Tuli Yang Sen has just promulgate order abolishing the "Chen Fang Si Ling" department, This is the military department that has had charge of the City gates for many years. They mount the military guard for the gates, inspect all the produce und goods coming going out of the city, assisting the Customs officers to levy taxes and often making a further levy for themselves, Since Yang Sen has been in power this military department has been a general nui joe. Usually effictont and effective on quelling local irregularities, the Tuli seems to be tunable to deal with this nuisance at the Gates. Recently throe reports. were made to Tuli Yung by Mr, Combe, complaining that servants of foreigners were beings abused at; the gates and in some cases their baggage confiscated. Feeling that he had given the department every chanco to make good, Yang finally decided that the ely would be better without. it and peremptorily issued the order ioned above which was quickly 0 effect, Now the city police man the city gates and are doing it very efficiently, with two or three police in place of the platoon bust with bayonets that formerly interfered with everybody's busi ness. Police-Inspector Wa Kai-rub has. been promoted Brigadier Ge! eral, to enable him to exercise the necessary authority over the soldiers, und he has appointed extra police deputies. arrived back in the provincial capital fon August 80 after his long consular wip to Tachienla and the Tibetan border. He reports a quite summer. Gen, Chen Hsia-lin is) back on the order, although Gen. Lan Chin-chih a strong contender for the Commissioner ship. Gon, Lan is the chief Lieutenant of Lin Vu-chin, and his troops are better equipped tha of Chen.
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