1947-04-23 — Page 6

1

司法空航亞環

CHINA MAIL

Windsor Haușe

TRANS-ASIATIC AIRLINES, INC.

Macaging Editor: W. J. Keaton.

Telephone:

NEXT FLIGHT:

Editors

2495€

HONG KONG TO BANGKOK

HONG KONG TO MANILA

Tuesday 22nd` April Wednesday 23rd April

Friday 25th April·

HK$380.00

3 months

6 months

Reporters & General Office 32312 (four lines)

Subscription Ratos:

H.K.$18.00

... H.K.$80.00

One year

HONG KONG TO MANIA

NEW RATE TO MANILA

For Panange und Freight appy to:-

SOUTH EAST ASIA TRADING CO. (SIAM) Ltd.

69, nnaught Road West. Tel. 24292.

or FAR EAST AVIATION CO., LTD. Top Moor, National City Bank of N.Y. Bldg. Tel. 27250.

(Entrance Duddell Street).

Shangh

FEATI

MANILA, PHILIPPINES

HÙNG KONG

to

Bangkok - Singapore

San Francisco

hy

Manila

C-54 "SKYMASTER” 4 ENGINED PLANE

Agents:

HONG KONG CANTON EXPORT CO., LTD. 8rd floor, och Bank Lilding. Telephone No. 28600 hawlur. Office:

Fenau Hotel A rende Tel. 62440.

S.A. F. E

BRAATHENS

SOUTH-AMERICAN & FAR EAST AIRTRANSPORT A-S

C-54 "SKYMASTER” 4-ENGINED PLANES

FROM HONGKONG TO:~

BANGKOK

CALCUTTA

KARACHI

....

CAIRO

PARIS LONDON OSLO (terminal)

Expected departures from Hongkong:

3rd May 9th May

No priorities required to or from any

destination.

For Passage & Freight bookings Apply to:-

WALLEM & CO.

Agents:

Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Bids Tels: 34177-9

CENTRAL AIR TRANSPORT

CORP.

Shell House Queen's Road Central. Hong Kong

Tels. 23278, 27811, 27855, 58948

SERVICE FOR PASSENGER & FREIGHT

HONGKONG

.TO

AMOY

Tues., Thurs., & Sat. CHUNGKING . Sát.

KUNMING.Tues., & Thurs. LIUCHOW.................... Tues., & Thurs. SHANGHAI ...... Tues., Thurs., & Sat.

ALL VIA CANTON

NEW TARIFF FROM DATE

(FREIGHT) $1.80 per kilo.

AMOY CANTON CHUNGKING

(FARE) HK$180.-

35-- 250,-

..35;

2.50

350,-

3.50

LIUCHOW

180.-

SHANGHAI

300.

1.80 3.00

KUNMINGS,

DEATH

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1947,

China's New Government:

Text Of Consitution

The full text of the organic Article Ten: The National highest executive organ of the law of the National Govern Government shall have a Presi-National Government,

Article Twenty-two: The foent na promulgated on Satur.dent and n Vico President who day

as follow:

One, General Provisions

National

executive

shall be elected and appointed Executive Yuan shall establish by the Central Executive Com-1 ministries to whom shall be en- miftice of the Kuomintang. trust the various

The

Government | dutles. - Ardele One: The National

The Executive You may Government, in pursuance of have a State Council which

take shall have no more than 40 appoint commissions Article 77 of the provisionnl

members who shall be nominat. charge of *pecifie executive Constitution of the Politient

ed and appointed by the Presi- matters. tutelage period, does enact and dent of the National Govern, 1.K.$72.00

NERGAARD. On Tuesday,

Apel 16, 1947, at her resid ence, 60. Park Road, Carlton Apt. 22, Shanghai, Annie Nergauri, aged 68 years, the dearly-beloved mother of Ruth, June, Beverly and Mrs. F. W. Kudrick (Tientsin).

'NOTHING DONE

lors,

tiate for pener, and to 40- Article Thirteen: The Pre dude treaties.

Article Five:

sident and the Vice President The National of the National Government

Article Six: The National Government shall exercise the power of granting Amnesties. pardons, reprieves, and restita- tion of civil rights.

