A daring and well-planned, attempt at kidnapping which, very nearly reached a successful' culmination, was frustrated on Monday by the action of three young Chin-fosse men. The manner in which the event took place, as well as what, happened subsequently, showed that, all the details had been thought out carefully and that the movements of the intended vietim- had been fully studied, and it was only due to the fact that he was—in the ast. stages of the kidnapping expedition—seen by certain people who knew him and who acted quickly upon their ideas of the case, that the affair was not a success' from the abductors' point of view. We may hope that the facts of this case will receive wide publicity in Chinese circles, as they show that operation by Chinese will rapidly bring the present kidnapping evil to an end.
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