Mandate Forbidding Militarists to Enter Political Parties Peking, May 2
The mandate issued last night, prohibiting those on active servi in the army from putting thei names on the rolls of political says that participation in forbidden to those in the and navy in all country of this nature ave been more than once since the!
ration of the Republic but} come to the knowledge of the Government that the practice of enrolling in political bodies is still {in existence among the militarists of China. The mandate therefore emphasizes that the duties of a soldier are merely to protect the country and the people.
Tt concludes by saying that any note this order will be liable
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.