Chinese M. P.'s Scheme to Bring in President Li and Start a Sort of Cabinet It is interesting to note that the M.P.'s here are seriously considering the establishment elf al new government in Shanghai. Efforts are being made to bring Gen. Li Yuan-hung, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Marsha] Tuan Chi-jui to Shanghai to head the new government Li will be asked to assume the presidency which, however, will be only in name so that there may be dealings with the foreign nations under one head. He will be asked not to interfere with internal politics but devote his entire time and energy to diplomatic affairs. Sun will be appointed generalissimo or commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and Tuan will become premier. Neither Dr. Sun nor Marshal Tuan are relishing the idea.
The Parliamentarians state that the new government will only function until October 10, when a new government will be elected te succeed it.
Meanwhile, it is very interesting to note that the present term of Parliament will expire on October 10. After then, What?
According to a letter addressed te the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce by the Preparatory Oltice for the Removal of Parliament to Shanghai there are now in Shanghai more than 400 members of Parliament, and more are expected during the next few days. A quorum will shortly be obtained and the first formal business session will probably be held in September.
This, however, is thought by one of the M.P.'s here to be rather exaggerated as, he states, quite a number of the members who have enrolled in Shanghai have gone back to the north, Towards the end of the month and a few days before the 16th of each month, there are generally new enrollments, these being due to the fact that monthly salaries are paid on the Ist and 16th. Exch member in Shanghai receives $300 monthly. However, states our informant, as scon as tne members receive their salaries, many return to the north where they receive another salary from the Tientsin party. Not all of the M.P.'s resort to this practice, added our informant, for a few are men with real characters.
The Tientsin Preparatory Office for the Removal of Parliament to Shanghai was closed on the 16th instant, more than 600 mem-hers receiving their expenses to Shanghai. Of this number only 453 came, but some have since re-turtled to the north. For the two mouths of its operation, the office used $212,000.
Contrary to local M.P.s' expectations, the members repre senting the Three Eastern Provinces and Mongolia have changed their minds and decided not to come. They are, it is stated, preparing a new party in Mukden. Preparaory to this a Club of M.P.'s outside Shanhaikuan has been formed.
Only 396 members attended the Constitution Forming Conference la Peking on Saturday but, as there was no quorum, the meeting was adjourned,
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