took place inside the city Inst night. Rumour has it that the Viceroy for a long time refused to issue his "ling chien permitting the executions, but was compelled to do so by the act of the Governor. The Governor said that if the Viceroy did not issue his, ha, the Guvernor, would authorise the executions. This last would, T understand, have been an uuconstitutional act. The Viceroy can, on emergency, authorise executions without referring the matter to Peking. The Governor cannot do so.
It is an undoubted fact that among the rebels are several
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