URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/61570 Collection Structure Joshua B. Powers Collection > Correspondence of Homer Lea and Ethyl Lea (Mrs. Homer Lea) > Letter from Sun Yat-Sen regarding Koki H. Ike Item Title Letter from Sun Yat-Sen regarding Koki H. Ike Collection Title Joshua B. Powers Collection Author Sun, Yat-sen (1866-1925) Date Created December 12, 1907 Description The letter is a copy on stationary from the Teikoku Shimbun, Osaka, Japan, and reads as follows: To whom it may concern Greeting:- I hearby certify that the undermentioned Japanese friend, Mr. Koki H. Ike, is fully authorized by me in regard to the matters of raising funds for our revolutionary cause in China, and of obtaining commissariat or military stores for the same cause. I also certify that he has joined me for years, devoting his time, energy, and ability to our cause, and that he was on the spot with myself, when I led my men in the actual bombardment of the forte of Chin-Nan-Kwan, Kwang-Si, China, on the Fourth of December 1907. Language(s) English Format Text Medium letters (correspondence) Record Number 68026.31 Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2489n54s Rights This work may be protected by copyright laws and is provided for educational and research purposes only. Any infringing use may be subject to disciplinary action and/or civil or criminal liability as provided by law. If you believe you are the rights holder and object to Hoover's use of this work, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.