Orders by Nanking Tuchun That They Are to Be Distegarded in Present Time of Stress Mayshal Chi Hsieh-yuan has instructed the Chinese officials of /Shanghai to. disregard all mandates from Peking until the situation in the north has been cleared up. instructions are for carry on entirely on his authority and. that of the Civil Governor of Kiangsu, Mandates issued previous coup defat are regarded a3 now in force, such subsequent mandates as that appointing Gen. Eh Yuen-ming Defence Commissioner Jof Shanghai, are to be disregarded.
With regard to the position of the Defence Commissioner, Marshal Chi states that that office must be abolished in accordance with the wishes of the people of Shanghai. The implication is that he also desires to have the Arsenal remov-
The telegram reads in part:—In conformity with the public opinion, the post of Military Governor of Shanghai and Sung-Kiang. has been abolished and Gen. Kung Paun-doh has been appointed Occupation Commi of Shanghai and Sungkiang place. All Mandates from Peking will be temporarily ignored until the question of Peking Government has been settled. I have ordered Gen. Kung to assume his duties as Occupation Commissioner and to notify the public accordingly."
.000 Troops to Shanghai Gen. Kung Paun-doh, Occupation Commissioner of Shanghai, arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday from Chen ju with the 19th Division, which is now in charge of the city. Gen. Kung makes his headquarters in the Huchow Guild, Chapei, having taken over office at noon on Tuesday. His troops also occupy the Anhui Guild, the Chapel Barracks, Kiangwan, and Kao Chan-miao in Nantao, Altogether he has brought approximately 20,000 men to this The remnants of the 10th Division were still embarking for Haichow on Tuesday from Woosung. Gen. Bei Bao-shan will shortly leave for Haichow where he will be in charge of two full divisions, including a division of the defeated troops of Gen, Ho Feng-lin, Lunghua's Reply Gen. Chang Yuen-ming has issued notification to the effect that he has been appointed Defence Commissioner of Sungkiang and Shang- (3) Approval of Marshal hai in accordance with a Presidential mandate issued on November 7. The notifeation does not bear the name of the President signing such 4 mandate, for the reason probably that, on November 7, there was no President of China, Tsao Kun having resigned and his successor not having been elected.
The following notification has been issue by the Director of the Arsenal:
I beg to notify you that I have received the following order from Sun, Tali of Military Reorganization' Affairs in Chekiang:.
hereby appoint you Director of the Shanghai Arsenal, to be Field Director of the Army in Shanghai; the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Metropolitan Army and the Ist Detachment of the Chi kiang Army are hereby placed under your direction. Apart from issuing orders to this effect to the parties concerned, you, the Director, are hereby enjoined. to obey this order without fail.
In compliance with the above, have assumed my (new) office to-day, November 10, of this year. [Pug Besides reporting to the Tuli and notifying my colleagues of this, have the honour to inform you (of this appointment) by letter.
(Sed.) Yano SHU-PAN. To the "North-China Daily News."
Marshal Chang Tso-lin in Tientsin Tientsin, Nov. 11.
Marshal Chang Teo-lin establizh-Jed his headquarters Gardens at Hopei yesterday afte noon and sent his sgn to Marshal Tuan Chi-jui's residence, where Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang remained shal Tuan's guest. Marshal Chang will meet Marshal Tuan ing—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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