Speaking of the countries that at the present time have been most successful in securing democratic rights, what position have the people in the government of the country'? How much authority have they? The results during the last century or more are merely the Power to elect or be elected. Those who are elected to be members of parliament are afterwards able in Parliament to control the affairs of the country. All important questions have to be voted in Parliament before they can be carried out; if they are not passed, then nothing done, This sort of administration is called representative government, But having secured this kind of representative government, can said that democratic rights are fully established? Before repre sentative government was effected, the people in Europe and America their rights had won representative government and thought there was nothing better to be obtained. Tt was just. like the Chinese Revolutionary Party, who hoped that after the Revolution they would be able to copy Japan, or Europe, or America, and) thought the great work accomplished.
China's "Little Pigs"
Suppose they had really become like thexe countries, could it be said that they had reached the goal? Let us sce further. When the people of Europe and America thought they had obtained repre. tentative government they were quite satisfied. Have we Chinese reached representative government since the Revolution? What after all are the democrati¢ rights we have secured? You all know that our present representatives are become coolie slaves, (Literally "Aittle pigs", a numa given to e0- olies transported to Cuba, Mexico, or elsewhere to do work). "They can Be bought with money, they are sharers. of plunder, avaricious, despised by the whole' nati Kditoriat Note: AL this me, ie putt he rementherer br Sun had Tint writ the 1 from' Chinere obroud:
red hin ith mont berate eriattone nil thes. Toat faith in him fond! ent of the vemittancen (hat Jind come ta rely upon Therefore In every nation where there is representative government, there are bound to be abuses, but in China these are almost beyond belief.
With reference to this system, you do not inquire and care nothing About correcting these abuses, but hand the government over to these "coolie slaves" to mess up as they like, the future of the nation is ver precarious, therefore the 'e" government which fo 8 Took for, by which men and nations are perpetually well—governed and peace is beyond our expectations.
When democratic visehts were first mooted, many difficulties were encountered and after they lexereised, there was still op but progress was made ever, the results are not than representative government, which is considered the first goal of achievement by all countries. Recently Rustin has formed a new sort of government which is not a representative one, but one in which the people themselves have sole control, What sort is this? Our information ix scanty and we cannot give details, but we think that it is a much better plan than tint of representative government.
Editorial Note: We show tke nove to nee the. Kuavintany display This ne one of the dear) teader's thinghte dri some of the posters that appear in Shasgha'e abner, in the Three Principles. promoted by the Kuomintang for the regeneration of China, the democratic power which we advocate ie different from that of Europe and America. We have taken the materials of European and Amer Gan history, not with the intention lof copying these countries, and of following in their steps: but we advocate our principle of democracy in order to re-create China and make it a nation where. the people hava Jentire control which will be superior either Europe or America. Tu
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