AFFAIRS IN CHINA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18624, 4 August 1922, Page 5

AFFAIRS IN CHINA

PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLES spur OYER CANTON. Pmm Aseooiatioo—By TelogTsph-K/opyrifhV PEKIN, August 1. After an interval of several years, the Chinese Parliament has re-assembled. The Chairman, addressing the House of Representatives, exhorted members to vote and act honestly and fearlessly. _ One of the most important tasks, he said, would be forming the Constitution. The Parliament, elected in 1917, and reconvened to-day, took up business pending when the body dissolved. _ The draft of the Parliamentary Constitution is expected to be an early item for discussion. A split between the southern and northern factions quickly developed over the establishment of the Canton Government.— Reuter. SUN TAT-SEN DEFEATED. HEAVY UST OF CASUALTIES. CANTON, Angnst 2. Chen Chiung-Ming’s forces defeated Sun Yat-sen’e troops, driving them _ out of Chinchow. They captnred 2000 rifles, 21 machine-guns, and nine cannon. Sun Yat-sen lost 3000 men in killed, wounded, and captured.—A. and N.Z. Cable, ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTION. PARLIAMENT AND PRESIDENT IN ACCORD. PEKING. Angnst 2. Cabinet announced that Parliament and President Yuan Hung were completely in accord over the adoption of a Constitution similar to that of the United States. The right of each province to maintain its own Assembly will be recognised, thus meeting the Southern Provinces’ demand for provisional autonomy.—A. and N.Z. Cable.