The Archive · 1896

A Sensational Report

The Evening News came out last night with a sensational statement to the effect that the Public Prosecutor was about to proceed against Sir Holliday Macartney for his share in the action of the Chinese Legation in the matter of Sun Yat-sen. An official contradiction has, however, been given to the report, which seems to have arisen from the fact that statements were obtained from Sun and others on behalf of the Foreign Office. The statements were not taken with a view to any legal proceedings whatever, but simply in order that the whole facts of the case may he placed on record. No doubt Mr. Curzon will be catechised on the subject in the House of Commons as soon as Parliament sits.

13th November, Tiolloway's Pills.—Good Digestion.—Hol-Joway's Pills are universally acknowledged to be the safest, speediest, and best corrective for indigestion; loss of appetite, acidity, flatulency, and nausea are a few of the inconveniences which are remedied with ease by these purifying Pills. Tney strike at th root of all abdominal ailments, they excite i the stomach a proper secretion of gastric and regulate the action of the liver, promoting in that organ a copious supply of pure, wholesome bile, so necessary for digestion. These Pills remove all distention and obstruction, and from their harmless composition are Peculicrly well adapted for delicate persons and young children; whilst casting out impurities these excellent Pills strengthen the system and give muscular tone. 52

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