Tientsin, Oct. 2.
The attempted assassination of -Mr, Lenox Simpson, the Commissioner of Customs appointed by the Shansi authorities, occurred—between 7.15 and 7.30 yesterday evening at the official residence of the Commissioner of Customs in in the ex-German Concession, According to the evidence of the house boy, the assailants were all three dressed in foreign cloth They drove up in a motor car and one remained in the car while the other two entered the residence and Presented a card bearing the name of Fu Lu-lin, a member of the Enlarged Pichary Session of the Kuomintang. It is presumed the card bore a fictitious name, The house-boy caryled the card Tay Hotel, in the Japanese Concession, where he picked up the three Chinese and drove them to the residence of the Commissioner of Customs. Even under severe eross-examination nothing more could be got from him than that he had followed the instructions of his three passengers, As soon as possible after the outrage Mr.
Lenox Simpson was Weale he became well-known. fle reported the Russo-Japanese war, during 1911-1914 he was the London "Daily Telegraph" correspondent at the Chinese revolution. A keen student of Chinese polities and affairs, he has written a num: ber of books of political studies and several novels based on life in China. Altogether his political and romantic works number 19 volumes while nis contributions taken to the German-American newspapers and" magazines have Hospital. A bulletin issued late bees great. last night stated that his" life was inno immediate danger. "Tt is 91 snore uns 16 he was appointed pol polit understood, however, that the bullet wh h struck him lodged in the cal adviser and observer by Pres ident Li Yuan-hung and acted as adviser to other Presidents, A keen student of affairs, he speaks Northern Chinese with an excelent Peking accent and a great charm of manner. His knowledge of Chinese polities and politicians ix so great and intimate that he has been approached for advice by more than one nation and a host of Chinese officials attempting to understand the foreign mind and Simpson is a man of strong
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