With reference to the present political situation Mr. Tang expresses the interesting opinion that a change in the type of government. is imminent and that nobody will now be elected President. The schema of Parliament to put the affairs of the country into the hands of a commission composed of several high officials he believes unworkable, but there is a chance, in his opinion, that a council of administration might be formed. ach province is so much a country unto itself that each must manage its own local affairs and politics, but he can see no difficulty in the way of each sending representatives to Peking to form this council. It might take two or three months, but if 18 out of the 22 provinces agreed China would have a Central Government. There are, of course, difficulties to be overcome, but believing that the day of Presidents to be over, Mr. Tang can see no more convenient course than this,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.