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THE SUN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1W8.
SUN YAT-SEN, CHINESE REBEL LEADER,
TELLS OF HIS PERILOUS ESCAPE TO JAPAN
Revolutionist and First Provisional President of China for the First Time Gives
the Exciting Adventures Through Which He Passed While Fleeing
From the Clutches of President Yuan Shih-k'ai After
the Rebellion in the South
fir. Bun Vat-ten, the firt provisional President of China and leader of
the late rebellion against the Government, fled from Canton in mid-luly and
$ought safety in Japan, xchcre. he hat been in seclusion with friends since hi
mrrital at Moji on August 4. He has denied himself In all interviewers, and
the present article, written by himself, is the, first and on authentic narra
tive of his flight from his native land at a time when the rebellion was netir its
collapse. Dr. Sun's story rends like a romance of other times, and the narra
tive of this famous Chinese leader's perils and adventures is abmrlinglu inter-citing.
Br SUN YAT-SKJT, M. D. First Pro
visional President of China.
Copyright, 1913, hy tho Bun Printing
and Publishing Asioctation.
1AM asked by frlonds to write the
narrative of my rscupo from China
and I will comply with the request.
Not that I would too willingly ex
ploit tliu perils of body and tortures of
mind through which 1 hnvo passed for
the cake of titjy personal publicity, but
rather that thin true story of my being
now a furtive nnd cxllo from my coun
try may tell of ft despotism that has
throttled the real Republic of China, nnd
that continues, under the gulso of a
democracy, the much despised Institu
tions of monarchy.
Many speeches anil statements have
been attributed to me since my landing
In Japan, but a majority of them have
been without any foundation in fact.
Some few of them haw contained a
glimmer of truth or Justification, but In
general lictloti ban played si most Im
portant part.
That my friends, the friends of true
republicanism In China, may know the
exact truth concerning my leuvlngChlna
und the potent reasons therefor Is the
compelling reason for the writing of this
Article. And I am telling the truth, even
knowing that my enemies -who of
course were not aware of the manner
of my leaving will gloat over the story
of a former President compelled to make
use of all the urllllccs of an escaping
convict.
Yet I wlh t slate In this place,
though disclaiming the use of vain or
boastful wolds, that the end Is not yet
that the monarchists shall yet weep and
gnash their teeth, and that one of these
davs. not too remote, the tyrant of IV.
concerned I had no Immediate fears,
ns 1 did not believe the Government
actually Intended to apprehend me. Nor
aid I believe they really wanted Dr.
I.e. As to Wu Ting-fang nnd Prof.
Chow, they were safe within the Hrit-
Ish concession, unless Great ltritaln
would turn them over, Oen. Huang
H'slng wan at the head of the southern
army In Kwnng-tung and making ex-
ee!lent progress against the Federal and
provincial forces. ,
While the four of us were engaged in
a midnight conference I.e's yard men
came hurriedly Into the house nnd an
nounced that what they believed to be a
party of Federal soldiers was coming up
the Kerning road, nnd before they had
mother, 1 spent mostly In writing" an
swers to the various family communi
cations, a lengthy letter to Wu Ting
fang (which ho has since dented re
ceiving, for reasons best known to him
self and to me), and, llnally, a message
lo Yuan Shlh-k'al. This latter, never
given lo the public In I'ekln, so far as I
am uuurc, but of which 1 kept a copy,
was as follows:
"When 1 visited tho north last year I
shook hands with you with cordiality.
I was told by you that tho country and
the people concerned you most and
tluit you found It rather Irksomu to bo
In ottlce. Then I told you that the
people's hopes wero centred in you and
that they would llko to have you In tho
Presidential office, not only during the;
provisional Government but during tho
next ten years.
"These words wero not spoken to you
nlone, but wero declared to tho public.
Although some radicals have expressed
their unfavorable opinions about you
my triind had not been altered until
evidence relating to tho murder of Sung
Chlao-Jen was published.
"Again, you signed a Iohh unconstitu
tionally for tho sinews of war and
mobilized troops without nny reason ex
cept to hasten the country Into strife.
