Dr. Sun Yat-sen has issued an address on his inauguration as President. After describing the overthrow of the Manchus and the failure of Yuan Shih-kai to gain the throne, he continues in part "The situation has come to such a pass that, thanks to the arbitary. behaviour of militarists, national morality has become corrupt, the administration. involved and the country torn by faction. Now Parliament, representing the will of people, has entrusted me with the responsibility for the government as well as the restoration of peace of the country. The only way, opinion, for the elimination. of the troubles between Government and provinces lies in the completion self-government for each province, which should enact its own constitution and elect its Civil Governor by plebiscite, and at the same time, the Government should accord rights and interests to each province, which, in turn, should share these rights and interests with each prefecture within its jurisdiction.As for vital economic problems, the Government should hold itself responsible for the development of industry and the protection of the' people in an effort to lessen their hardships.
"The Government also will endeavour to. maintain an equal standing in international relations and to protect the peace of the Far
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