The Archive · 1927

THE EXECUTION OF PI SHOU-CHEN

Shot by Chu Vu-pu Though!

Excused by Chang Chung-chang Peking, Apri, 7.

The report that General Pi Shou-chen has been executed is confirmed, It appears that when he saw Marshal Chang Chung-chang at Pengpu, the latter was willing to condone his loss of Shanghai, in connexion with which General Pi has been accused, of treachery and parleying with the] South. Genera) Pi returned to Tsinanfu, where General Chu Vu-pu is reported to have insisted that} the matter should be treated drastic. ally. He had General Pi and the! commandant of his bodyguard shot. It is possible that Marshal Chang Chung-chang connived at their execution, General Pi's guards, numbering 800, are being di rmed.—Reuter,

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