sentences:  He raised money for his revolutionary party and to support uprisings in China.While the events leading up to it are unclear, in 1896 Sun Yat-sen was detained at the Chinese Legation in London, where the Chinese Imperial secret service planned to smuggle him back to China to execute him for his revolutionary actions.He was released after 12 days through the efforts of James Cantlie, "The Globe", "The Times", and the Foreign Office; leaving Sun a hero in Britain.