Peking, Mar, 19. Warrants of arrest_have been issued by the Peking Government against Messrs. Hsu Chien, Li chao, Li Shih-tseng, of the n for this is as follows:—
The above-mentioned persons have, on many occasions in the past, fed disturbances by propagate ing Communism. In connexion with the recent altair, Hsu Chien, in the name of an executive committee of Communists, distributed propaganda hand-bills. "Moreover, he, at the head of several hundred bad characters yesterday, previous to the outbreak of the incident, attacked poured petroleum on it in an empl to set fire the Inilding, threw bombs, assaulted military police with clubs, who, in self-defence, fired upon the mobs, resulting in many custalties Voth sides. Tt hax come to light that most of these outlaws have arious parts of the country plotted secretly to disturb order in. the provinees, of the state is about to be completely broken, The Central Government, therefore, has Bedered the Metropolitan forees to. atrenge then the defences of the capital and at the same time has given instruc tion to provincial authorities con= corned strictly to control law= breakers so that the root of the evil may be completely eradicated, Ror this purpose, Hsu Chien and his accomplices, wherever they may be, shall be arrested and severely dealt with ding to the Inw of the state.
It is learnt thay Mr, Hsu Chien and his colleagues have fled, Rumour has it that they are cone cealed somewhere within a safety zone. The Kuownywin has issued circular telegram to all provinees, reporting the progress of the altair, and giving instructions that Mr, Hsu Chien and his accomplices should be arrested and taken into stern News Agency, riy 1's Desire to Resign en bloc Re ered by Marshal Tuan:
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