Nai-chang, who have returned to Canton from their mission in Yunnan, reported to the joint informal session of the two Houses of Parliament, held on January 4, the views of General Tang Chi-yao, Tuchun of Yunnan, as regards the peace terms to be aimed at as follow:—I. All the parties in the Southwest should be absolutely unanimous both in spirit and in appearance; and the Military Government and the Parliament should hold a conference to determine the pri cipal points to be emphasized in the peace negotiations.
IT. The terms of peace should embrace (a) The President to be elected by Parliament.
(b) Upon the promulgation of the Constitution, the Northern Government to observe it in prac-ice.
(c) The Sino-Japanese military and secret agreements to be all abrogated; otherwise, a separate administration would be preferable.
(d) Strong military forces to garrison places adjacent to the North.
(e) All de facto questions must not be abandoned as if they were of no consequence.
IIT. The Constitution to he promulgated in two sections, the system of local administration to be enforced later on.
Further, General Tang considers that it is impolitic to abrogate the President's right to dissolve the Parliament; that the civil governor should be appointed by the Central Government: that financial power of the provinces should only be defined generally in accordance with local requirements. but. that of the Central Government should be clearly and categorically fixed, ete.
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