Peking, Feb. 8.
By order of the President (1) Meng Hsien-yi is hereby appointed Governor of Kirin, A Groat Extortioner.
(2) Field Marshal Lung Tsi-kuang reports by telegraph that Ssu Ju-sun, Commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Army, committed unlawful acts and accepted bribes when he was directing the clearance of the countryside, and complaints againt him have been reosived from merchants and people as on record. A court martial was held; and after trial, the Court has submitted a report of its findings to the effect that the said Brigade Commander, when stationed at Singchang, extorted $2,000 from the Chamber of Commerce thereby uttering threats, and obtained various other amounts of money from wealthy people on the pretext of searching for and sup pressing opium, and that his guiltinese is clearly—_ established by overwhelming evidence and witnesses. The Court further finds that much of the fines he had collected was also appropriated to his own pocket, In view of the fact that official records and documents have been burnt, which makes the checking of the amounts of such fine impossible, the Field Marshal requeste that he be severely punished according to the law forthwith, eto.
The said Brigade Commander, in attending to the clearance of the countryside, should have devoted himself to the extirpation of rob-bors for the peace of the innocent people, thus setting @ good example to his subordinates. On the contrary, he has extorted money on various occasions and under different pretexts, and even destroyed official records and documents with the object of covering his defalcations. Such conduct, being injurious to the people as well as violating the law, deserves more than death. Ssu Ju-sun is hereby cashiered of his colonelcy and his brevet rank of major-general in the
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