Mr. Wa Ching-lien's Statement:
a Thankless Task: Various Views of Parliament Peking, Nov. 23.
The following is the text of a letter addressed by Mr. Wu Ching-lien to the House of Representa-
"T undertook to take up the post.of Speaker of the House immediately after the resignation of Mr, Tang Hua-lung, who retired because of the difficulties which confronted him J summoned up my courage to shoulder the responsibility. Untortunately for ma, it happened fiat the dissolution of Parliament ocouryed in Juno of the year I assumed office. It therefore became necessary for me to rush here.and there, from the North to the South, even to the remote province of Yunnan, for the. purpose of unholding the law before the country. This proved a severe trial to body and spirit. Fort unately, last year my strenuous, efforts. were crowned with success by the reconvocation of, Parliament as the legal legislature, after its dissolution under the stress of military power. Unfortunately, when the Constitution, the fruit of more than 10 years of labour since the inauguration of the Republic was nearly completed, another hitch occurred in Parliament. Through the perseverance of a majority of the members of Parliament, however, the Constitution was com-plated and; promulgated on October 10 of this year, notwithstanding the opposition of the minority, and the new President was elected.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.