The Archive · 1925

Peking Takes Steps to Move Arsenal

Abolition of Shanghai Defence Government therefore instructs the Shanghai Chamber to supervise the suspension of work at the Arsenal, jand arrange regarding the employees pending definite arrangements for; the removal of the Arsenal.

Commissionership and Troops to Go Peking, Jan. 15.

The third mandate will notify that henceforth no troops will be hai, and no ion permitted The Cabinet this morning resolved to issue four mandates. The first will abolish the Military Commissioner ship of Shanghai.

The second will say that the Government has received requests from the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce for the retioval of the Shanghai Arsenal, which. is @ constant source. of trouble, and the The fourth mandate will appoint General Sun Yueh as Chief Commissioner for bandit suppression Kansu, Shensi and Honan, with General Kan. Vu-kun as his chief assistant.

The mandates, which the of above are brief outline, will probably be issued to-night Renter's Pacific Service,

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

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