Peking, Oct. 22.
The Tszechenyuan was opened this afternoon by Shih To, Prince of Li, who was designated by a secret edict at the last moment to take the Prince Regent's place.
The Regent's message to the Assembly emphasized the wish to carry out constitutional government and urged the members to turn their knowledge and experience of last session to account in order to assure the wellbeing of the nation and the expression of the people's wishes.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.