Adeputy of Viceroy Li Hung-chang is now in Shanghai Inuwches are intended for Honan. provi nnd destined for the use of the Court should ithe Emperor tike the water route from Lu -k'ou, the portal the prefectural city of, Weihui, in the northern part of Hur province. With reference to the abo ed deputy, hi sano is Kung Chine: notorious ex-Civil Commandant of Port yenr it be remembered, comacdly in 1894, who in November of that mandaned his post so that that stron fueteess fell an easy prey to the Tapanese ticking forces on the 3st of November of teat, scceleratel, moreover, by, the nglorints conduct of the Military Com hulant who followed his Civil Guitengte'a gsanple with rent alacrity on hat eventful For his cowardice, Kung Chuo-vii wae arrested and handed over to the Board ments by order of the Throne and 1 wus sentenced to decapitation at Axtizes of 1895 of the suid ice then, afier the usual Chine cases, Kung Chao-vii obtain reprieve h'watumn, deferring his to the assises of euch following yenr, ni wst August, when the fall of Pe= into the hands of the Allies opened the doors of the Prison of the Bord of Punishments and the inmates took the opportunity of regaining their liberty. A general pardon was recently promulgated by the Throne the instance of Viceroy Li Hung: to the escaped prisoners, in consequence of which Kung li has thus been ably to move about freely
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