Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-02 | Page 7 | President of China Delivers Address

t PRESIDENT OF CHINA I DELIVERS ADDRESS Crjes Members of Parliament to Take I Up Nonpartisan and Constructive Con-structive Work. FIXING. Cfcina. Aug. 1. Parliament ' wis vor.venee today. It was attended by ; Celsius. 100 more than was neces-"j neces-"j .7 :-:r a quorum. President Li Yuan H.?. a:;er taking- the oath, addressed :i- legators. urging1 them to Imme-! Imme-! ii:?iv take up nonpartisan and reeon- i r.r::::ve work. The president, who was "i cc: ac-:opc.nied by a police guard, wore - iij-oprar. civilian attire. After hearing i ir's'.'fent's speech parliament ad- : . f joe.i incer.r.liely. It probably will be , Ve.oive-ed within two weeks if party dif-" dif-" fr?r?:es can be reconciled. Tar.g Siio Yi. the minister of foreign rTsirs. is at Shanghai and refuses to ic:;e to Peking to take over the foreign :':": :e t he tab i n e t ha s been a p - ppr-ved by parliament. The Kuo Min j T:.e, or radical party, Is endeavoring to rake Tans Sr.ao Yi the premier, retir-the retir-the present prime minister, Tuan Chi lo the vice prcsLlency. This the I j.'-T1" party is unwilling to sanction. . The ETvernrr.ea: funds have become ex-a ex-a c-i a bitter factional fight t t"itr.s to delay their renlenishrnent. xi :