HEADS, ARMS AND LESS

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 28 December 1925, Page 5

HEADS, ARMS AND LESS

GRIM CHINESE TROPHIES; DISPLAYED ON CITY GATE I FATE OF DEFEATED GENERAL* BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. (Received Dec. 28, 11 a.m.) TOKIO, Dec. 27. A special report from Mukden states that the arms and legs of Kuo-sung-lin and his favourite wife were paraded in the city and later exposed, on the main gate. Mukdenites report that Kuo refused to surrender, necessitating him being shot. The Japanese Foreign Office states: “AVe feel deceived, inasmuch as Chang-tso-lin agreed to spare Kuo’s life, while the execution had been already accomplishd. The Japanese Consul was instructed to try to save the lives of minor generals, Kuo’s four surviving widows, and his 10 children. • < Chang-tso-lin refuses to promise not to execute Kuo’s relatives, and a general massacre is feared. Chang is celebrating the victory, also the arrival of a child to his fifth wife. Kuo’s forces at Shankaikwan have surrendered, thus clearing Manchuria of rebels.—Sun. [Earlier messages stated that Kuo-sung-lin. disguised, had disappeared, and all his generals had surrendered to Chang-tso-lin. Later Kuo was captured by Chang’s cavalry, taken to Mukden, and executed. * A previous offer hv Kuo to surrender providing his life an«l property were spared was, reports said, refused. Kuo’s forces, were heavily beaten all along the front.- Official* advices from Mukden confirm Chang’s victory, though Japanese military circles appear to he divided whether the success is temporary or decisive.]