_The Evening Megaphone_, London’s most enterprising evening journal, secured something of a “beat,” for it was the only paper which was able to throw a light upon the inside mystery of a vendetta which had apparently culminated in the Ambassador’s assassination. “We are able,” said this journal, in large, leaded type, “to supply a number of curious and significant facts concerning the tragedy, which have hitherto been unrecorded elsewhere. Our representative had the pleasure of a long conversation with Mr. T’si Soo, a wealthy young Chinese gentleman who has been domiciled in England for a number of years. Mr. T’si Soo is the son of the Governor of Chulung, a large and populous district of China, and is engaged in this city in studying constitutional law. Mr. Soo--a fine, handsome-looking young man of commanding appearance--received the representative of _The Evening Megaphone_ in Piccadilly. Fortunately Mr. Soo has a perfect command of English, and the interpreter which our representative brought with him was unnecessary. “‘I cannot tell you,’ said Mr. Soo, ‘how grieved I am at the death of the Noble Prince who so ably and worthily represented the Dowager Empress at the court of St. James. “‘The Prince, as you know, was an antiquarian of great note, but he was also a man of strong political opinions which, I fear, have not always commended themselves to the majority of my fellow countrymen. “‘He was by repute a reactionary,’ he went on, ‘and earned the animosity of a number of secret societies in China by his efforts to secure their abolition.’ “‘But surely,’ our representative pointed out, ‘the abolition of secret societies is not a reactionary movement!’ “Mr. Soo shook his head. “‘You are now speaking,’ he said with a smile, ‘from the point of view of the European. In China we regard anybody as a reactionary who attempts to alter the position of affairs so that it corresponds with any period of time in the past. For instance, there was a time when there were no secret societies; to abolish them would be regarded, therefore, as a reactionary measure since it would produce conditions which had once existed. That, again, I say, is an Eastern point of view.’ “‘Do you explain the murder as having been committed by the emissary of a society?’ asked our representative. “Mr. Soo nodded. “‘I believe there is an association,’ he said, ‘which had a special reason for removing the Ambassador.’ “‘It has been suggested,’ said our representative, ‘that robbery was the object of the murder, and that a bureau had been rifled and valuable documents extracted.’ “Mr. Soo was very emphatic in dissociating himself with this theory.