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Show FRINGE NEAR DEATH CHINESE REVOLUTIONIST MAKES ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF UNCLE OF CHINESE EMPEROR. Would-be Assassin is Seized by Officers Of-ficers Just as He Was About to Fire Upon Royal Visitor as Ho Left Train at Oakland Mole. San Francisco. An attempt to kill Prlnco Tsal Ilsun, uncle of tho emperor em-peror of China, as he stepped from tho Overland train at tho Oakland mole a half-hour before boarding tho liner Chlyo Maru for tho return trip to China, was frustrated Thursday afternoon after-noon by members of the local police department and secret service men, when they seized and overpowered George Fong, u member of the Young China association, Just ns he was about to draw a revolver from his hip pocket with which to firo upon tho royal visitor. In his statement to the secret service ser-vice men, Fong denied that his action was tho result of a conspiracy to kill the prince. Ho said that tho organization organiza-tion to which ho belongs, while revolutionary revo-lutionary in its tendencies, Is in no way responsible for his attempt to slay tho emperor's uncle. Tho prisoner pris-oner shouldered all responsibility, declaring de-claring himself a revolutionist and an enemy of tho present dynasty in China. Fong expressed regret that he had not accomplished his purpose, saying that ho wanted to bo a martyr to the causo to which he had consecrated his life, and that he wanted to awaken his countrymen. |
