Mr. Wen Shih-tsen, Civil Commissioner of Nanking, Appointed in His Place: Rain of Mandates from Peking Putting in chibli Officials President Tsao Kun has issued a. series of appointments in a mandate dated October 4, which have for their object the cashiering of off.
favourable to the opponents of the Chihli Party or the punishment of Chibli_ men suspected of dis-Among the appointments, was that of Mr. Wen Snih-tsen to act concurrently as Superintendent. of Customs at Shanghai and Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Kiangsu _Provinee with headqu: ters at Shang!
Mr. Wen is the present Superintendent of Customs and Commis ioner of Foreign Affairs at Nan.
ud is one of the closest poli advisorwof Marshal Chi Hsieh-yuan. He attended the Washington Conference as a member of the i He came into Promience because of his ties during the Lincheng when he went into the bandit camp to assist in obtaining the release of foreign captives.
He is a member of the National Committee of the Y.M.CA. Previous to taking his position at Nanking, Mr. Wen was Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Hangchow and later served with General Li Hsun in Nan-by Chang Chien, It is known that Civil Governor Han Kuo-chun of Kiangsu plans to establish his authority over civilian affairs in this part of Kiangsu irrespective of the success or failure of the military arms of Kiangsu. His attitude has always been that all civil officials have to report to him, to render accounts for funds, ete, and that all officials failing todo 60 dare criminally negligent and are to he dismissed. He was, however, unable to enforce his will because of the military power of General Ho Feng-lin, several officials remaining posts in Shanghai after the Civil Governor had requested Peking to cashier them. The Defence Com-vil authority: in the prevention and suppression of rebellion. The three most important civil officials are the Police Commis. sioner, the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs and the Taoyin. When Mau Kuo-liang, the Police Commissioner, was assassinated, ivil Governor Han appointed his successor who was not permitted to take office because of the opposition of General Ho Feng-lin. This mary cutises of chang. Owing to the peculiar political position of Shanghai, Mr. Wen has for some years been in the. habit of coming to Shanghai to discuss Kiangsu affairs directly with the Consular Body without such matters passing through the office of the local Commissioner of For-
'Mr. Wen in' Shanghai Wen Shih-tsen is at _present in Shanghai, but has not yet taken up the duties of his office.
Other important appointments in the Presidential Mandate of Oct. 4 eign Affairs.
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