So goaded are the people of the east.
finished telling there were loud knock-1 centre nnd south that they have to tnk
Ings at the heavy gate of the compound, up arms against you and will luy ul
ft,l Iltlil niton tltn ..of.. (ir.li.rml 1 II.. -. .1
At the same time It dawned upon ni"
that the Information given u was all
too true, r.nd furthermore that once In
tho hinds of the fellows we would be
rushed away for secret trial at Pekln.
What that would mean I need not s ly
What it Iris tm.-int to three of the party
Is easily told. l N still In the stocks
lor was. live weeks ago. when I last
hnd word) awaiting "trial": one of the
others, mv Shanghai friend, "died" on
the wny north, nnd the other, a voung
patriot who wns graduated with lion-
nri n TVikln T'nlenrultv "ill,..! .if
kin will hurry from me counir .nine f(1V0t... tn thf rvkn dungeon-. r
as ignomftloiHy as over culprit left his P,.rn(.,j f his death ,.v, a i,Pf()tP UPPj.
former haunts' j !it1 passed, nnd that Instead of dying
These are brave statements, it will be ()f ff,pI 0lie.ailM for lielng an
said, for a penniless exile to make. Hut I "fnium smuggler"!
does not the world remember that only I nr. jP himself admitted Yl-ho nnd
yesterday the people or China overtnrew nn parly of police, and b-for- we tlirs
the old dynasty because of the strength i i,nd loft the house I knew that he won
all
the blame at your door.
"It Is said that you are willing to re
tire, but your followers do not let you
go. It 1 a matter of course that every
one has his difficulties. When t
tendered mv resignation and recom-
cnmmnnd that 1 at once recognized that i mended you to tho people I was nc
of Capt. Yl-ho, the brutal and unscrup-i cused of trvlnir to nlease the northern
iiioiiH hireling of the Council police, soldiers nnd of disregarding the trust
and I knew at once that this ruffian and j of the people of seventeen provinces,
his men had been sent all the way I At that time I stood firm and took no
from the capital to make arrests. notice of the accusation. For-
(lo and open tin giito," ordered
Dr. I.e.
Hilt before the yard servants could
obey the members of the pally were
climbing over the wall and coming
toward the houe. I heard u voice of
bound and buffeted by the rn-
mlnlon of Yuan Shih-U'al. .lust
nnd nower of the eouimanil. "t.et nut. .' Iieln"
n-i nun- .lvnnslv. the despised house otleriltv
Yuan Shl-ka'l. 111 iy not at first liee.i tne i,ef,ire opening the strong door to
firm Dr. I-e had motioned me to leave
the place, nnd as 1 knew the premises
well It wns but a matter of a few mo
ments when I found myself taking what
Is known as the Hill Path back to the
river. The other two, unable to quickly
make their way out of the grounds,
were, ps I learned later, caught wir
.veil and treated In the
voice of the people; but if It does not an
nvalanche of patriots will crush It and
carry It forever beyond the borders of
our beloved country'
Tt wns In early May that 1 llrst learned
definitely what were the plans of the
Government regarding myrelf.Wu Ting-
fang. Dr. l.e and some of the others i the hnm-ehnfil
who had advocated the establishment of nm manner as I.e.
the republic at Nankin, where It rleht- When I reached (he icnlty
fullv belongs and where the unhealthy 1 own home, nt Nankin, shortly
or mv
lefort
merly you were invited lo the Presi
dential olllco to bear the heavy re
sponslbilltiy of the country, and now
you should leave It In order to save the
country from being Involved In trouble.
"If you can follow my advice I will
persuade the soldiers and the people In
the south and ent to lay down their
arms and to modify their bitter feelings
Into good Intentions, nnd they will not
place you. as it were, 'on the back of
the tiger' If you reject my sound ad
vice and wish to tight at the expense of
the people, I cannot Iwar to see the
people of the east and south suffer the
horror of war, and I shall adopt the
same measures niraltut you as those
used ngnlnst the absolute monarchy, 1
have made up my mind now, This Is
my Inst advice and I hope you will con
sider it well.
"It Is true that you may not desire
ndvlce from one whom you have ad
Judged a traitor and whom your soldiers
nre nt this moment hunting, but I offer
It to you for the sake of China: anil
at the sime time I would tell you that
should your hirelings succeed In bring
ing me to Pekln your act will be as a
match starting a conflagration that not
nil the Manchus in the world can stay."