Article Seven: The National Government shall exercise the power of conferring medals and decorations of hungur,

ministers

·Dartfella.

தாரி

to

CARNIVAL

SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

← 101 70 150

By Dick Turner -

12.30

"And I think Senator Smelt would make an excellent chair- man for the food surplus investigating committee--he's always been able to find out which side his broad was but- tered on!"

COPE 1944 BY WEA GERVICE, sed 1 M AEG PAT, OFF

Retains Kuomintang

Effective Power

The Artiele Twenty-three: or gain the following organie

from members ment

and Executive Yuan shall have a Inw of the National Govern-on-members of the Kuomin-number of ministers of state ment of the Republic of China.tang. The President of the five with portfolio who shall ho

Two, The National yun shall be exofficio council.

appointed Us heads of the Government

various ministers and commis. Article Eleven: The Presidentsions and, if necessary, Article Two: The National

ahafl Government shall exercise the of the National Government also have

Flome five to seven Ite shall to the hend of the Re-

Ente without governing powers of the public of China.

public of China and shall re.

The various minis- Article Three: The National present the Republie of China

ters of state with portfolla Government shall have the sun foreign relations. preme command of the land, Article Twelve: The Presi.shall be appointed and removed, naval and air forces.

dent of the National Govern:ccording to law, by the State Article Four: The National qat shall be the Commander. Counest on the recommendation Government shull have the In-Chief of the laud, naval and of the President of the National Government at the instance of power to declare war, to tego-air force.

the President of the Executive Yuan,

The Ministries of the Execu- have a Government shall promulgate shut hold office fur three years tive Yuan shall each

22 political vice lawn and issue mandates,

and they Inay be reelected,, Minister.

after Minister 2471d administrative providest, kwever, that, the enforcement of the consti-view minister and the varlona tution and upon the inaugura commissions shall each have a elected; chairman, a vice chairman and tion of the President under the constitution, they pa certain number of members.

The political vice ministers shall be relieved of their re

fand administrative vice mini- spective posts,

In case the President of the ters of the varions ministries} National Government should and the vice chairiniai as well Article Eight: The National unable to perform his duties, as members of the various com- Government shall entrust to the Vice President of the Na mestoms shall be appointed or

Nanking, Apr. 20. rept any ministries with port. the five following van tional Government shall set on removed, neeneding to law. by

new coalition Gov- follo National respectively the

five his behalf. In case both the Pre the President of the

lato ferre Generalíssimo Chiang Kal- governing povers of adminis sident and the Vice President Government at the instance of ernment, brought

legislation. tration,

judicial, of the National Government the President of the Excentive, last week for the nation until shek retains the right to ap- Vice- perform Yuan,

on-point the President and enforcement of the new examination, and control:--the should be unable to

President of

stitution at the end of the President of the Yuan, accord- In Article Twenty-four: Executive Tuan, the Legislative their duties, the

Yuan, the the Excentive Yuan shall oct on

the President of the year, is being bulled in Nuning to organic law.

far With Yuun, the Judicial

king as the beginning of a new

the Kuomintang Yuan and the their behalf.

Executive Yuon is unable to

out-numbering third parties and Examination

avn-partisans in All these Control Yuan,

The afore-mentioned

the minds of many Chinese and the

Yet, the question remains in organa some observers bold

opinion that real

de-· tay, according to law,

foreign cbservera as to exactly) mocratisation has yet to come. what extent the Kuomintang] Their belief in further confirm- has relinquished its control ed by the functions of the

Kuomintang Political Council, These observera are frankly This organisation, with Mr. over China's policy-making. sceptical on the power which | Chen Li-fu-who has long con- the non-Kuomintang members trolled the Kuomintang will have in actual practice. In runikation-ns Secretary-Gen- highest doubts they eral; "shall be the support of their point to two things:

directive organ on political af- The composition of fairs of this Party."

the principal representative and. The organic laws of

Council specify that the ministrative bodies, and

2. The functions of the newly group

decide on shall

the organised Kuomintang Political "guiding principles for settle- Council.

