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and criminal procedure established. Po-
lice system completed.
Emil Constitution Granted in 1915


DIFFERENTIATION of full constitution
and the laws for the imperial clan. Par
liamentary rules and rules for parliamen.
tary elections. Budget for consideration
of parliament Reorganization of the Of
fetal system. Appointment of a prime
minister.
These changes are to be made under a
constitution which provides for limited
monarchy and follows very closely that
of Japan. with only such changes as are
necessary to conform to the peculiar con-
ditions OF China. 1t guarantees freedom
Of speech, of the press and OF the assem-
bly,. and gives the people the right to
make their own laws. subject to the ap-
prevail of the emperor.
In order to prepare the people for self
government a universal tree school syS-
lem has been adopted throughout the en-
pire, so that before the nine years OF
reforms have elapsed the people will be
fully Informed as to the significance and
the changes of government proposed.
Special Commission Sent Here.
The death of the emperor and empress
dowager WILL of course. make 1t necessary
for the commission now en- route TO this
country to assume mourning, to abstain
from all ceremonies and all social func-
tions and to confine themselves entirely
TO the business which brings them here.
Their mission primarily Is to express the
gratitude Of the Chinese government to
tine President and Congress Of the United
States for waiving the remainder of the
indemnity awarded 10 this government for
the Boxer troubles, and. seconoarily, to
study methods of administration in our
states and cities, with view of making
recommendations for the benefit of the
provincial and municipal departments of
China under the new regime. The chief
OF the commission Is Mr.. Tong Shaggy,
who came to this country thirty years ago
with Yung Wing and spent several years
at school in Connecticut and Massachu-
sets. Sir Chen-tung was also a member
of that party. Mr.. Tong has become one
Of the most important men in China and
has occupied many influential positions.
He has been a member OF the foreign Of
flee, was commissioner to settle with
Great Britain and India the relations with
Thibet: was afterward finance minister
for Pechiii. and has recently been gov
ernor of Mukden. including the provinces
which were devastated by the war be-
tween Russia and Japan. Mr.. Tong is
not only one OF the aDlest, but one of the
most progressive men in the empire, and
is the recognized head Of the movement
called China for the Chinese
He is accompanied by Mr. Chung Mum
yew. who spent several years IN Hashins-
ton as secretary of the Chinese lega ion.
and has since been Chinese consul general
at Manila and director of the government
railway at Shanghai He is a graduate
Of Yale, and is accompanied by three
other Yale men, among the eighteen high
officials from different executive depart
ments at Peking. who are instructed to
make Investigations into our system of To-
cal government. There are also fifteen
students in the party who will be placed
ia American universities. 1t Is the plan
OF the government to send 20 this country
10O students a year for the next four
Years. and after that fifty students year
indefinitely, to be educated. for Official
positions and responsibilities under the
new regime