of instruction. A message came to him from the superintendent of the east suburb police station, asking him to step over, as one of the officers of the 3rd Battalion was coming in order to settle up the damage which had been committed by the soldiers. Mr.
started off with the policeman. Before, however, he could reach the station, he was set on by a number of soldiers, who took complete charge of him. He was taken to their barracks and a severe beating of nominally 2,000 blows was given him.
This was reported to the consulate on the following morning and the vice-consul went to see the Foreign Commissioner. This time, the commissioner at once disclaimed any possibility of being able to interfere with the military and the American official went straight off to the Civil Governor. who is also, in name, the commander-in-chief of all forces in the province. Gen. Chao was shocked and promised an immediate re-Tease. By 9'a.m. the next day, the agent was still in custody. and so another visit was paid to the Goreroor. This time, the hour of release was fixed at between 4 and 5 that afternoon. Ju reply to the question as to why the matter could not be settled by ringing up the Major of the 3rd Battalion, the supreme executive of this province, who acknowledges no sort of superior in the shape of a President, whether at Peking or at Shanghai, or General, whether Wu Pei-fu or Chang Tso-lin, stated that the captive had to be taken to the headquarters of Gen. Ye Kai-hsing hi self.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.