After lingering for nearly 60 hours and making a hard fight for his life, Gen. Hsu Kuoliang, passed away at 5.40 o'clock on Tuesday morning in the Shantung Road Hospital.
Dr. Way-ling New (Cambridge), who, together with Dr. Ho Li-tsong, was attending the ill-fated General, stated in reply to questions by a representative of the '"North-China Daily News" that Gen. Hsu was not-in actual pain at the time of his death. Complicated pneumonia had set up between 9 and 10 o'clock on Monday night and the condition of the wounded man became gradually worse and worse. While he was in distress for breath, there was no actual abdominal pain, and, in spite of all efforts at treatment, death came to Gen. Hsu at 5.40 am, on Tuesday.
The whole family of the late Director were present when Gen. Hsu died, a, number of these arriving from Tientsin, having been summoned immediately after he had been removed to hospital on Saturday night. They were earlier rt of the evening. able to converse ae um in the Captain Priori, the Chief of French Police, was also present.
Shortly after death had occurred, the body was removed to the Bureau of SI hai and Woosung -Native (Constabulary, inside the City, and there it is awaiting burial. The funeral service will take place in three or four days' time.
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