Yard. the other a messen-
ger from the foreign office, with "a
note for Sir Halliday Mccartney
What was in that note may never be
made public But Ia plain English fits
significance probably was. "Liberate
sun Vat Sen without any more nonsense
or take the consequences Whatever
the exact words. they produced an in-
slant effect. for within half an hour DR.
sun. safe and unframed. guarded by In
spector Jarvis. was driving away in a
cab. with half Of the Journalists Of
London ln pursuit.