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Show How hl Treats lleUulters. A recent number of the l'ckln Oa-itlte, Oa-itlte, the oldest paper In the world, and fur 3.000 yeara tho oRlclal organ of the Chinese government, contains the following edict of tho emperor, Ttal-Tlcn "Wo havo received a memorial me-morial from Shin N'leu-ltu, governor of KUtigtl, denouncing the conduct of 1'len Yung-ch'un. ex-maglstralt of llslnganhstcn, Klangsl province, who, having retired from hla post, wat discovered dis-covered to be considerably In arrears In the payment of the taxe collected by him. When npplled to for the repayment re-payment of the tald taxet by tho pro-vlncltl pro-vlncltl treasury officials, the ex-insult-trale paid no hcwl to their domsnds. thawing a contempt for the law which ihould be punished. We hereby command com-mand that lire tald ex-mtglttratt be cashiered aud arretted and placed In Prison until he refund! the whole of bit IndebtrdnMi to the government Wa further command the governor of Yunnan, tha native province of the aeeused, to Investigate and confiscate any properties that may stand lu the accused's offlclal name In hit native or other towns lu Yunnan Let not the provincial treasury suffer through tbe dishonesty of tbe officials." |