A Quarrel that Ends in Arrest Members: Uproar in Northwest Peking, Aug. 5.
It will be remembered that the Shensi Provincial Assembly reported to the Government. indignantly last week regarding the alleged illegal aryest of members of the Kansu Provincial Assembly.
The Lanchow Assembly has now telegraphed to the Government saying that although the Chairman had been released Mr. Ma Cheng-sheng, a member, was still in custody. These arrests nad been effected by the order of Mr. Pan Ling-kou, Civil Governor.
The Assembly asks the Government to order the release of Mr. Ma and the punishment of the Kansu Procurator, who is officially responsible for the arrests.—
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