Fever: Unconscious for two Days at Headquarters Hongkong, May 13, It is reliably reported that Ds, Sun Yat-sen has been unconscious for the past two days, suffering from brain-fever. It is now rumoured that he has died.
5 Later, It has been known for some time that Dr. Sun Yat-son has not been, enjoying good health. The verne. cular papers now state that he is suffering from brain-fever, possibly cerebra-spinal fever. It is reported that Dr. Sun is lying at quarters and that'he-is being attended by foreign and Chinese doctors, while Dr, Sun Yat-sen's son, Mr. Sun Fo, is in constant at-
It is generally acknowledged: in authoritative quarters in Hong-Kong that Dr. Sun Yat-sen is seriously ill, but his reported-death cannot be' verified at present. Naturally, Southerners would do their utmost to maintain. secrecy as long as possible, as news of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death will probably ead to chaos in. Canton—Reuter's Pacific Service, No Oflicial Corroboration..
After categorical announcement of his death, it appears that Dr. Sun Yat-sen' is quite alive, On 'Tuesday a message was received through Reuter's' Agency, to" the effect that Dr. Sun had been unconscious for two days, suffering from brain fever, and it. was rumoured that he had died. On Wednesday morning Reuter's' received telogaphic news from Hong-Kong that Dr. Sun had died at 4.30 am. while on the other hand the astern News Agency received a telegram from Canton to the effect that his condition was not so serious as rumoured and that he was to attend a military conference on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Kuangtung troops.
In reply to a message sent to our own correspondent at Shameen on Tuesday, at 6 p.m, on Wednesday we received a reply dated Shameen, May 14, 1.80 p.m., which read:
"Doctor sick not dead."
Our correspondent at Shameen (the Foreign Settlement Canton) is in close touch with the authorities there and his telegram is therefore most probably based on the latest information supplied by the headquarters of the Canton Government,
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