The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-06
LONG TERM LIKELY
FOR PRESIDENT
Or CHIN
Ten Year Period with Eligible
ity for Further T~ncumbency,
Considered by Provisional
Constitutional Conference.

tAsuociatod Press correspondence.l
Picking. Jan. s.--A ten-yeaf term
% office FOR the president Of China.
with eligibility 20 further terms. -
she principal feature OF the new clcc-
ton Law passed BY the provisional
constitution conference. IN n cover
Ing note published va the ipw tae
conferences declares that china cam
not be subjected to n dangers ana
alarms n frequent presidential eloe-
tiona.
other features % the law are;
That the president shaii be a male
citizen OF the republic Therefore not
necessarily a Chinese), nc least 40
years or age; and that he shall have
resided In China for a period OF
twenty years.
That at the time Of the prcsldcn-
thai election the president shall cnrc-
fully aud revefently nominate three
persons from whom his successor.
must be chosen.
That the electoral college shall he
composed q, fifty members OF each
house, the ~ IA Yuan and the Tean
ChenR Yuan. the members being
elected by ballot amongt- themselves
That the election shall take piac
in pcklns.
That he eiestorai colles may vote
sar the reelection OF the president
az well as for the candidates he nom
mates.
That there shall be an attendance
~ t~hree-fourth OF the membership
and q vote OF two-thirds OF those
present IN ordes TO elect.
That when the year " election ar
rives, should the members Of the
Tsan ChcnR Yuan (the senate) con
president may be reelected for an-
other term by q two~thirds majority
OF the Tsan chcng Yuan without q
formal election"
The Picking Daily News says
Frankly. the law Is not Republican,
as the term Is understood abroad. but
u II Chinese. And the Chinese who
legislate for China may be trusted To
know what Is best for the country
during It's trnusition stage. what
ever may be It's Cthe law's) defect.
l Il has to be conceded that II has been
designed TO meet the peculiar needs
OF china
Wisconsin Heirs Get $4,000.
! The Chinese government has grant-
ed the sum Of $4,000 TO the heirs
l of Bert "a. Hicks OF Oshkosh. wis,
and 10 Albert \. sheldon n Philip
Holman. These Americans were
\ teachers In the Chinese college OF
chentu IN the interior province oi
Szechwan. and while on q journey
down the Yant1e Kiang we're at
tackled by river pirates. Hicks was
i killed. sheldon permanently and IIof-
man slightly injured. Twenty-Five
thousand dollars goes TO the heirs of
Hicks. 100000 Go sheldon and $1,000
\ TO Hoffman, who II now back again
teaching in rhenEtu. The Chinese
government has paid this compensa-
tion In order To demonstrate It's In
%tention To protect foreigners who ae-
cept positions under Il ana come 70
China.
Auto SuppIants Picking Cart.
1 The motor car mas az last come 10
Picking. taking the place with chi
nese officials Of the old Picking cart.
only q few poorer Manchu families
now ride In tho cart. without which
no government official OF the late re-
gime dared 10 be. PlcturesquencEs
4 has gone. for the modern motor car
does not permit 'he retlnue OF robcd
outridors On little. l~ong-uaned Mon
Rol ponies. only h presidents mo
tor ear h now escorted by mounted
men, and they wear modern military
uniforms. The escorts OF other off,
cials ~ on the footboards OF IN,
motor cars. ON the occasion OF IN,
recent visit OF u prominent generu
To Peking these escorts carried re-
I yOlVers In their hands.