From that night forward I was. and
ntn properly, classed among those In
open rebellion against the tyrannical
power of the Manchil clique at I'ekln,
1 could not well be otherwise even had
I n chosen, for at every turn In N.inkiu
would not have been worth a farthing,
for as cheap npd bloodthirsty a band
of desperadoes la In the employ of the
Pekln clique as ever did murder for
hire; nnd no man Is safe In tho con
cessions, or In Hongkong, for that mat
ter, If the authorities thereof Indicate
even In a negative way that he is what
the Americans term un "undesirable."
For a time 1 was sorely tempted to
go to the Woosung forts and Join the
rebels there; but I hnd little faith in
them or tb,elr lenders, knowing that
money was what they were after and
that sooner or later the Government
would buy them off. Just Hits happened
subsequently, whan a number of the
so-culled rebel "commnnders" sold out
their men nnd betrayed Bomo of the
other "leaders."
Knowing that Yuan Shlh-k'al had
offered n huge sum for my capture,
and high promotion to the officer or
civilian who might effect it, I did not
dare for the sake of the cause nnd my
family's welfare trust myself to the
Woosung "rebels." This ill spite (or,
perhaps, because of) the several urgent
Invitations that came from Huong,
Tethu and others to Join them and
assume chief command. As events
have shown, these officers wire all the
time In secret league with the Pekln
clique and their show of lighting
was but for the purpose of drawing
real patriots from the rust and south,
who otherwise might have added great
strength to the army righting In the
vicinity of Canton,
It probably will lie denied that the
foreign authorities at Shanghai refused
to afford me protection. It ih a fact
that I made no application for such, but
it Is also a fact that Major l.e Font,
chief of the French police, accompanied
by Major Gorman, head of the local
British service, sought me out during
my stay In Shanghai and Informed me
that I must take my "own chances"
If 1 continued to remain In the city.
How did they know where I was?
What object had they III seeking my
quiet abode and virtually ordering me
from the foreign sections of Shanghai?
They knew only too well that in the
Chinese part of the city my life would
be forfeited to the hired assassins of
the Government or that the miserable
scoundrel Yl-ho, who was dogging my
every step day and night, would arrest
me and carry me off for the disposition
of his master.
l'or a time I seriously considered ap
pealing to the I'nltrd States Consul
General, but of course I was not a
citizen of America and could not legally
claim consideration. And again, the
cry of "American pretender" hnd been
heralded far and wide throughout China
against me, and a seeking of United
States protection would not only have
seemingly confirmed the foolish false
hoods that Ifbd been circulated but
would have mado many of my most
ardent friends nnd supporters of the
cause my everlasting enemies.
Certain people at that time and since
accused mo of desiring to po-e ns a
"martyr," In order, they said, that I
might prejudice foreign opinion against
Yuan Shlh-k'al. How absurd Is this'
Indeed, If I had desired the
.n ..7 ,i, i.i MniK.hu i on r t anil davltcht on Hie follouini? tnorn'm" there 1 and Shanghai I learned that not only
Its thousands if monarchical adherent J was a something whi.-h told me that W!,s 1 ,'"1,11r """""lit a "legal" way
would not smother the republicanism of the place had been visited during the that K by officers duly appointed to up
the -outh and centre. I night, and I repaired to the hou-e of i prohend me -but that the military staff
It was on th. evening of Mav 10 that a friend on the nan driveway. There bad appointed low villains to ass.isslnate
I had called upon Dr. I.e In Shanghai I learned that all during the previous "" lf 1 mlKht ,M (m""i 1,1 lhe cuiwv-
" J i.i 1- llenet.W.. Tine. ,mv Wife ouestloned be ollieer-. who were 1 "Tiller learned that it was agreed
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fang. We di sired t" speak to Wu on i strangers In the country, and my little
Important matters lelatlng to the out- daughter, only 13 venrs of age and not
breaks which had occurred in Se-clu mi. In good health. accotei1 several times
Kwnng-tung and some of the other "ii the street while sV wns mi lhe way
Tirovlnces. for it this time Nankin and It" her grandmother's with a message
neighborhood were not In icrlous open
Tcvolt. There were bind tniirmurlngs
among the regular troops and sailors,
but this was on account of their receiv
ing no pay. In the sooth, however,
fighting wnc In progress, the sopthern
ers being led by Gen. Huang ll'slng.
who Is at present here In Japan and who
was the first Premier under the pro-
visional republic,
from ni wife.
