CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 375

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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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