The Archive · 1928

Peking Political Council

Three Principles to be Taught and Hair to be Bobbed Peking telegrams to the "Sinwanpao" state that the following rosel tions have been passed by the Peking Political Couneil:—

That li public meetings and td be prohibited until provincial capital of july be Temaved to Peking; People's Prin ciples should be taught in all schools and call cara aas college should be entalisheds oeoat antic agitates 7. That public lectures should be sce py ort of the Government Council, the! Chief-of-Staff of the Army, and the Commanders of the Ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Group Armies. Their duties would be to formulate a disbandment scheme, determining the number of soldiers and military expenditure, and dividing the country into a definite number of military districts. The project would then be submitted to the Government for promulgation and enforcement.

The disbanded troops, continues General Chiang's memorandum. shall be employed for road construc. tion, river conservancy,—afforestation, colonization and development of mines, 'The expenses incidental of the bandment of so many troops, may' be inet by floating a domestic Military Rehabilitation Loan of from £0 to 50 million dollars.

The following scheme of the military division of the country also included in General Chiang's memorandum:

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