CHINESE PARTIES COMPROMISE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 143, 30 March 1948, Page 3

CHINESE PARTIES COMPROMISE

Seats in National Assembly

SMALLER GROUPS’ CONCESSIONS

(N.Z.P. A.—Copyright). NANKING, March 29

After conferences all clay between Marshal Chiang Kai-shek and the leaders of minor Chinese political parties, a compromise settlement was reached in the election dispute, and the National Assembly will meet this morning. The minor parties compromised with the Kuomintang so as to allow the Assembly to meet.

The Young China Party accepted 200 candidates instead of the original figure of 280, while the Social Democrats compromised on 202 candidates instead of 260.

Up to midnight, 1253 delegates to the Assembly had registered, and 662 were on the way to Nanking. These numbers do not add up to a quorum, which is 2030, or two-thirds of the 3045 delegates in the full Assembly. However, it is expected that the inaugural meeting will be taken, to iron out the rest of the difficulties.

Ten popularly elected delegates who began a fact yesterday morning as a protest against Marshal Chiang Kai shek’s decision to relinquish their seats were still sticking to their prim ciples at midnight. These are “Inde pendent” Kuomintang candidates, wild are affected by Marshal Chiang Kaishek’s decision that party members “must place country before self.”.