Evening star., 1933-01-27

embassy ofdcial whom questioned was
reluctant to discuss the contents Of the
petition, but he admitted that such q
document had been received and that 1t
contained q request that Pu-N be
made Emperor.
learned from Chinese sources that
q group Of Chinese delegates supposedly
representing Chambers Of Commerce in
various Manchukuo cities had iQH-
neyed to the capital at the requestHf q
certain high Chinese official who was
sponsoring the monarchist movement.
On their arrival, according to my In
formant, they were told that the mon
archist movement was not favored by
the majority of the Manchukuo oficials
and they received expense money and
were sent home. was unable to verify
this report in its entirety.
/ When questioned Pu-yi about the
monarchist movement, he replied that
he had not been informed of 1t directly,
but that he had read references to 1t
IN the newspapers.
Il have taken the position Of chief
executive of Manchukuo," he declared,
Ito work for the welfare Of the people.
The ultimate form Of the government
cannot be decided now, and the move
ment for monarchy must remain an
outstanding question, at least for the
present"
Pu-y went on to say that while it
may be true that there is q desire for
a monarchical government among a por-
ton OF the people, he has no way Of
knowing how strong such movement
may be.
1T is much too early to say what
form OF government the new state will
eventually adopt" the Chief Executive
continued. When I abdicated the
throne 20 years ago had no desire to
be restored to imperial rank, but have
always cherished the wish to be Of serv-
ice to my people in private capacity.
I had no ambition to regain the power
which had voluntarily given up.
When I came to Manchuria it was
not my own wish. was forced to take
this step because it was the will Of the
people. The people had suffered much
under the rapacious war lords and I
If Manchukuo continues to prosper
and develop and it is the will of the
people that the government be changed
to that of q monarchy will take their
desire under consideration. The mon
archial movement at present Is only
sponsored by part Of the people It is
not unanimous. At this time it is i'm
possible to predict whether the move
ment may eventually be successful or
not"
Stresses Service to People.
Pu-yi declared, if any one else can
be found who is more capable of filling
the Office of Chief Executive Of Man
chukuo he will gladly resign his post.
In the meantime" he continued, Il
rl1 @t&
ished desire of 10 years to be of service
to the people. The most important du-
ties of the Manchukuo Chief Executive
at present are to safeguard the people,
to promote their well being and to strive
for friendly relations with foreign pow
efforts"
Pu-yi gives the impression of a sin
cere ambition to govern well, but un-
der the presently constituted Chinese
Japanese regime it appears unlikely that
he will play an important role in shap-
ing the destiny of Manchukuo. His
only governmental function seems to be
that of signing all bills passed by the
Legislative Council. subject to the ad-
vice of. his privy council.
Although the government of Man.
chukuo does not appear likely to un-
being, there is decided tendency to-
ward a constitutional monarchy, and 1t
will not be a surprising development II
at some future date Pu-yi may be in
vested with the title Of Emperor
Mr.. Keen's fourth article on Man
chukuo. appearing tomorrow, will treat
of banditry as the country's chief in
ternal menace