Aug. 18.
On the last morning of the fifth plenary session of the Kuomintang's Central Executive Committee resolution waa rushed through. with several others. defining he administra bodies by which government ix to be conducted. They in+ jude five Councils of a supe sory nature, eight Ministries, four Committees—for _reconstruction, the affairs of Chinese over-sous, and Mongolia and Tibet—and the General Staff, Inspectorate of Military Training and Military Advisory Board. There are points in the scheme it stands which invite eritieism. Why, for instance, are not the three mili last Mi tion? And why the five over the heads of the Mi But the really of the resolution comes in the following clause Legislative, Executive, Judicial, Examination and Super: visory, shall be decided by the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee which shall also carefully study and dispose of all the proposals relating to political affairs and the selection of members of the Government Counci Thus the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang continues to stand outside and above all organs of government, even the Government Council its self. as a sort of Vehmgericht whi can call io account. answer to say that Ministers are also members of the ©. E, C. The wi eaten than part the weighty memorandum sent in-bythe Law Codification Bureaw
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