The Governor General at Foochow has received a despatch from Sun K'ai-hua, the Provincial Commander-in-Chief, in which that officer regrets his inability to capture Ch'en Kung and his brother Ch'en Chung, i I leaders in the insurrection at The Téhua district is so moun-famous and at the same time so intersected by roads running in different directions, that it has been found impossible to track these men successfully. he soldiers have exhausted themselves with their ineffectual endeavours. He can only beg that he may be punished for his failure. In representing these facts to His Majesty, the Governor General says that in view of the small number of the insurgents, the inability to discover and arrest their leader in a space of three months is a proof of the unskilfulness of the Commander-in-Chief's arrangements.—Decree: The Board concerned will determine a penalty for Sun K'ai-hue, When passing through Szechuan on his way to his post, he made the acquaintance of two officers of satisfactory acquirements and physical constitution, and of a third, who, having been formerly a student at the military school at Tientsin, was acquainted with foreign methods of drill and foreign matters generally. It would be greatly in the public interest if the Emperor would permit these three officers to be transferred. to Tibet for service under the memorialist's orders.—Granted.
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