The Archive · 1922

Lapses of His Predecessor

From Our Own Correspondent — Kaifeng, Ho., May 29

I have already addressed one letter to your readers on the subject of Feng Vu-hsiang, the new Goverror of this province, and the things he is doing and proposing to do, but I really need no apology for sending this second letter on the same subject, for he and his doings are easily the very first, any almost the only, topic of discussion these days.

The former Governor had surrounded himself by what may be classed "a Tamanny Gang," and so the first duty of Feng has been to clean out this gang. Thus there has been a pretty clean sweep of former officials from the most important of the provincial and city offices. The most flagrant of the old offenders, ave being held in custody, till. they can give a satisfactory account of their office affairs.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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