ment of important problems," The chief representative and The Minister of Information, administrative groups are the Dr. Peng Hsuch-pel,-announced

is beginning to look as though the Moscowe Conference may end this week, Nothing of any permanent value appears to have been achieved and the dis yussions have only been protracted as long as they have because of the reluctance of the British, French and American delegations to leave while there is still a slight | hope of sunderstanding. The ques- fins of how much farther time will he spent will presumably de- pered on what happens during the next two days. Should there de- velop it of compromise-execute hitherto conspicuously absent from 'the proceedings--it might be worth while to seize the last minute opportunity of some agree. Otherwise the Ministers separate without having reached any kind of decision and indeed, on the main issues, with- out having established any basis for decision at another attempt | later on. Mr. Bevin summed up the position concisely when he said that we have been here for weeks and have accomplished ab sulutely nothing." There had not. he went on, been a single item of agreement of any importance in the committee reports and nons in the Foreign Ministers' Coun- cil itself. Many of the meetings have been marked by the custom- ary Russian babit of discovering imaginary motes in the eye of the Western Allies and of disclosing the minimum of information as to what is going on behind their own

mcat, will

eurtuin.

orders.

Article Fourteen: All laws yuan) promulgated and all mandates issue issued by the National Govern

shall be signed by the President of the National Gov- erument accuring to law. Such

Article Nine: The National Government may, when it is deemed necessary, set up sular dinate organs to be controlled directly by the National Goy ernment. The organization of such organs shall be determined by law.

100 Years

Ago Today

ווייזן

ment

CANG

China's

discharge his duties from ung era of demoerney. CHONO whatsoever, the Vice President of the said yuan shalf

at in his place.

Article Twenty-five: The tawa promulgated and mandates meelings of the Executive Yuan issued shall be countersigned shall be attended by the Pre- by the President of the yuun sident and the Vice President of the Executive Yuan, the concerned,

Fifteen: The Pre-Minister of the various me sidents and the Vice Presidents tries, and the chairman of the of the five yuans, of the Na. Various commissions, and pre- tional Government shall be skled over by the President of elected and appointed by the the said yuun.

Article

of the

National

President Government,

The President of the National Government shall be responsible to the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Kuomintang and The

Ching the residents of the five yuans (Excerpts

shall be responsible to the Pre- Mail, April 23, 1847).

Overland paper

wesident of the National Govern- "In cur The central theme of the Con-

of Mr. ment. the name ference is the establishment of introduced

Tobey in the Whampoa affray by German economic unity, as pro-mistake. His partner, Mr. Hunt, viird at Potsdam but hitherto into the guilty one:-and-that-worthy abryance. Progress towards this has had the assurance to address desirable and necessary, end bas n pert letter to the editor of The been, and remains, thwarted by China Mail on the subjee. Most hermen in his position would tave the Russian insistence an

the good sense to keep quiet; but claim to £2.500,000,000 in repara-

Mr. Hunt does not appear to be tions, out of current production

of any the condition of unity. In troubled with mauvaise hinte',

от indeed modesty pressing this claim M. Molotov kind........" conveniently forgets that nothing

as

*

ON THE USE OF FERMENT- of the kind figured in the Pots-

reprinted in dam agreement, to which he is ED LIQUORS (AB so fond of appealing. He is The aware, farther, that unless and Chemist').

itt

China Mall

trom The

"The question as to whether

(a

the

the

The

de-

aeven.

Executive

the

or-

Artelo Twenty-six: following matters shall be de- elded at the meetings of the Executive Yuan:

One, laws to be introduced in

Legislative

two. Yuan; budgets to be submitted to the Legislative Yuan; three, am- nesties to be submitted to the State Council, the Legislative in a press conference last week

Yuan and the Executive Yuan. that the Kuomlatang members/ Legislative Yuan; four,

