A Statement of Political Faith:
All China in an Uproar: The Basis of Union The arrival of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in Shanghai on Monday from Kuangtung by the R. M. S. Empress of Russia leaves General Chen Chiung-ming in control of the south.
General Chen's younger brother, Chen Koh-ming, is now in Shanghai, and has transmitted to us the following summary of the views held by his brother "Since the establishment of the republic China has continuously suffered from internal turmoil and quarrelling, hence it is absolutely necessary that immediate steps should be taken to secure unification. The fundamentals of national unification are the laws, and, if the country is truly unified on such a basis, it can never be shaken. _"The division of the country since the establishment of the republic is due to the lack of real sharing of power between the central and "the local governments. Each military and civil official refuses to remain in his proper place. Each one is grasping for power, power which should remain in the hands of the people. The people have no say whatsoever. Their rights have been usurped. That power which should be held by the central government, acting for the people, is divided among various military officers.
If all this division and turmoil is to be avoided, we must set up a strong government, and in order to establish such a stable authority it is necessary that we should first begin by readjusting our laws suit the needs of the country. We should have a system whereby the government will be a government of the people by the people and for the people. I would suggest that the American system of states be adopted. Let all powers be divided: don't let it remain in the hands of a picked few: let the people themselves have a chance.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.