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A special train was provided to take the commission from Peking
to Tientsin. It was drawn up at the station just outside the gate
in front of the Emperor's palace. The commission had entered the
car, and the narrow hall or aisle along the side was crowded with
those who had come to see them off, when, BANG, there was an
explosion, the side of the car was blown out, several were
injured, including slight wounds to some of the members of the
commission, and the man carrying the bomb was blown into an
unrecognizable mass. For a few days the city was in an uproar.
Guards were placed at all the gates, especially those leading to
the palace, and every possible effort was made to identify the
nihilist. But as all efforts failed, and nothing further
transpired to indicate that he had accomplices, the commission
separated and departing individually without display, reunited at
Tientsin and started on their tour of inspection.
This commission was splendidly entertained wherever it went,
given every possible opportunity to examine the constitutions of
the countries through which it passed, and on its return to
Peking the report of the trip was published in one hundred and
twenty volumes, the most important item of which was that a
constitution, modelled after that of Japan, should be given to
China at as early a date as possible.
The leader of this expedition, His Excellency the Viceroy Tuan
Fang, is one of the greatest, if not the greatest living Manchu
statesman
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