With regard to the report that a certain Viceroy had denounced General Feng-shan, commanding the Peiyang forces, and the Ministry of for engaging incapable men with the forces in question, we now learn that Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai is said to have seat to the, Throne three separate memorials on the day in question. The first document referred to. the question of centralizing the power of the Government; the second disparages the minor officials of the Ministry of War, viz: the Deputy Vice-Presidents and Councillors, win are enti ignorant of the duties required of them, with reference to army requirements and the theory and practice of war. The third memorial charges General Feng Shan with favouritism in the employment of officers holding important posts.
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