Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-28

tiihg Of the year - !.
aWill the constitution provide fol
woman suffrage r. he was asked.
mo, twill not he answered.
Relative to his work as legal adyis
Ter 10 the Republic of China, Dr.. Good
now said he was asked to compile q
Hist OF recomme atidns as TO what he
believed would be well to incorporate
Fin the new constitution, which, he add
Jed. is revision and Improvement oi
the present one: i'll, y. H.. 81
Il can't give out what reeommenda
tions / made said Dr.. tGoodnoW With
) smile. THAT win be done by the
committee" :. 5< ). a Z. ss} ii
nchiia Is not 4 real republic in the
American sense OF the word, 2 he stat,
ed, because OF the fact that II has nc
legislature. Under the present consti.
tuition. the LEGISLATIVE body ls appoint.
led by the president not elected. s"
Asked II this means the new cefisti.
tuition viii provide for election OF q
-iegislatiye body sinh liar to the two
iiotises Of CONGRESS. Dr. G6oIheHs
smiled an enigmafieal smile, neither
affirming NOR denying the reporters
guess. -
Thefe has been an active move
ifieht III China, headed by Yang Du.
FOR the reestabl islinnent OF monarch;
cal form OF government" said Dr.
Goodnow. sbut Yuan Shih-Kai in al
his public addresses has repeatedly
said he would not accept the imperial
crown even II it were offered him.
! In view OF the fact. thar this morn
ing's Associated Press dispatches
state that Yuan Shih-Ka al has decide
10 let the constitutional convention dc,
eide whether China will adopt tht
form or remain a rcpub.
lie, it would appear that he haf
changed his mind since DR.. Goodnev
left The doctor would not comment
on the despatch .-..:...
Dr.. Goodnow was decidedly emphat
ic in his opinions concerning the Ell.
feet of the Seamen's Law. There, is
great difficulty in China in gettins
ships he said. THE Pacific Mails
withdrawal has created heavy freight
congestion In the Orient, and the con
dition is growing worse. "a. l..
while | haven't studied the Sea I
mems Law thoroughly, my opinion IL
to 1t. If we want to builf
up an American merchant marine, We
shall have to grant subsidies to Ameri
can lines to enable them to compete
on an equal basis with foreign crews !
The Seamen's Law has simply wiped
out our merchant marine ON the Pa
cific. To my mind; the act. has not
helped the American merchant marine
one BIT, "a. q. &C. 81. 4. ....,,ss /, ..
Dr. GogdnnW said that id his. FIRST
stay in China as legal adviser to the |
Republic he spent Is months there
This time he stayed seven weeks ad-
visiiig the e0nstitutio nal drafting com
mittee. I've been away On yacs /
Lion,"" he said, "and now rim going !
back to Johns Hopkins University to-
30 10 work q. il :. Ss4 : ssha.a..
The eminent educator was shown
press Clipping iii which he denied. II
he Picking Gazette. interviews in Chi
1ese papers in, which he was quotef
Is saying that he. favored China's re
urn to a mpnarchical form of govern
11ent. DR.. Goodnow refused to. com 4
nent on the clipping, which state
hat he said the views attributed tc
lin were, fabricated by persons wht /
attempted to Great circumstances ia
Yorable. for the adoption of. fnonar
:hical form Of government at the ex i
,ense of the American adviser"
DIR, and Mrs. -GcodnoW and theiI
will. resume their toyag'
omorrow on the Manchuria.