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Mr. Hsu Fo-su was born Changsha, Hunan Province, in 1880, though his native home is Chekiang. While a student, he associated with persons who later became leaders of either reform movements or revolutionary parties. He studied political science and graduated from Higher Normal College in Tokyo. While in Japan Mr. Hsu joined Mr. Liang Chi-chiao's party advocating constitutional monarchy. He assisted in the running of the famous magazine Hsin Ming Chung Pao, edited by Liang Chi-chiao. After the Boxer trouble, Mr. Hsu's political principles gradually changed and he began to advocate revolution. In 1903, he returned to China in company with over twenty persons including the late General Tsai Ao. Several members of the party were left at Shanghai where a newspaper organ was founded. Mr. Hsu and many others secretly returned to Hunan to start a revolution. They failed because their plot was discovered by the authorities. A few of their colleagues were taken prisoners and Mr. Hsu and the