In further conversation I was informed that it is not necessary' according to Chinese practice for such a document to be signed. On this occasion, the officers did not press for the Eniperor's signature; at the point of the bayonet, they, forced his acquiescence to the obligation that he should leave th palace at once.
While this was being explained to me, the Emperor added "Already, great many of my personal belongings have been stolen.
"Do you accept this agreement," 1 asked. "No," was the answer, do not. It was forced on m was the work of a small cal put in. by Feng Vu-hsiang which the absence of Tt is absolutely illegal."
There was not the slightest agree to a revision ceremony. He was dressed in a tion agreement?" green tunic with breeches and was the Emperor's puttees of the same colour, and "T simply ask that such wore n double-breasted overcoat. bbe done in the. proper way, Hi Majesty hardly looked his 18 that I be accorded courteous years, especially when he laughed; reqtment. Up te now, I have been he la entirely' unaffected and happy) Svisoner. Now that. Tuan Chi-jul 'a8 a schoolboy at the prospect of Jand Chang Tso-lin have taken aa 'a vacation, No wonder he felt interest in tke matter, T have been happy! The previous day he had allowed my freedom, There are no seen Peking for the first time in restrictions as tomy movements his life, nnd even though the ex-'Veyond the understandable precauperience was from the recesses of, tion of a police escort. his car, it must have been as His Majesty declined to be qued-pleasurable as a caged bird's Arst ined on the subject of the revision flutter of Hbevty. the agreement. He said it was The schoolboyishness persisted not exactly being discussed y after the Emperor, having shaken. hands cordially, conducted: me into one of the apartnients. On his desk was a Chinese paper, which contained a photograph of w person supposed to be the Emperor, but which bore no resemblance to him but he could not say anything further in view of the fact that the attitude of both Tuan Chi-jai and Chang Tso-lin had not yet been made public.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.