As might be Imagined, mv honr
hold wns In a state of terror, and the j
ncignoors were looning at the domicile
ns if It emit lined people troubled with
Insanity or the plague. From a distance
I could see a crowd of curious coolies
and beggars hanging Idly nbout the
street In front nnd adding, ns I too well
knew, to the discomfiture and misery
1 by the administrators of the foreign
concessions In Shanghai that nny appli
cation for protection made by me should
be Ignored. Had they arrived at the
same decision with reference to Wu
Ting-fang or Chow the lives of either
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In Shanghai or to have returned openly
to Nankin. I would bo untruthful and
bombastic lf 1 were to say that 1 was
not afraid to die for China or that I
wauled to die for her.
1 was and still am willing to dlo for
my beloved country if by so doing 1
can do some little good for our suffer-
been without spies, toldleri und police I nnd reliable riverman to take me to
on tho watch for inc. Canton.
On one occasion, she said, a drunken i 1 may relate here, however, that the
officer of high rank, wearing the In-captain was not the only person aboard
slgnla of the Federal military staff, 1 the ship who knew me. An evil rascal,
came to the house accompanied by se . wi, w.-ed the deck coolies, wntchrd
In the Imperial City of PiUln, but I erul other ottlcer.i und a number of sol- und leered tit me nil tho wnv down, und
martyr's , chose to do otherwise: "To light and.diers. The patty roughly treated my.tin.-illv turned un in Canton to Inform
I would rather live for China and by
living accomplish something toward the
betterment of her tolling millions.
It were Indeed a simple matter to
essay the role of "martyr" and let my
head fall Upon the execution pavement
run away, as some poet say
and light nnoiher das."
l'or a period of over three weeks I
was eiigagt d ill attempting to get into
commiiuli.itlon with Gen. Huang
H'slng, the commander of the southern
army and military head of the lepel
wno w n,,, ciovernment officials that I was in
ma puiieu . tMt,
to live l wife and her tvwi sisters,
wsimm loeiu .11 me nine, aim imuru , , ... ellv Tli.. ilevlllsli ;,o,leltv f ,,..
my sick uauuoier mm. w,e i.m, ' J fellow may be Judged from the fact that
wnlch she was r. sling. Inn. with ,. ,
bayonets and axes the soldiers de- ,, iri,r , tl ... i
wanted to shake my hand Huropcan
fashion,
Ihls was ten days nfter f had
Ing peopli-. lint I was not, nor am Iiboat to Nankin.
strojed the lieds, bureaus and some
oilier furniture of the house. The chief
lion. All this time 1 moved fiom house , of the marauders threatened my wife
to house among my Shanghai friends with nirest and the penalty of being ., 1 ' 1 niJ;s alter nail seen
and also made several night trips by sent to Pekln as u conspirator if she 1 1,'lm ,,nbH U"' ,l("!r "f an "ll"c ln wllk'h
'did not tell wheie I was; but on her
now, willing lo put my head between
Manchil Jaws and suffer a so-called
martyrdom, which In truth would be
but a feast of pleasure for the enemies
of constitutional freedom in our land.
Arriving at Wu's residence we were i of my people. Hnd the three servants
Informed that he wns not at home, but ben there they might have driven thee
that he had gone abroad somewhere In i objectionable ones awav, but nfter the
the city As I knew lie hnd Wen more first visit of the soldiers ami police the
or less III for some iI ins. I did not be. two men and the one woman servant
lleve this statement of his head servant employed by us hnd fled the vicinity,
and told him so. Whereupon he whis. I must confess that in a'l mv days, In
pored, with fright In his voice, that three i whatever part of the world 1 niigh' have
I'ekln officials were at that moment I been. ecn and not excepting the time
questioning Wu In his office at the rearj I was held u secret prisoner, to be put
of the residence ami that a number of out of the way, In the Chinese Embassy
the Government police were within the in London, I never felt so mortified and
walls of the compound, ,cast down us during that day tn Nan-
Upon receiving the Information wnlkln, within sight of my own home.
left, returning to tho home of Dr. he. I Then It wns thnt n full re-iHuatlon came
The lntter does not live within tho for
elgn concession, as does Wu Ting-fang,
and therefore could be appioheiided at
any time by the Government authorities
If his person wns desired. We were
much .surprised in learn that Chinese
to mo that I was being hunted by the
very Government I had helped estab
lish: the very Government, Indeed, of
which only n few short months before
I was tho head.
