It is reported from Canton that H.E. Viceroy Tsen Ch'un-hsuan, of the Two Kuang provinces, has issued a special Army Order, which has struck terror into the hearts of all under his command. It is to the effect that, beginning from a certain date, all officers hereafter found guilty of the opium-smoking habit are to be summarily decapitated in the presence of the Army and that soldiers guilty of the same habit will be scourged through rests with their crime written on small flags, affixed to pointed bamboos piercing the offenders' ears, and finally drummed out of the army." It rom: to be soon how such drastic orders will be observed by the Viceroy's forces.
The Proposed Tientsin-Chinkiang
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