Sun Yatsen and the British press in late 1896

So began the article “Concerning Sun Yat Sen” in the London Daily News of 1 December 1896.1 Where did the author of this article get this information? ‘I met him in the Strand and he told me so’, readers are informed, promptly, before learning that:

To be strictly accurate, Dr. Sun is writing two books. One (the material for which may first appear in a magazine) will tell of his perilous adventures in China and Portland-place.2