There nre Items In the lives of all
u secret police wero ut Wu's residence, for j men, I believe, when, with unexpected
they have no business under the trea
ties tn enter thn foreign concessions, und j
Jt was very plain to us that the Ilrltlsh
authorities were working in conjunction
with Pekln. Wu had been named for
tho place of Minister of Foreign Affairs
In the so-called extremist Cabinet and
had accepted tho designation, though I
understand he has since denied In toto
ny connection whatever with the move
went for a southern capital
At Dr. T.e's house we found nwaltlng
us ono of our friends who had come that
night from Pekln, and another friend
from Shanghai. These men were un
known to each other nnd thero wns mu
tual suspicion between them as they
awaited o'ur return. Then when they
were mado acquainted they both had
the ame Information to impart: That
t a secret meeting of Yunn Shlh-k'nl'
council nt Pekln it wns decided that Oen.
Huang H'slng, Wu Ting-fang, Dr, l.e,
Trof. Chow nnd myself were adjudged
traitors to China and orders for our
arrest hnd been given.
I waa thunderstruck by this Intelli
gence, especially as all of thoio named,
with tho exception of Gen, Huang H'slng,
tuul been conducting u peace propaganda
and wished ta resort to arms, if at all,
only u a last and desperato step, it
WMtruo that wo hnd all nttended meet-
nnd ominous emergencies arising, they
nre completely baffled and unnerved,
Such a tlmo with me was that eleventh
dav of May. The troubles of my roun
try, the mlsewhlo plight of my wife
and children dependent wholly upon
me for support and comfort. In sickness
nnd In health thee, and the npparent
helplessness of my own position, help
less to aid the cause for which I hnd
so long stTlven or tn be of consolation
or assistance to my own flesh and blood,
rendered me nenrer the classification
of coward nnd madman than I ever wns I
before or have been since,
Kven now T shudder nt the thought
of those jwretched hour spent In the
house of my friend. Once or twice,
seemingly unnblo longer to bear tho tor
ture of that friendly Imprisonment, I
had Tastily started out with the Inten-1
tlon of visiting my family nt whatever
cost: but my friends detained me with
force nnd quieted mo with tho assur
ances that not only would they get tnes
sages to and from my wife but thut If
.hero nrnso thn nee-salty of my leaving
Nankin for the south my family would
not suffer for material things, As my
host was a man of wealth nnd at the
same -time a firm friend of my mother's,
ns well as being an nrdent republican.
I knew his words were not spoken Idly
tngt of the mllltnry councils at Nankin i and my mind was made more or less at
nil Canton, but this was for the purpose ease.
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of urging moderation nnd delay rather
thus for the plunging or China in civil
war.
flo far as the order for arrests was
That night, having In the meantime
received cheering messages, a number
of them, from wife and daughter, as
well as a spoken one from my aged
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on one of tin so, in disguise, I went to I knees she avowed, and truthfully, of
my own home and remained until early course, thnt she d.d not know of my
morning. My wlfu Informed me that wheieaboiits.
for scarcely an hour smce my first On the night of my first visit to my
departure, on May 10, had the vicinity homo there were many strangers In
'evidence prowling about the place, but
! .toward morning they seemed to ills.
appear one ,u a time, and when I left
lhe house and went to my boat nt the
river not another r-oiil was stirring In
the neighborhood.
1 last saw my fumlly nbout June 10
or 1", Just before my departure for the
south. My daughter had Improved
somewhat In health and my good wife
was as brave as she w.vs worried.
Do pot come here again nor to our
home," she said, "Go lo Huang H'slng,
' now that you have heard from hlni, and
1 iiiak - the mutt of the situation. Hut
do not be trapped here like a dog to be
butchered liku one at the northern
i apltnl."
