Customs and Tobacco Superintendenci Defence Commissioner's Post Abolished The commanders of the Kiangsu-Chekiang United Armies have appointed the following officials for Shanghai:
Mr, Tao Chia-yno, Tupan of the: Rehabilitation of Shanghai; Mr. Sung Tze-yuan, Assi Tupan and Superintendent of Customs; General Ho Chun-lin, Director of the Wine and Tobacco Bureau; Mr, Wen Shih. sponsibility for any loans in this According to the Chinese Press a Teward of $10,000 has been offered by the Commanders-in-Chief of the Kiangsu-Chekiang Allied Army for the arrest of Gen. Chang Yuan-ming, the ex-Defence Commissioner, and $5,000 for the arrest of Mr. Li Shou-tz, former Commissioner of Police and Shanghai District Magistrate, who is said to have been the power behind the throne during. Gen. Chang's reign locally.
Gen. Ma Lien-cha, former Tuli of Mr. Hsu Ping-chu, Director of the Provincial Telegraph Administra. tion.
Mr. Tao Chia-yao is a civil official who had served as a magistrate during the Ching Dynasty and was at one time Salt Taotai in Tientsin, He was appointed Civil Governor of Kiangsi but did not take office. He I Director-General of the Com-
Army, and has assumed his ort.
The temporary headquarters of the Chekiang Army have been established, we understand, at the Shanghai South Station.
Col. Wang Ku-pang, Commissioner of Shanghai and Woosung. Police, has ordered his men to be on the look-out for looters and common ial port of Kiukiang. He is an. appointee of Marshal Chi. Mr. Sung Tze-yuan"is business man who has been closely associated with Marshal Sun Chuan-fang.
The position of Defence Commissioner is abolished and whatever troops are in Shanghai are under ithe direct command of commanders of the Kis Chekiang United Armies expected that all troops will be removed from Shanghai When Marshal Sun Chuan-fang comox to Shanghai the question of the removal of the Arsenal will be taken up. It is understood that an agree-and 0 shoot them-down if, ry. Any arms or ammunition thrown away by the defeated troops and found are to be handed over to him in order that. they may not fall into the hands of thieves und robbers. Col. Wang ix trying to borrow money to pay. jis men's wages.
The Chinese Police are reported to have captured a number of, soldiers in, Nantao found looting, and these have been handed over to the military authorities.
Efforts are being made to bring' about an alliance between the Kuomintang and the commanders Army, states the ment can be reached on this question but the Arsenal ix the property of the Ministry of War an is dificult to effect such removal, which involves the expenditure of huge sum of money, without the insent of the Ministry, which would ultimately have to assume re-
A number of Fukienese troops, together with a fairly large con: signment of arms and ammunition, which included 650 rifles and 20 machine guns, were sent to Hangchow on Tuesday for Gen. Sun's army.
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