at Nantao Nanking, May 11.
Chiang Ming-chi, the leader of attempted military coup d'etat Nantao about a month ago, executed here yesterday.
Tt will be recalled that Chiang Ming-chi organised "the Southeastern self-defence Army" and Planned to seize Nantao police mins, and eventually occupy Nantao'by armed force. He was however, seized by the Settlement lice who handed him over to the hanghai-Woosung garrison Head~ quarters, He was then brought Under military escort to Nanking on April 12 and. tried by a military court of the Ministry of War, finding. him. guilty of the charges against. him, Chiang Ming-chi was a native of jen province, and organised an association to support President Yuan Shih-kai in Japan, when Yuan Shih-kai attempted to become the Emperor of China, Ie was shot twice by political enemies, but never very seriously injured. in 1980 he was arrested by the authorities in Peking and imprisoned for several months, The following year he was again arrested in Nanking for exposing military secrets—Reuter.
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