TROUBLE IN CHINA.
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GENERAL GUILTY POTATie&gS^^^H v;”; > (Press Associaition. —Cbpyrighftsfflp (Received 11.30 a.m.) Pekin, January 2; ' A mandate issued by the new Government grants an amnesty to all prisoners, excepting the ex-i resident, Tsaokun, who must face a public trial with the members of Parliament concerned in Tsaokun’s election, who will be placed before the forthcoming National Conference, and the offenders charged with robbery, murder, rape, arson, and the breaking of dykes. The mandate says the disturbances of the last thirteen years, and abuses for which the military are responsible, resulted ■in the destitution ol the people, and many persons have been led to offend against the laws. A general amnesty is proclaimed to mark an epochal event in the lives of the people and the Chinese Republic. Another mandate abolishes the college of marshals. Chi-hsie-hyuan has unexpectedly left Nanking. He is taking; refuge in Shanghai. After his departure Chi-hsie-hyuan’s bodyguard, who had not received their pay, looted and burned a number of the largest silk stores, thereby doing damage to the extent of 500,000 dollars.
It is reported that a detachment- of American marines has landed at Nanking to protect the foreign, residential district. The danger is not yet over.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2062, 3 January 1925, Page 5
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