The Kaifeng community is in a event commotion this morning over the Police Commissioner's announce-meng of the death of the Military Governor, Hu Ching-yi. Speculation is rife us to the probable outcome of the Tupan's demise. No one has much idea as to what the result will be for the province. That the Kuomintang is very strongly fentrenened here isan undoubted fact, and the 2nd National army is no insignificant force at the present perhaps reason-be in Peking wi take cognizance of this fact, but as to who the possible ap,-ointe late Tupan wil question. as successor to the be is the burning Incidentally there is real sympathy for the family of the deceased Tupan, 'Though he has been here such 'a short time, and that time mainly occupied in' consolidating the position to which he had been appointed, he has ye: proved himself as one who was really jous for the welfare of people, On several occasions I heard him emphasize his determination to govern for the good of th governed, and it is well-known that his hopes were to emulate Governor Yen of Sha The Governor had been ailing fully three weeks, and it was noted that on the days on which the Jmemorial services were held for Dr. Sun, his right arm was in a sling. A Japanese-trained Chinese} doctor was in constant attention on the Governor, and merely watched the growth of what he thought] would be an ordinary boil. treatment did not relieve the patient and on the 7th instant, after a night of intense pain, "the foreign doctor in charge of the temporary Red Cross Hospital, w: summoned. After exami was advised that there another operation, to which advice the farcily were greatly opposed. On the 9th instant the condition of the Governor was so serious that the foreign doctor was again called, a performed en emergency operation, [which proved to be too late. The Governor died yesterday morning at about 11 o'clock.
Gen. Yoa Wei-tsun, the Brigadier-General who was responsible for: the capture of Loyang, from Han and: Liu, is in the city. He is one of the mos trustworthy Generals the late Tupan and it is felt that there will be no disturbance following the public announcement of the death this morning.
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