By decision of the Imperial Household Ministry a secret was revealed, last week, which had been successfully kept from the Japanese press and public for over a month.
Secret: On the island of Formosa one Cho Meika, a Korean youth of 21, took a dose of poison, six weeks ago, and instantly thereafter threw a dagger at Prince
Kuni, august father of the Sublime Empress Nagako.
Poorly aimed, the dagger merely pinked his Highness' chauffeur. Pouncing police not only collared would-be assassin Meika but efficiently forced down his throat a successful antidote to...
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