'A mandate issued here last night mentions the receipt of a petition from General Wang I-tang, praying [that he should be relieved from the post of Civil Governor of Anhui.
'The mandate, after dwelling on General Wang Itang's past: meritorious services, says that his resignation from the Tupanship already has been accepted, but the Government relies on him' to purify the local administration and he is, therefore, directed to remain on the alert as Civil Governor and not to insist on resigning-—Reuter's Pacific
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