The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-04-24
REPUBIroAN GOVERNMENT IN oHrNA.


President Of China has practically decided to take
the advice Of Prof. Frank to his country
cabinet like that Of the United States responsible TO the President
rather than to In coming this decision Chna
dent well advised Apart altogether from the question
mnisratiye expeency experience amply justified the Amer
lean governmental principle and shaken faith the belief
party cabinets
The president Of republic elected term Of years He
responsible to all the people instead of to party composing
sby but minority Of the people He pledges himself work
out certain policy certain policies and to institute
forms Given cabinet subject to his will and compelled
necessity to be loyal to his DESIRES government head assist
ed by helpful hands stretching accomplish the objects he has
the cabinet responsible to the parliament and but imperecty
under the control Of the president the work of the governing
frequently rendered aborive because the
against his paed by the mutations political
nterpary sentiment There is little promise stability
The cabinet subordinate directly responsible to the pre
dent is accordance with good democratic quasi
caDnet the majority for the time being
and limited FORM We have just significant of
the weakness Of this latter system.
In England Asquh and his colleagues Of the treasury benches
represent coalition bloc formed by "a the par
the Of the Liberals who sympahzed with the Chartists
and forced through the Reform bills of the early Victorian period
go the Gads9nian Liberals remned faithful when Lord
Harrington and Joseph over to the Tories in
1886 az the Scottish Low Church Liberals and the Non
conformst Liberals headed Chancellor David Lloyd George
90 The Labor party and 6 the Irish Nationalist headed by Mr.
Redmond They have majority in the House Of
they in hopeless and helpless minority the House Of Lords
being opposed by CD the Tories who nea the
political faith of the Lord Burgh Of Queen Elizabeth time
~ the mdr Conservatives of the brand Of Arthur Baou
Lord Burleigh actual nea blood descendants CD the bourgeois
of wealth and privilege eontrong
such those of Birmingham and the Dukeries
Liberals headed by Austen Chamberlain 5 their Tariff Re
form allies and 6 the Ulster unions headed BY Sir Edward
Carson Sitting the fence neither with against govern
ment William OBrien Cork Healy with "a small
but select sprinklng Of Cal l-For-Irelanders''
To the American observer party feeling In the House of
Commons Westminster battling style Chinese pz
the helm may Dr 'sS % sS se nst Il Ss to f
instance unless Mr. Asqth pacate the warning
liable to be summary thrown his cabinet
falls every large measure of political forced
he assumed becomes aborvea letter time of
the Asquth cabinet Of the coalition parliament and
OF the British people will have been the subj
Of the governing executive to the continually changing
Government business in the highest Governments should
be based upon busnessike principles. rnd m Vs st
The principle underlying the composition the AsquitR cabint
utterly unbusinek from democratic standpoint True it isl
idea Of limited monarchy The king merely gorifed figure
head His perogaves only be order be swift
y and most certainly curtaed But the president
democracy should not be fgurehead The President
United States is not fgurehead. 8k 2 MOI " t9AsI
through his cabinet through Just as the president of
great corporation would the affairs of corporation
gre provided by the Constitution exclusively with the lawma
the President his the responsible
certain in its operation but are geared
to make without unnecessary Of time
great educational institution Johns Hopkins Pres
dent Yuan Shhka is taking the possible China if
says:
es have been unstable that little any, progress been
made in the solution Of most important and pressing pro-
ems large part OF the trouble is to be found the attempt
the council and later OF the assembly to exercise strict control
over the actions of the executive t@% "I
What China need the present at any rate is
strong executive who should be permitted subject general
control to be exercised by the legislature the policy be
lowed to pursue that policy unhampered by
Stable government is what China needs Yuan policy makes
stable government In turning to
and the American plan for guidance Yuan Shhka
the great wisdom the true democracy Of this Moses
Of Cathay. tll 5sse