Mandate Issued to Authorities to Restore Peace Nanking, Nov. 9.
In an official mandate issued yesterday, the National Government ordered the Szechuen provincial government to put the province in order immediately and to report to the Central Government, one month following the formal inauguration of the provincial government, as to what the body has accomplished during that time, Judging from the result of its work, the government will then decide what steps it will take for the settlement of affairs in Seechuen.
The members of the new provin-political council who had been, pointed recently by the government, were ordered officially to establish the provincial government in the immediate future so that the Present situation of almost complete anarchy in that region might he ended definitely. The thousands of troops under the various commanders in that province were said fo be of no use to the government the way of national defence and were considered to be only an important cause of the incessant figghting there. The Szechuen leaders were, therefore, instructed to dis-tand' their superfluous troops and eny expansion of army without the permission of the central government "was: forbidden. All the ar-serials established by the various commanders were ordered to be osed down.
In regard to civil affairs, the commanders were forbidden to appoint civil officials im their districts, the powers of appointing civil cfiicers belonging to the civil govcror of the province. All likin end any form of illegal taxation in the province, according to the mandate, was ordered to be abolish: ed. In the future only the government mint was to coin money in onder to prevent the circulation of "tad" coins in the market. Orders vere also given that all educational funds should be independent from the control of other administrations, and all judicial officers could only ko appointed of removed by the
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