The plight of the Bannermen in Shansi has of late become so serious that the President's attention has been called to it, On Saturday we published a Pre. sidential mandate, in which it was stated that 400,000 Ib. of the reserve grain in the great reserve granary in Shansi was to be distributed amongst the Bannermen, and that lasting means were to be devised for their sustenance. Since the revolution in 1911, the men who formerly were the pick of China's army have found it difficult to live, owing to the suspension of the factories and workships which existed for their benefit, and the good offices of Yuan Shih-kai were solicited by Yen Hsi-shan, the General, and King Yung, the Governor of Shansi.
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