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Mr. Hu Han-ming was born at Fan-yu Hsien, Kuangtung Province, in 1886. His native home is at Shan-ying Hsien, Chekiang. He is one of the staunchest supporters of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. After having received preliminary education in Canton, General Hu proceeded to Japan to study. There he made the acquaintance of Dr. Sun, who had been in exile since 1897 with a heavy reward on his head offered by the Manchu House. In 1905 the famous revolutionary party called the Chungkuo Tung-ming-hui was organized in Japan with its headquarters at Tokyo. This party published a paper called Ming Pao. General Hu and Mr. Wang Chao-ming were editors. Sometime afterwards, the Ming Pao was closed down. General Hu and Mr. Wang went to Singapore where they published another revolutionary paper called Hsin Wen. Prior to the outbreak of the First