Hongkong, 21st May.
The Chinaman, who was arrested he for the murder of Young Kuo-wan, one of the leaders of the reform party, in January 1901, haa now been convicted and sentenced death. The evidence revealed that the Chinese Government haa sent emissaries to Hongkong with the order, either to kill or to kidnap the reformers." Young Kuewan was at that time deliberately killed while teaching in a school near the central police station. The murderers have been aflorwards created mand: veevired monetary rewards, and given tions in Canton.
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