, 1912-04-17

was eighteen years OF age L mad led the HE
of any Chinese youth Of my class, except
that from my fathers conversion to Chris
tianity and his employment by the London
Missionary Society I had greater opportuni-
ty of coming into contact with English and
American missionaries liz Canton. An Eng
ligh lady became Interested In me, and L
learnt eventually to speak English. Dr.
Kerr, of the Anglo-American Mission, found
employment for me, and allowed me to pick
up a good deal about medicine, for which l
had a passion. [ believed I saw O useful
career before me as a physician amongst my
coumtrymen, and no sooner had [ heard that
o College Of Medicine was to be opened at
Hong-Kong than I instantly presented my
self before the Dean, DR.. James Camille, ana
enrolled my name as q student.
"There 1 spent five happy years of my
life, and i 1892 I obtained q licentiate's
diploma emitting me to practice m 4dicine
and surgery"
The young doctor tried TO establish q
practice in the Portuguese colony Of Macao,
and it was there that he started Oh his pO-
litical career. He says Il received a visit
one night from q young merchant about my
own age, who asked me If | had heard the
news from Pekin-that the Japanese were
coming. I said [ had heard little OF 1t,
except from the English.
we dl5 uI ASpG II St1ii u Ol"iNN I
added; "the Emperor should trust the peo-
pie more"
"1ten ming wu chomg' ("The divine right
will not last foreyer') SAID my friend.
"True," I r%ejoined, "and Heaven hears
through the ears of my people. quoting
the sacred writer, Shun.
"That evening [ enrolled myself a member
of the Young China Party"
He next tells of the failure of the Canton
conspiracy of 1885, in which he had taken
part. IN English lawyer i'll Rong-hon9
told him that his best protection was instant
flight. He went to Kob6,in japan, where 4e
cut off his queue and dressed in ga suit OF
modern japanese garments" From Japan
he went to Honolulu, the capital OF Hawaii.
He tells of his stay there ana some OF his
travels as follows
"In the town Of Honolulu | held u sort OF
5eg5e every day, and | received letters and
reports from my friends, the members OF the
Reform Party, the Kao-lao-hul. Thence /
went to San francisco, and enjoyed a sort
of triumphal journey through America, Va
ried by reports that The Chinese Minister to
Washington was doing his utmost to have
ne Kidnapped and carried b'ck TO Ch'na'
WHARF I well knew the fate that would be-
fall me-frst having my ankles crushed IN II
vice and broken by q hammer, my eyellds
cut OH, tlIlu, uutiJ O0 SiioPE'NN " "H''A 40
ments, 50 that none could claim nay mortal
remains. For The old Chinese code does
not err on the side of mercy to political
agitators.
81 sailed for England III September, 1896,
and on the eleventh OF the next month L
was kidnapped at the Chinese Legation in
Portland Place, London, by order of the
Chinese Ambassador. The story of that
kidnapping is already known fully to the
world. 1t is enough to say here that was
locked up in q room under strict Surveillance
for twelve days, awaiting my transportation
on board ship, as a lunatic, back to China,
and that [ should never haYe escaped had
not my old friend and master, DR.. Camille,
beeu then living in London. 10 hln L
managed, after many failures, to get through
a a message. He notified the newspapers, and
the police, and Lord Salisbury interviewed at
the eleventh hour and ordered my release.
'After some time spent in travel and study
in London and Paris, I felt that the time
had come to return to China. My country,
I felt, needed me, and [ arrived to frd
everything il a state of erment. The whole
world knows the story of the Boxer troubles.
During that terrible time I was speaking
IL IL,inr oor nnnE 1,.A