In the State Counell out of a of the State Counell and Ex--- claration of war and negotiation total of 29 seats, the Kunmin-ecutive Yuan will be required to Three, State Council

for peace to be submitted to the

tang predominance, also con- abide by the decisions of the Article Sixteen: The State Legislative Yuan; Ave,____the} tinues:-The-revised-organte-Parlyla-Political-Counell-which Council shall be the supreme appointment or dismissal of

laws of the National Govern- could mean a strang Kuomin- within administrative •and judicial organ on state affairs

ment provide that tho "Legisla- tang bloc voting against the National Government, and officials of or above the recom- tive Yuan shall be composed of weak third-party bloc shall be composed of the Pre-mended rank (third class); six from 0 to 148 members. Yet, Observers feel that although - silent of the National Govern all matters which cannot be

the present time the minority a step nearer to real democra- ment and the state councillora. settled between the variou

Yuan number | tic parties, in the

Government has been Article Seventeen: The fol-ministries and commissions of

only 25.

achieved In Nanking-the lowing matters shall come with the Executive Yuan; in the scope of discussion and other matters which, according be re-shuffled, probably during the

The Executive Yuan is yet to Kuomintang tutelage will, on

whole, be decision of the State Council: to law or in the opinion of the the early part of this

perpetuated. week. When

*win' Legislative principles President of

minority! parties (1) administrative policies, (e) Yuan, should be decided at the plans, out of 14 Mintatries the sent

However, according to present their way, this will not repre military policies (d) fiscal plan- meetings of the said yuan.

minority party victory, ning and budgeting. (e) ap.

Young China Party will receive but Kuomintang compromise fr Article Twenty-seven: All pointment and replacement of

two, while the Democratic alient agreement, they state.- until Germany's exports balance or not fermented liquors are in heads of the various ministries orders and nuts of disposition Socialists have refused to ac. Reuter. her minimum necessary imports juricus to man is one which hus and

of the Executive Yuan, in order commissiona, and. the the claim can only be met by been much discussed: many in ministers of state without port to be effective, shall be counter- subsidies from the British and deed and various are the opinions folio.

of those BARCLAY ON BRIDGE of signed, in respect (1) appointment American taxpayers. What he is on both sides. Those who nigus members of the Legislative and affecting general administrative

By Shepard Barclay effect demanding is that against their use say they are not Control Yoon, (g) matters affairs, by the entire body of Britain and America should bear a natural drink and that the hand submitted by the President of minhters, and in respect of

"The Authority on Authorities" the burden of the reparations due of nature has supplied us 'tural- the National Government for those affecting only one minis-

ly with all that is necessary of decision, I from Germany to Russia. Nat beneficial in this and every other mitted and signed jointly by

(h) proposals aub- try by the minister concerned.

STRONG ENOUGH TO|a trump against that contract, Articlo Twenty-eight: The content with thus creating the respect.

PASS

and it was sot two tricks, with Executive

the loss of a couple of tricks major obstacle to

more than three members of organization of the the overall "But these sober sages are on

"STRONG ENOUGH .to the State Council.

Yuan shall be determined by unity of Germany, he goes out the wrong basis.

aplece in apades and diamonds. pass" sounds like paradoxical - Article Eighteen: The Presi- law. ---- of his way to denounce the lesser

language. It Is not, however, for his, raise that, got the aide West remonstrated with East "We are living altogether in an dent of the National Govern- Five; Legislative Yuan

In fact, it applies emphatically set one trick more than neces unity established, as a pis aller,

artificial state and consequently, ment may if he considers any Article Twenty-nine: between the British and Ameri- require g'different fosil. In a state of the resolutions adopted by Irislative Yuan shall be the average player makes an open-

The to many a hand on which an Bary. Can zones. Here again he takes of natufe man has little or no the State Council, difficult to highest, legislative organ of the ing pre-emptive blu of three or West, though, was the real his stand on the Potsdam agree-care; his system is not at one time implement, call for delibera Nafionul Government.

four in a major. or three, four culprit. To begin with, he ment, though on what clause has excited, at one time depressed, as tions once more on the resplu

The Legislative Yuan shall or five in a minor. Practically did not have enough playing never emerged, since the agree is the case with a man who liventions in question. If in fur have the power to decide upon every first-ranker in the countricka to be within two of the ment contains nothing forbidding a civilized country in these ther deliberations the reaolu the following: legislative, bad-try now reserves those bila for number required--by his 4- fusion between two zones. In

tions are upheld by a majority gets, amnesties, declaration of hands which are worthlena if Hearts bid when vulnerable. of more than three-fifths of the fact, lie quotes in his favour

"In some countries where the members of the State Council, other important International ether contract. If the band he did not have a hand, which war, negotiation for peace, and set down a, dummy at any Secondly, and more important, what is not in the agreement inhabitants are in a state of un- then the resolutions shall be while ignoring what is in it, civilization; the Inhabitante cun carried out an originally adopt-

with a long suft in of any value was worthless on defense, da his namely that "payment of repara- make a meal of tallow candles; ed.

