The so-called impeachments are the subject of considerable diseussion and comment in both Chinese and foreign circles to-day. _Im* partial Chinese, basing their arguments on the Constitution, contend that an impeachment requires the endorsement of the Second Chamber, whereas a '"'chanan"' is merely demand for public investigation and should not be employed in the case of a Cabinet Minister. Thus, they declare, the action of the House of Representatives yesterday was irregular.
It is semi-officially stated that the inclusion of Dr. Wellington Koo yesterday was merely an afterthought and was due to a report that President Li Yuan-hung intended to call on Dr. Koo to form a Ministry.
With regard to Dr. Koo's alleged participation in the Austrian Loan: contract it is officially stated that the Waichiaopu came into the matter merely as follows:—The Tsaichenpu had asked the Waichiaopr{ whether it would be justified in accepting the evidence of the Italian Foreign Minister to which the Chinese Minister at Rome had certified, so that it (the Ministry of Finance) could proceed with a plan which would be submitted to the Cabinet. The evidence in question was contained in a despatch
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