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Show SUN YAT SEN SAFE, home clays ago there, was a dispatch from Hong Kong which put into words ;) rumor that Dr Sun Yat Sen had been assassinated on his- visit to Peking, a i ii that be was warned against making. mak-ing. Naturallj a djspatofa of that kind would come from the south of China, which deeply distrusts ike politicians of the north, and in which a rumor of the death Of lr Sun would be easily believed and would quickly spread, Bui a dispatch in The Tribune yes terdav morning, direct from Poking, gave assurance, of the safety of Sun Vat Shu. It told of his dining with President Yuan Shi Kai, and of the amicable conference whiiCfa the two great Cbinaixfcn had after the banquet. The fact that they dined together, of COUrse, would be no assurance of the safetv of Pr. Sun; for it was precisely that sort of a function which preceded the massacre of (General Chang Chen Wu, who al-o ined with his OXecu-tioner, OXecu-tioner, and wus immediately thereafter taken out to his death. But it seems that, a friendly relation has been established between Presi dent Yuan shi Kai and former Presi dent Sun Vat Sen. and this friendly relation will go verv fnr towards restoring re-storing confidence in all parts of the ancient country. Surely the Chinese people have had their share of troubles, of massacres, and of devastation, the past two years. It is to be hoped that the coming of undisturbed peace and order In that vast nation may be not long data ed |