Gen, Wen Head of Military Court: Full Powers of Capital Punishment General Y. H. Wen, Commissioner of General Affairs inthe new Municipality, has been appointed the head of the Military Court which takes over the prisoners from the 'Mixed Courts who are to be punichthe Chinese authorities, This Court has full powers of capital punishment, General Wen is a graduate of West College, the military college of the American Government, and has a wide administrative' experience. He was Commissioner of Police in Harbin and of the Chinese Eastern Railway. He ig a nephew of Mr. Wen Tsung-yao, well known in Shanghai and formerly amban to Tibet.
It is interesting to note that neither Marshal Sun Chuan-fang nor Dr. V. K. Ting was personally acquainted with General Wen when he was appointed to his present position. They both met him for the first time at the reception given on Thursday at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. The appointment was made on the basis of Mr, Wen'a record in Manchuria,
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