This hist Interview wns at the home
of the friends of whom I have already
spoken. The head of the house had
provided my family with needed funds
and he was also generous with a dona
tion to me that I might not be embar
rassed In my attempts to reach Canton.
lty this time 'there was general light
lug about Woosung, nt Fouchnu und all
the way up the Ynngtsc from Nankin,
but there was no unity of thought or
purpose or action among tho rebels und
I felt certain that itt almott any time
the Federal und regular provincial
troops could overcome the mobs whose
members wero culling themselves
"Anti-.Moniirchlsls." I felt ulso that If
the rebellion was to make successful
hluilway Canton would tlret huvo tu full
Into our hands.
If we could drive the Government
troops out of the two Kwnngs I had
no doubt but that we could march upon
Shanghai and Nankin with u million
patriotic republicans, nnd that It would
be only o question of time when Pekln
Itself would bo ours with Yuan Khlh
k'at and bis friends, including tho for
mer ruling family, flying across- the
border into Shenklang and Manchuria.
It Is needless to relate In detull how
I managed to get to Canton (for the
sake of some people who are still In
China) other than tn say thut I went
by boat to Hongkong mid again from
thero to the Pearl Hlver by nutlve
steamer. 1 was nearly a week making
the trip nnd expended 135 pounds ster
ling.
The captain of tho native steamer
knew me well, for I had treated him
once ut Macno and again at Hongkong,
und although ho had never reimbursed
me for my services, which covered a
period altogether of somo weeks, he did
not hesitate to charge mo $500 for the
short run from Hongkong to tho river.
Kven though I knew from his conver
sation that he was a strong supporter
of Yunn Shlh-k'al I fe'.t thnt hn .-oulU
be trusted ln a personal rxt.T, tr.d It
was so; for he act cr.'.y Ktfclr landed
mo at Oelau-bo, but h secured a fcaNa,
J was temporarily resting In Canton.
He was then In the company of tho no
torious Gen. l.uaug, Uoverntnent gen-
erul of police and chief executioner of
lhe south. When he appeared at Moo-
chow I denounced hlni ns a spy and he
was cut In many pieces by order of
Huang H'slng.
Though not a military man either in
disposition or by tinlnlng, 1 entered nt
once Into the work in hand, but devot
ing myself when not engaged In mat
ters partly executive to the oerfeelng
of tho tfeld hospital affairs. And. oh,
such an amount of it as thero was to
attend to!
My heart was fairly sick to seo the
hundred nnd thousands of dead and
dying, the awful spectacle of a civil war
In my beloved country' I had prayed
against this thing, had worked and
hoped to prevent It, had deplored the
conditions which brought It ubout; yet
a damnublo despot whom I myself had
proposed for the ITesIdeney had driven
mo Into the very thing I most abhorred.
Yet thcie will ho a time of suvero
reckoning.
After some days fighting in and
around Canton, 1 s.uv plainly that tho
forces being brought against is would
sooner or later overwhelm u id I so
s.i'.d to Huang Il'sing. He, a i . ich older
man and a born soldier, said that for a
month past lm had seen nnd known that
unless tho expected largo shipments of
urms und ammunition arrived thero wus
little hope for the success of his army.
lie had won nine big battles and his
sub-commanders had been victorious 1n
many sma'lcr engagements, but the am
munition hud given out, many of the
rifles had becomo useless, and there was
not a dollar to pay tho men nor with
which to purchase supplies. Tho result
was that mutlii nnd pillage became rife
and wholo regiments deserted tn a body.
All this tlmo tho Government was rush
ing In troops from every quarter nnd
tho river was j mimed with naval junks
und gunboats,
About this rime word cume that Wu
Tliig-fntig and sojuu of the other piomi
ni'iu leuders of the east and centre haij
deserted the cause; and this was qulcklj
followed by the autl.eiuli Information
that the rebels had been crushed at
Hankow, Woosung und other points in
land, Gen. Huang H'slng, broken In
spirit and without a dollar of the J17S,
000 of personul funds with which he
opened the campaign nt Canton, was to
suffer the further nilsfortuno of n very
severe wound.
Because, of the terrific heat and also
on account rf the Increasingly hard
prestlng if tl-e 70.000 Government
troops on all sides, giving us not ten
minutes of the night or day in which
to repose, Gen. Huang H'slng, upon my
ndvlce, retired s-cntly to tho home of
an unc'.e outside the cast gate at Can
ton, 1 remained to command the forces
wrrft 're taisr.t rn.su,, when the
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