General Invited to a Banquet then Seized and his Job Stolen rou Our OWN ConnrseonsexT
Luchow, Sze, Dee. 3.
For just over a year now Luchow das been in the hands of a brigadier. general named Li, one of general Lai Hsin-huei's: men. General Lai, who is still the nominal civil go" vernor of Szechuan has himself been here for a part of the time since he Was obliged to flee from his capital Jost spring. Sust across. the little iver from Luchow is a town called Little Market where another bri-madier-general, who. owes.noming) allegiance to Lai Hsin-linet has been stationed over since the Kueichow soldiers were driven from there in May. This brigadier, who a well known ex-robber chic? has Rot been content for some time to take the smaller amount of money which he could obtain from so small 8 place while his brother officer had the better pickings of the important commercial town of Luchow. Consequently general Li was asked to Be to some other place and let. him have his share of the better times. Li was willing to go, so report said, Dut the board of trade here was very, anxious to retain him because he ruled his troops well and during the whole year ho has been here he has never asked for a special levy. thas been extremely severe at tim Ju his punishments, taking men's Feads off at the least. provocation, Dut to do him Justice, he has tried to keep things straight and the Eeople in general were well satisfied with his rule knowing that it was ouch better than anything else in fight. "Thus encouraged Li stayed en and everyone hoped that he would be able to stay.
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