Peking, Aug. 2.
The House of Representatives and the Senate will meet again on Saturday when the question of its attitude towards the Cabinet will be discussed. Some members, realizing the difficulties surrounding this question, are in favour of Constitution while others think that the original plan of settling the elections of the President and the Cabinet Ministers should be their first duty.
In this connexion it has been pointed out that President Li Yuan-hung announced prior to taking office that he would retire when Parliament reassembled, but Dr. Wang Chung-hui states that he will not accept the Acting Premiership unless President Li Yuan-hung selects the full Cabinet and as no one wants President Li Yuan-hung to go out of office at present, efforts are being made to induce him to leave the matter of his status in the hands of Parliament. This seems the most likely course as it would only entail a short delay in which the present Cabinet confusion might be put straight.
No business was transacted by yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet as no one was eligible to preside in the absence of the Premier and the Foreign Minister, who replaces the former if he is absent. Thus Cabinet business is at present at a standstill.
Mr. Alfred Sze who is en route to-China has been mentioned most prominently as Foreign Minister and efforts are being made to induce Dr. Wellington Kloo to accept the portfolio. Dr. W. W. Yen, who lis taking a holiday at Peitaiho, apparently wants the post at Washington while President Li Yuan-hung is urging him to re-enter the Cabinet, which seems unlikely.—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.