Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1912 — How Sun Yat Sen Got Money. [ARTICLE]

How Sun Yat Sen Got Money.

In his "Reminiscences” Sun Yat Sen gives a graphic account of the efforts that were made to capture him by the former Chifiese government. He estimates that ths rewards upon his head amounted to nq less than 700,000 taels ($1,000,000)! He has raised much money for political purposes, especially in America, und in this connection he says: “All over the world, and particularly in America, the legend has grown up that Chinamen are selfish and mercenary. There never was a greater libel on a people. Many have given me their whole fortune. One Philadelphia laundryman called at my hotel after a meeting, and, thrusting a linen bag upon me, went away without a word. It contained his entire savings for 20 years.”