The Archive · 1928

French Seaman Condemned

Two Sailors of Jules Michelet Guilty of Attempted Murder During the night of July 121% two sailors on board the French man-o-war Julex Miche to kill Lieut. Lor pay master, with the idea of obtaining possession of the money which the ofoer kept in safe, two men, Cheval, a steward in the oflcert mone and Gath electrician, were arrested and Lrought before a court-martial which sat on duly 27 and after a Jong trial found both the men Cheval has been sentenced to death and Gauthier will go to hard labour for twenty year Asa result of the representations of local Szechuanese residents, Gen.

Ta-chun, the Gendarmerie Commissioner, has ordered the eonnents of Munitions, have come from Ge tended for Gen, Liv Hsiung, Szechuan to be confiscated. It be recalled that one vessel was said to have had on board some 3,000 rifles, a number of gun and field ind 3,000,000 rounds of am-In this connection, it is of interest to note that the Szechuanese people have asked the Consular Body to prevent further shipments of munitions to Chinese mil-wrists from their respective countries.

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