A FATHER AVENGED.
ASSASSINATION IN CHINA. SHOOTING OF A GENERAL, A. and N.Z. PEKING, Dec. 30. General Hsu-shu-tseng has been assassinated. He left Peking with the object of seeing Sun-cbuan Fang and other military leaders. According to the reports Lu Cheng Wu, son of General Lu Chien Chang, whom Hsu-shu-tseii£ iuViieu to a banquet at Tientsin in 1918 and shot with his own revolver, shot Hsu-shu-tseng when the tram reached Lang-Fang. Lu Chenf "Wu is issuing a circular telegram stating that the motive for the revenge was his father's death. Lu Cheng Wu is a cousin of General Feng-Yu-hsiang. A mandate dated December 26 has been issued, appointing Hsu-Shih-Ying, who formerly had many years' experience in the service of the police and judiciary, as Premier. Ancther mandate revises the regulations governing the functions of the Provisional Government. It says that henceforth Cabinet shall be responsible, and ;shall devise and carry out any reforms in accordance with the wishes of the people. It is stated that Tuan-chi-jui will have no predilection or prejudice against any measure that tends to the salvation of the country or the consolidation of the Republican iregime.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19215, 2 January 1926, Page 9
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190A FATHER AVENGED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19215, 2 January 1926, Page 9
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