Proclamation Granting Amnesty for Submission Mujden, Mar. 15.
Having signally failed to subside the "Big Swords" by force, the authorities now seem bent on a policy of compromise.
The Superintendent of the East-em Frontiers has issued a proclamation granting amnesty to all who submit, promising those between 20 and 40 years of age en-Tistment in the army and those between 40 and 00 yours assistance in starting a new life as farmers or craftsmen, 'Those who persist im opposing the authorities are threatened with drastic punishment, and for the capture of any of th spiritual or secular leaders of the movement a Prize of $100,000 and 350,000 respectively, has been' offered, ~Ex-Prefect Yuan Pochsin of Linkiang, who, Uy order of the Taiyuanshuai, was to be sent to Mukden for execution on the charge of complicity with the insurgents; has Jmanaged to escape from Linkiang to Korea by the aid of a local Japanese. Acting Civil Governor Kean has requested the Taiyoansthuai to negotiate with the Japanese Minister, Mr. Yoshizawa, for his
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