Story of the Assassination of the Military; Governor of Dinner: Bodyguard Disguised as Servants Details are now available in Shanghai of the assassination Gen. Yang Teen-hsin, Military Gov fermer of Sinkiang. Rumours are Jiralating but these are gradually being dissipated.
Te appears from reports received that the affair occurred on duly 7 fat the graduation exercises of the Government Law School. The Tupan and other leading officials were invited to attend a tifim which was. served at the college in celebration of the occasion.
Arrangements were in the hands lot Mr. Fan Yao-nan, Commissioner of Foreign Affaire, who also is in Jeoncurren: charge of the Bureau of Military Afaine, Fan himself acted host and his personal bodyguard, 18 in all, assumed the rule of servants.
The Tupan was ushered three o'clock, accompanied by a Dodyguard consisting of a few junior officers and afew hundred troops. The troops were ordered 20 remain outside and, at the time of the murder, were powerless to protect their master.
"Almost as soon as the feast began, Fan's bodyguards opened fire on the Topan killing him' instantaneousls, his hend and his body being literally peppered with bal Others killed at the same were Gen. Tu Fah-yun, in. charge of a brigade, Col. Kao Lien+tau, a regimental commander, and three junior officers. Mr, Yeh Yue-san, Commbsioner of Industes, and Me. [Chen Ju-pin, Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, were wounded in the affray.
Following this cold-blooded mrs Jder, Fan went to the Tapan's yaméy Jand foreed one of the depart heads, Mr. Yang Chien-nan, to our render to him all the late Tuba official seals, following which issued several orders, one of which jealled Mr. Chin Shu-jen, chairman of the Political Council, to come to [the yamen and confer with him, and> the "other for the filling of' the purposes, 4 yamen with troops for protection
Mir. Chin, having received tits Jorder, declined to obey and, when jit was reported to him that' Tapan Yang and the other lenders had been asenssinated, he himself ixstied lorders to the loyal troops to attuek Fan's men, The troops, however, refused to obey orders, since: they had received mone from—thie superior officers, who, also, had been, murdered at the tiffin, Mr. Chin then called on Capt, Tu, son Gen, Tu (mentioned above), who commanded a battalion, to move: his: troops against the miutineers- and drive them out, Capt. Tu at_onco Jed his troops to the spot and' aucceeded in "illing 13 of Fan's body~ guard, Fan and five colleagues, including Yang 'Chin-nan, were captured' and executed after a summary trist the Provincial Executive Counolll Their coup was, therefore, not: off Jong duration. "Other arrests: and executions followed.
Meanwhile, Mr, Chin Shu-jem,, on 8, linted Chairman of vineial Government Jand Commander-in-Chief of the Sinkiang Force: thrilling all the passengers with a nameless dread.
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