With reference to the rumour ing in. one of the Nevthern newspapers that Li Chtichao. the Ticutenant of the Reformer, id able editor of © Hsin arm pape M chew an" has been a that note hun, the memtrial_to the Throne putting number of requests which he desires to be granted to him before he would be willing accept the, at present, onerous duties of nor of Kuangsi. "The following is guests:—That upon rival in Kuangsi the task of reorganisation be his, but that all military operations for the suppression of the rebellion in th be entirely in the rend to shaw th ramour i nated and that Lia haw is still the United Stites where he is well Jovked after by his, frie ye. Had Liang returned to © As he vad surely haw nit, nor is it istic of the man te recklessly elf at the merey of those who wish his destruction.
The Viceroy-designate of Sze-clit Hei Liang, a Mancha Conservative of the first water, and of the same type as Governor En Shen of Soochow, Lu Haihuan. President of the Boarl of Works, ete., left Kaifeng, capital of Honan province, for his post in Chéngta, Szechuan, on the 23rd instant. It will be recalled by readers of these ' Notes" that I who was on the point of lo tain last June for Shanghai, to Citngtu, was suddenly ordered Imperial Rescript to go" post Kiaiftng to investigate certain" charges made by a Pel A jous king Censor against the Governor of Th Jen-chun. These charges it is have been tigated satisfactorily to all parties. ever that may: mean, and Hsi Liang now on his way South and will probably strike vel Railway. Hai Liang's ould be a paying one for hin, as Honan is considered a lucrative post above the average.
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