The Archive · 1908

THE ANTI-OPIUM CAMPAIGN

A Foochow dispatch states that H.E. Sung Shou, Viceroy of the Min-Che Provinces, has informed the Throne Amongst the regelations (portion of which has already appeared in this column) drawn up by the Tzechénynan, or Government Advisory Council, i Peking, for the proposed Provincial Assemblies are the following:—(1) In the event of a difference of opinion between a Viceroy or Governor and his Provincial Assembly the matter under discussion must be sent to the Gorernment Advisory Council for arbitration, and its decision rust be final. (2) Provincial Assembly attempts to act ultra vires, or against the laws of the land, or again if there be disturbances or disloyal exhibitions therein, the Viceroy or Governor concerned will have the power of stopping the deliberations. (3) If " Provincial. Assembly passes a measure which is guilty of lose majesty, or dangerous to the public peace, or in any way acts unreasonably or disloyally in its deliberations, the Viceroy or Governor of the province in question shall memorialize the Throne for power to disperse the Assembly. (4) Ife member is guilty of reckless assertions, or continually absents himself from the Assembly. or interferes in matters which do not lie within his

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