Capital Sentences to be Reviewed by Headquarters Nanking, Aug. 23.
As is the case with any military regime, the hand.of justice, under the system of martial law, strikes quickly and mercilessly, and in this respect the Nationalist military Fauthiovities have proved themselves [to be no exceptions. However, seaizing that repeated summary' exe-Jeutions of such nature might lead to a none too careful consideration gravity of meting out capital punishment on the part of the. and in view cords or reports of these summary punishments have been filed with the [General Headquarters by the vari-lous army commanders and defence Jcommissioners, thereby rendering it impossible for the highest auth-Jority of the Government to prevent the abuse of this sovereign power: entrusted to it by the people, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek has "issued an lorder, dated August 9, to all military authorities, instructing them to submit all judgments of capital punishment to General Headquarters for sanction before the judgments can ibe executed. A all translation.of Gen, -Chiang's lorder is as follows:
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