Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-06
ASKS CHINESE
FOR IMPROVED
GOVERNMENT
Lengthy Message Asks People
to Take Control of
Parliament.

SHANGHAI, China. May 6.-With the
students Of China declaring that Pekin
officialdom does not represent the people
OF China; with DR.. Sun Vat Sen leading
the forces Of Canton against the armies
Of Pekin, and the bankrupt government,
unable to meet its loans, Hsu Shin Chang.
president, has issued an appeal to the
people OF China to take control Of the
government through Parliament and by
IN expression Of public opinion.
The appeal has been sent out In
lengthy circular telegram addressed TO
the military and civil authorities Of the
various provinces.
Then years have elapsed since the es-
tablishment OF the Chinese Republic, and
more than three years since my election
to the Presidency" says President Hsu-
The events which took place during this
period are all Of such difficult and com
plicated nature that 1t Is painful for one
to recount them.
with age and feebleness falling upon
me, what other motive did 1 really have
by shouldering the serious and difficult
tasks of state at a time Of turmoil and
disorder than my mere illusion that
might do something for the people and
country that has impelled me TO do my
duty without hesitation7 1t is, however.
contrary to my wish and hope that the
years have gone by while l am still I'M
able to achieve my object. and the con-
dition OF the country is growing more
and more chaotic and precarious.
sUFFERINGs
ARE GREAT.
an the last ten years the losses to
the country and the sufferings OF the
people have been exceedingly great and
innumerable. For instance, the repeated
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recent years have certainly caused ire
mendOus military expenses; the excessive
borrowing Of foreign loans has proved
highly detrimental to the Nations finance
and economy; and the stagnation of
commerce and industry and the neglect
of education of the cpuntry's youths have
simply deprived the country of Its indus
trial and educational development and
fruitful results.
During recent years the Ave south
eastern provinces have severed relations
with the central government, and OBJ
servers of China are always in the habit
of pointing out the disunion of the coun,
try, whereas actual facts, in my opinion,
indicate just the otherwise. 1t is to
be observed that communications between
the north and the south have not received
any hindrance or molestation; the people
have Travelled to and fro freely; mer-
chandise has been transported hither and
thither without ban or embargo and the
systems Of law and education have con.
tinued to exist side by side without any
difference or change From these facts
it is self evident that the disunion OF
the country now existing is not the com
mon wish and desire Of the people. Since
it is not the idea of the people, 1t is
OF Il hat ba--
PEELED to tolerate 1t under a state of
war?
DISSENSION
OYER QUESTIONS.
was not the secession Of the Ave
southwestern provinces caused. at the
beginning, by the question of the Par
lament? The serious dissension over
this question caused a considerable gulf
in the ouinions of the country. There
fore, in October Of last year l issued an
order restoring into force the law gov
eraing the election of members to Parlia-
ment, both promulgated in the first year
Of the republic, and under their pro-
visions another Parliament was to be CON
voked, in the hope that the difference Of
opinion thus caused might be removed
and the country be reunited.
"Such a step was then considered in
some quarters as most extraordinary, but
being DESTROYS Of immediate unification
of the country, I did not hesitate to take
it. I have hoped that after the Parlia-
ment comes into session 1t will be able TO
represent The majority opinion Of the peo-
pie in the determination Of the nations
policy in the selection Of the wise aud
the able in public service, and In the
framing of the national constitution, to
the end that great deeds may be
achieved by the country and that govern
ment and politics may travel In their
proper orbit.
NOW, those who advocate the system
Of t,ss federation Of provinces have no