Yen Hsi-shan's Proposal to Legalize Ancient Way Nanking, July 26.
A lengthy proposal advocating village self-government has been submitted by General Yen Hsi-shan to the forthcoming Kuomintang Conference. Particular interest is attached to the proposal as General Yen during his role of the Model Province, Shansi, has won a wide reputation for his administrati lity.
As" village self-government, though not prescribed by law, always been a central feature of the Chinese civilization, what Ge1 eral Yen proposes in virtually the Jegalization of a phenomenon that has existed for centuries.
In his petition General Yen quotes the example of Shansi. Before village autonomy was regulated by Jaw, he says, villages remained laws unto themselves, and it was dificult to fix the onus of resi a result, the villages hai national consciousness state which borders on the fringe of anarchy, According to plans set forth in the proposal, each village, henceforth to be the administrative unit in China, shall organize a village council, which will elect an administrative chief and two subordinates.
The proposi enters into deta and is divided into six sections.
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