Owing to the recent unrest in the Ch'ingchou prefecture, eluractors opposing the taxes, we commanded Chou Fu, Viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces, to invostigate the conduct of those officials whos actions in the matter created the unrest, so that they may be denounced' and punished therefor. According to the telegraphed report of the said Viceroy Chou Fu, now received, it appear that be instructed the Taotai of the Lion-Ch'ing Intendancy, Wang Ping-8o, to take steps at once to reduce or stop the levy of taxes wherever possible. Instead of obeying once the said Taotai procrastinate and date issued proclamations subject, thereby bringing about crisis by his foolish conduct. Furthermore when the desperadoes con-cored started in earnest to cause insurrection, the Circuit, knew only how to " stand tight' within his entrenchments, so that it enabled the insurgents to have a free hand and encourage others to join ther This continued so long that it is evident that the said Major-General has been guilty of cowardice and incapacity. Woe, therefore, hereby command both Wang Ping-en, Taotai of the Lien-ching Intendancy of Kuangtung, snd Ho Ch'ang-tsing, Major-General of the Peibai Circuit of the same province, to be forthwith cashiered. With regard to the conduct of Ku Yung-mou, Acting Independent Sub-prefect of Ch'ingchou, he has been guilty of neglect of duty, in that he failed to teke proper measures at the beginning of the norest and to report at once to his superior officers the state of affairs within is
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