The Archive · 1923

Parliament and Mandates

June 17.

The Cabinet has issued a circular telegram announcing the decision of the joint meeting of Parliament that the mandates issued by President Li Yuan-hung on June 13 and subsequently are all null and void, and that, according to Article Five of the Presidential Law, the Cabinet will take charge of the Presidential affairs.

The Cabinet also instructed the Ministry of Finance to raise funds 1 for the payment of members of the Legations and Consulates abroad. Reuter.

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