RULE IN CHINA.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18241, 27 November 1924, Page 14

RULE IN CHINA.

PROVISIONAL GOVERN-

MENT. SYSTEM SET FORTH. (ft cable— P2ZSS ASSOCTATIOS—COPTHIGHT/ (sextteb's 7£im».lH3.) PEKLN'G, November 23. A mandate lias been issued proclaiming the new system of provisional government for the Republic of China 39 follows: (1) The Provisional Governmciit will have a chief executive who will have supreme control of civil and military affairs, also the navy and army. (2) The chief executive will act as the representative of the Republic in internationnl affairs. '3} T'-.p Provisional Government will have St ato Ministers to assist the chief executive in managing State affairs and all mandates and documents of the Provisional Government must be countersigned by State Ministers. (4) The chief executive will have the right to direct all State Ministers and to control the Ministers holding the following portfolios:—Foreign Affairs, Interior, Finance, War, Xavy, Justice, Education, Commerce,- Agriculture, and Communications.

(5) The chief executive will hare the right to command Ministers to hold Cabinet meetings. (6) The system will be carried into effect at the data of the proclamation, but will be declared null and void when a permanent Government is established.

A second mandate says that now that the Government has been estabr lished, the chief executive is obliged to accent the heavy responsibility of undertaking all political affairs awaiting settlement by the Government. Officials, civil - and military, in and out of Peking, must therefore, carry out their functions •with one accord in order to surmount difficulties.

A third mandate says the aim of the reorganisation efforts of the Provisional Government is to reform politics, and to bring a new era in the welfare of the people. The task is so great that it needs most careful handling, and, therefore, all existing laws, except those which are incompatible with the Provisional Government, or have been declared null and void' by the mandates, will continue in force. A fourth and last mandate issued by Tuan Chi-jui, announcing the assumption of the post of provisional chief of the executive, dec-lares he will do Sis best to' cope with the difficulties of the present situation and sincerely to meet the wishes of the people. He hopes officials and people will unite to pave the way for political purification.