Article Thirty's In case the whatsoever at No Trumps, or A would have been good for this, it la needless to add, we are tions should leave enough unable to do; and so, as a general | of a general nature shall bat duties, from any cause whatao-] finds it. "strong enough to 4 hand which was worthless at Article Nineteen: Resolutions President of the Legislative on the defense, the fine player trick. Third, he did not have sources to enable the German

rule, will be found that the people to subsist without external mare civilized a country becomes passed by more than half of ever, the Vice President of the pass," with the Idea of coming assistance. So long as Russia the more dolleste is the food of Council. Resolutions affecting acid Yuan shall act in his place.

the members of the State Yuan is unable to discharge his in later. acts in this arbitrary and unten-its inhabitants.

Article Thirty One: Tho able manner deadlock is inescap- "That much of this is due to administrative policies shall be

two-thirds | Presidents of varlova yuan -and | able. If deadlock persists the the climate must be fully ad adopted only by a situation in Germany can only milted; but his is not the sale majority of the members of the the ministers of the various

ministries may attend the meet-; In hot countries a very Stato Council. go from bad to worse, to the

S8-7-2. liberal

dose of fermented quor In case of doubt as to whe-ings of the Tegislative Yuan to, common detriment of all concern is decidedly bad. In temperate ther a certain resolution affects offer explanations..

THA KQ 10 ed. Russia continue-incifmintes more may be drunk administrativo

4.8 policies, tho Articlo Thirty-two: The violation of Potsdam-to extract without injury, nay frequently, interpretation agreed to by Legislative Yuan shall be 10 6 6 reparations from current pro with decided benefit.

more than half of the State composed of

from 99 to 140 C None duction in her own zone, but she "In cold climates, they become Council members shall be ac-] legislative members who shall will in the end get far less than foreigners residing in them: ***

almost indispensable, especially to cepted as Anal...... If Germany were restored to a "

sound economic basis first. Ger- |- ---- many will remain a heavy "bur-

can

hard* Umes.

chusca.

+

den on the British taxpayer, but adopted the same attitude of self- a less heavy one that if we achosen isolation si bis the Security coded to the Russian demanda. Council. What she hopes to On most other aspects of the gain from It is a matter beyond German

problem Russia has | guessin

Articlo Twenty: The regula- tions governing the meatinga of the State Council shall be separately drawn up, wri

Four, The Executive Yuan Articia Twentyone: Executive Xsianahall be thel:

The

nfinira..

8 KG 4

HJ97 DQ 4

CA 1097-2

No Trumps, but one probably worth seven tricks to hin, párt: ner. He was, in other words, "strong enough to pass," then hid later. S

Ir West had pansed,Bant should have opened with 1-D ¡S-A 10 3 mond, whereupon West, shoulit. N. 196. have called 2-1foærts, East 2- Na WE DA87. 3. Trutops,: West – 8-Hekrta qu

CKTG8 East 8-No Trumps. At this $

contract,ning tricks would have been absolutely sur samo, number as at hearts--no matter what sult the defenders opened.

BQJ9-6

DK3.02.

be appointed, according to law, by the State Council, ́ ́recom- mended by the President of the

€ Q 8 5 4, National Government at the

(Dealer West Both sides instance of the President of the vulnerable,).

Weat

| Legislativo 'Yuan, duke

· Article_Thirty-three; Legisla~}{4°H +

Why in a small card from North East South suit headed by, the aca usunny

Pass

considered · the worst of al

GH

Hive members shall hold office Properly fearing a lead from loads against a – trump / oda-

his sido honoure, North opened frack?. (Continued on page (7)

J