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Show ! REVOLUTION IN CHINA j APPARENTLY SUCCESSFUL I The recent revolution in China has ! apparently been very successful, inas-! inas-! much as a reorganization of the whole 1 government is promised. ' The national assembly last Friday completed a draft of the basis on which j it proposes to construct the new con-' con-' stition of China. It was submitted to j the throne and accepted immediately. The tentative plan provides for the perpetjity of the Manchu dynasty but ' the power of the emperor is closely restricted re-stricted by the constitution, which is to be written by the national assembly and subject to amendment by parlia-i parlia-i merit. i The imperial princes are made in-j in-j eligible to the offices of premier, mam bers of the cabinet and administrators j of the provinces. The draft follows: 1. The emperor shall rei jn forever 2. A person of the Ta-Chin dynasty (the great pure dynasty, the same being be-ing the name adopted by the ruling family), shall be emperor inviolable. 3. The power of the emperor shall be limited by the constitution. 4. The order of succession to the throne shall be prescribed by the constitution. con-stitution. 5. The constitution shall be drawn up and adopted by the national assembly and will be promulgated by the emperor 6. The po-ver ot amending the constitution con-stitution shall belong to parliament. 7. The members of the upper house shall be elected by the people from among thjse particularly eligible. 8. The parliament shall elect and the emperor shall appoint the premier, who will recommend the other members of the cabinet, who also shall be appointed ap-pointed by the emperor. The imperial princes will be ineligible for the offices of premier or members of the cabinet or administrative heads of the provinces 9. If the premier, when impeached by parliament does not dissolve parliament parlia-ment he must resign. One cabinet shall not be allowed to dissolve parliament parlia-ment more than once. 10. The emperor shall assume direct control of the army an 1 navy, but when this power is used in connection with internal affairs the emperor shall observe special conditions to be decided decid-ed upon by parliament. 11. Imperial decrees connot be issued is-sued ta replace the law except in the event of urgent necessity; in which case they may be issued in accordance with special conditions. 12. International treaties shall not be concluded without the consent of barliament but a treaty for the conclusion con-clusion of pea:e or a declaration of war may be made by the emperor if parliament parlia-ment is not sitting.the approval of parliament to be obtained afterwards. Ordinances in connection with the administration shall be settled by acts of parliament. 13. In ca3e the financial budget fails to receive approval of parliament the government may not act upon the budget bud-get of the previous year nor may items of expenditure not provided for in the bndget be appended thereto. The gov -ernment shall not adopt extraordinary financial measures outside the budget. 14. Parliament shall fix the expenses of the imperial household and 'any increase in-crease or decrease therein. 15. Regulation in connection with the imperial family must not conflict with the constitution. 16. The two houses shall establish the machinery for the administration of th court. 17. The emperor shall promulgate the decisions of parliament. I 18. The national assembly shall act on articles 8, f, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, and ; 18, until the opening of parliament. I |