Peking, March 8.
Mr. W. R. Giles, the Peking cor-Respondent "of the "Daily Mail," died yesterday evening at French Hospital here from pneumonin.—Reuter, Mr, Giles had a charming personality." He came to China with, it is believed, a Welsh regiment. He took his discharge in Tientsin and for a time was a free lance as a newspaper. correspondent in North China, "He had many exciting adventures prior to and immodiately succeeding the 1911 revolution, On one occasion, he was was arrested, taken away and heavily chained ina Chinese, gad, and although kept in chains he way able to clamber through a window and escape, Tu hhis endeavour to escape, both his legs were broken and in spite of those severe injuries he was able to cerayel away and eventually. received medical treatment at the American Legation, Ho recovered but was a cripple for life. Another of his adventures occurred in 1912. A Mr.
Grant who was an inspector with the Great Northern Telegraph Ca. was on a trip in Mongolia when a report way received that he had disappeared and news could not be obtained of him. Friends of his organized an expedition to seek for him, 'There were many volunteers and' finally Mr. Henningsen chose Mr. Giles and Dr, Wulf, Scandinavian, who, solve years later lost his life in an Antarctic expedition in which the doctor was the botanist in the expedition: The three chosen went off into Mongolia and apparently were also lost. What actually happened was that were also captured by the Mongols, after holding them at bay for several hours. The Mongols openly said that they would shoot their captives.and they were kept prisoners for two or three days, Subsequently they were released but the Mongols told them that Mr Grant had mot his death. Ho went through "Chang Tso-lin's campaign when he defeated Wa Pei-fa, There are many other stories which could be told of his great courage and his death will be mourned by many.
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