Generals Murdered by Treacherous Host

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 561, 14 January 1929, Page 9

Generals Murdered by Treacherous Host

RIDDLED WITH BULLETS JEALOUS CHINESE RULER (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. SHANGHAI. Sunday. The high-handed action o£ the dictator o£ Manchuria, Chang Hsueliliang, in causing to be summarily executed Generals Yang Yu-ting and Chang Yin-huai, leaders of the Mukden military staff, on the grounds of suspected plotting against the Government, has shocked foreigners in that part of China. The majority of the foreigners regarded General Yang as the principal cause of Manchuria’s prosperity and security, and as the backbone of the late Marshal Chang Tso-lin’s regime. Furthermore, the dictator’s action is utterly Inconsistent with the Western ideas generally attributed to him. Details received of the Mukden assassinations, whilein dicating the treacherous nature of their performance, are somewhat satisfactory. It seems that the generals were invited to a mah jong party by Chang Hsueh-liang. The latter excused himself. A party of soldiers shortly afterwards entered, and fired volleys at the guests. Yang Yu-ting received 10 bullets in the head. Chang Yin-huai attempted to reply with bis revolver, but was likewise perforated. It is believed that the real cause of the young dictator’s murderous conduct was his jealousy of Yang Yu-ting’s growing pc tver. The reports of an alleged antiGivornment conspiracy are) merely camouflage. There are no signs yet of political complications arising from the incident.