The following proclamation has bren issued by the Military Governor of Soochow:
Since the establishment of our Milit-through a bole i the already prepared. The General war seized and led off to summary execution at the east gate.
Almost simultaneously, the city war paraded by messengers bearing placards anvonncing that the city was in the us and bidding people to go on qi ly with their business.
The first proclamations were sary), seeing moreover that the mi throughout the province generally bad been supplied with a mere pittance of thirty cartridges mao, it does not seem that Mr. Ch'eng was at all onder-paid. But Mr. Ch'eog himself bad no thongut that be was overlaid. After a somewhat too free indulgence in drink, he bragged to such an extent thet Mr. Chiao decided to resign his place, A signed "T'an" and most resdere recog- council meeting lasting on till the nized aright the name of the President} mall hours of the morning failed to of the Provi Assembly, Mr. T'an] pot matters straight. Eventaslly Mr. is " comparatively young man of good! Ca' accepted a bribe of Tls. 10,000, been appointed for ration of different affairs. Now, the reforming of the old goveroment was necessary becanee of its corruption, The source from which its correption arose was not single; the most glaringly apparent one being that the officials lived in isolation, each bolding his own opinion.
Military Government is now 1d ably assisted of the tims, ion from each fatlies, bey aotybe entertained. The
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