Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-08-20 | Page 1 | Dr. Sen Reported Slain in Peking

DR SEN REPORTED SLAIN IN PEKING Rumors Placarded in ill San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- Francisco cisco Chinatown Lack Verification YUAN CALLED TO ACCOUNT TO-ACCOUNT ACCOUNT I e C I SAX QAN I FRANCISCO H Au Aug Atu nu 19 19 Rumors Rumors ors that Dr Sun un Vat nt Sen Son first provisional provi president of ot China hid had been as assassinated assassinated RS- RS In Peking tO today lY b by the soldiers sol soi- diers of ot l President Yuan Shi Kai Kaj caused causell wild excitement In Jn Chinatown tonight They could be he traced to n no no authentic source but varying accounts of or the reported assassination were posted on bulletin boards throughout tho the Chinese qu quarter ar t 0 At tho offices of or the Chinese consul and tho the t two T O Chinese daily newspapers no news of or an attack upon Dr Sen had been received cd and the r report ot tb r lf grams were hurriedly dispatched to Peking however er inquiring a as to the safety a of the tho former revolutionary I 1 leader ca cad e er r. r According o to the rumors placarded placard tJ in Chinatown Dr DiV Sen had hilll left Shanghai for Poking Peking yesterday to undertake to save the thc republic from a threatened re renewal renewal renewal re- re newal o of hostilities as the result of or orthe the execution of ot Gen rals Chang Chans Chen Vu Yu and Wei Vel Sun Fo 10 a a. son of oC Dr Sun Yat Sen Continued on Pl Page e 2 Column 4 I DR SEN REPORTED SLAIN IN PEKING Continued From Prom Pa Page e 1 1 said sale tonight that lie he had received no 10 verification of or the rumor that his father fath fath- er had bet been n assassinated The Tho young oung man wa was much disturbed over the re report report ro- ro port but believed that If IC an attempt had nad been made on hi his fathers father's life liCe he would have havo been apprised by cable Sun Fo I la is a n. student at the tho University of or California Peking Aug 19 Tho l-Tho Tho Chinese national national na na- na- na ris assembly after a a. stormy meeting meeting meet meet- ing toda today today- resolved by fifty votes agal to present a petition to President Julian n Slit Shi Kal for Cor a n. further explanation of or the evidence on which General Chen Wu u and General Aeng Wei Wel who were members of or Dr Sun Yat Vat Sens Sen's party part were seized and summarily executed Tho petition sets acts forth five e of oC the charges which 1 the tile government had stated in a it manifesto had been proved and then thon adds rebutting comment It requests requests' President Yuan to an answer 1 within three days and says If It his reply is 15 s unsatisfactory the national assembly will summon on him to lo explain in person If IC his personal explanation should prove prO unsatisfactory then the house will Im Impeach Impeach Ini- Ini peach President Yuan or tho tue whole Chinese government