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a certain number belonging to maftiens apposed to
le Government, who cannot be coerced or cajoled into
arrying out the latter's policy, and a complete inousse
herefore exists. According to Dr. Koo the Government
now endeavouring to induce mufficient members to
turn to leking to proceed with the presidential elec-
ion, and it is rumoured that they are not unlikely to
bet with success, se::ing that they are able to offer
1. r monetary inducements than their opponents at
bandai, where no progress in apparently being made to-
ards establishing a rival Assembly. At the moment,
wever, the further complication of a divided Parliament,
itting partly in Peking and partly in Shanghai, and part-
dissipated to other cent res, has been added to the
lating governmental confusion resulting from the
on-existence of President or Premier. In any case the
of the present farliament is supposed to expis in
at ber, though means will doubtless if necessary be
and to circumvent that difficulty. A further complica-
on in the fact that according to the provisional con-
Fitution a new Fresident must be elected within three
ths of the occurrence of a vacancy in the presidential
fice, namely by September 1st. It was at one time
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