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Show CHINA DREAKINO CHAINS. Imperial Edict at to Establishment of Parliament, Peking An Imperial edict wna Is-sued Is-sued Prlday nuthorltlng Prince Pu I.n, who vvat Chinese envoy nt tho St Louis exposition, and Sun Chi Anal, In co-operation with the grand touncll, to frumo resolutions for the establish- men! of a council of deliberation to nld the government so that the foundation foun-dation may lie laid for a parliament " Tho dowager empress nay that In tho establishment of a representative government for China the opinions of ill must bu considered, and though tho tipper nnd lower houses nre foundii lions of administration the thrnno It unable to establish them In Chlnu nt present Iloth Chung Chi Tung and uan Hhl Knl, since coming to Peking on their opiiolntment at grand councilor, havo nrgisl tho establishment of a con ttllutlonal form of government, recalling re-calling the fact that thla reform hna Ik en promised and that China and nil the rest of the world oxptct to eo It carried out Memorials lo tho throne from tbo highest ofllrlals throughout China continue to reurh PeklnK In Inrgo number, urging the throue to grant China a constitutional govern mnt. |