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CHINA COMMITTEE, ON CONSTITUTION
 GATHERS IN PEKIN
pr. Frank J. GOodnoW of John
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Picking. Sept 161Members of the constitution drafting committee of ten named by the Chinese Senate to frame a permanent constitution for the re- public are gathering here for their first formal meeting. pr. Frank J. Goodnow, president of Johns Hop kins University and constitutional adviser to the President of China has been in frequent conferences with the committee, together with pr. w. F. Willoughby, formerly of the Prince ton University faculty. who has suc- ceeded pr. Goodnow as resident ad- wiser.
 Professor Nagao Ariga, the Japan csc authority on constitutional law who formerly acted as legal adviser to President Yuan Shi-kai, has resign ed his commission and will have no part in framing the new constitu tion- His resignation was voluntary. Chinese officials believe he had the welfare of the republic at heart and his recent criticism of Japan's demands upon China eudeared him to the promin- favor at home However, he was thoroughly in sympathy with the ideas of intense standardization em- bodied in the Japanese constitution and the feeling is so bitter against everything Japanese that Chinese opinion, as shown in the press, is thoroughly against any Japanese in- fuence or ideal in the making of the new constitution.
 Li Chi-chu, who heads the consti- tuition drafting committee, was for mer president of Picking University and served as minister to Japan
 Wang Yung-pao, who is probably the best known man on the commit tee. is minister to Belgium and is now Wang was educated in Japan and has lived abroad many years.
 Another member of the commit tee known to Europ is Wang Shih- chen, formerly attached to the Chinese legation in London. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in England
 DE- Yen F'uh is the most famous scholar, perhaps, on the committee He was educated at Greenwich Naval College, and was one of the first stu dents sent to England. At present he is about so years old and has achiev- ed fame i'm China through his transla- ton into Chinese of Mills Logic, Here bert Spencers Education, many works on sociology and internati onal law. He was dean of the Naval College at Tfentsin for many years. He is master of practically all the modern languages in general use and has also translated scores of European novels into Chinese.
 The oldest member of the init tee is Dr. Ma Lang who is 75. He was formerly a Cath o1ic priest and re- ceived his education in Europe He established Chen Tan College; prom inent Catholic institution in Shang- hai and has been semi-off1cia11y con- nected with the government in dipIo- mAtic negotiatic11s for many years. Practically all the other mem bers of the com1nittee have no knowIedge of any other language excepting Chinese and have not been under foreign in2 nuence
 It is expected that the new consti- tution will be completed by the end of the present year when it will go to the Senate for it's approval After the Senate passes the consultation it l is to be submitted to a citizens cons ference which the president will con yoke After the conference has ap- proved the constitution the president will s.promu1gate and enforce,' it. l Meantime there is to be a publicity as to the terms of the new constitu- ton. A warning has been issued by they are not to diyulge any of the l terms of the new document until it i becomes the official constitution Of l the republic.
 At present China is governed by the president under a.reyised prov1s- ional consultation prepared by a pro- visionaI constitution conferences Power is so thoroughly centralized in i the president under this constitution I that Chinese newspapers in all sec 1 tlons of the country are finding fault 1 with the t.one-man'' government and urging that the permanent consti-s tuition shall decentralize power The recent crisis, when Japan was mak- ing demands upon China, is cited by many papers as an illustration of the folly of having a, president who is all powerful Because of the centraliza- ton of power Japan is alleged to have l been able to tell President Yuan Shi- l kai he, and he alone. was the Chinese { government and must give an irnrne- | diate answer to it's demands. z This comment from the Pekine Daily Gazette is typical of the atti- tude of the Chinese press on the con- stitution drafting: 'sWe are on the ], eve of settling the great rules that shall secure national stability and do- nestle peace in China It may not i be out of place tos transcribe here the words of two profound jurists, who I at the end of joint study of the1 greatest of British constitutional I 1ocunhe Magma Charta-declar ] With all it's faults this document rightly becomes sacred text. the near sst approach to an irrepealable fun 1amenta1 statute that England has ever had. In brief it means this the king is and shall be below the E law, ,''
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