Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1894 — CHINESE SCHEMES. [ARTICLE]

CHINESE SCHEMES.

Lrr»«t of LI Hung Chang’s F«mil* Spy In Japan. i A Vancouver, B. C., special, Oct. 25, ays: Among advices by tho Empress of lapan is news of the arrest at Hiroshima <f a female spy, who gave her name as )taia. She has been using her wits with •.fleet among Japanese officials, and had everal of them at her beck and call, with ■lie result that she was piling up a mag-li-ficent load of information for wily old A Hung Chang, one of whose extensive ■ouschold, it appears, she was a member, ffie is beautifn! and accomplished, and, is slie spoke Japanese fluently, was adnirably fitted for the work to which she 'as assigned. Her accent betrays her 'hinese birth. The officers who havo been >aying for her smiles with military secrets will pay the penalty of their rashicss. -r