CHINA'S EVOLUTION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 3

CHINA'S EVOLUTION.

NANKING GOVERNMENT.

EMISSARY IN AUCKLAND.

SUPPRESSION OF BANDITRY.

Visiting New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands on behalf of the Kuomintang, is Mr. Yu Chun-Hsein, a young representative of the central executive of the Nationalist Government of China, which has its headquarters at the new capital, Nanking. He was in Auckland a few weeks ago and was the guest of countrymen, members of the party, at a banquet. He went to Fiji to gather data about the Chinese communities and territories for the reconstruction committee of his Government, and returned by the Aorangi yesterday.

Mr. Yu said that the north-east province of Manchuria, which had been in much turmoil in recent years, is now part of the Republic and is under the control of Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang, who supports the Government. The Government is still having trouble with the radical section in the south, but hopes to restore tranquility within a few months.

On the question of extra-territoriality, ministers of the various Powers were at present in Nanking. He believed the national conference in May would finally determine the rights of the Republic. Unequal treaties, on which extra-terri-toriality was based, would not last much longer, as there was no ground for the system, owing to the country being more settled and able to safeguard foreigners. The Chinese laws also had been codified.

Roads and Railways.

Steps were being taken to wipe out banditry, and, to facilitate these measures, highways and railways were being extended. The roads were under provincial governments. Railways were being pushed on north, south and west. The control of the Eastern Railway, a matter that had caused much strife, was being discussed between China and Russia at Moscow. Holding that the undertaking is essentially Chinese, China wanted to purchase Russia's interest in it.

The Nanking Government consisted of sixteen members administering five Departments — Legislative, Executive, Judiciary, Examination (like a Public Service Board) and a supervisory service affecting officials. The governing committee was elected by the Kuomintang, and not by the people. The party was educating the people in modern government, and, although the May conference would be the first step towards a unified constitution, it would probably be a few years yet before a National Congress was called to adopt a franchise.