Nanking Official's Proposal tu Confiseate Them Further details of the proposal Yo confiscate the properties of China's suge, Confucius, and his descendants have appeared' in various Chinese newspapers. 3 Te will be recalled that, recently, a circular telegram was issued Cly My. Kung Teh-cheng, a. lineal descendant of the great sage, begging the National "Government not to approve of the proposal to ily' estates by Dr. Tsai Yuan-pel, former president of the Examinations Yuan. The vernacular press rays that Mz. Kung also sent telegrams to the General "Chambers of Commerce and. other" public "organizations throughout the country, appealing to them for support in his fight for Justice.
In response to telegram, the! General Chambers of Commerce of Peking, Taiyuan' and Nanchang have issued a circular telegram, a copy of which was published in the Chinese "papers "yesterday. spite of the fact that he was born during the period of feudalism, Confucius, China's greatest sage, singled out Emperors Tang and Wu Wang for praise for their revolytionary deeds which-resulted in tin overthrow of two tyrannical rulers because they acted in accordance with the wishes of the people. In his article Li Yuan? the sage advocated a World's Union and may be seen from his books that he Postessed modern thoughts and was not guided by the truism of aris: tocraey in his writing.
"Mencius, China's next sage in greatness, was a student of 'Con fucius! doctrines, and it was he who first introduced democracy to China by his saying: 'The People first, Emperor next.' In all the books written by this sage, we find thoughts of Min Song (livelihood of People) and Min Choh (Chinese Races), as contained in the Min Cha 1," vividly " expressed. 'Therefore, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who wrote the 'San Min Chu I for salvation, learned much and Bencius' books.
It was not strange, therefore, that Dr. Sun was an ardent worshipper of Confucius.
"In 1928, the chairman of the Shantung 'Provincial Government sent a telegram to the Central Government, suggesting that Con-fuscins' birthday should be observed by the people throughout the eountry, His suggestion was immediately approved by the Central Government and an order issued to this effect. "This order further instructed the schools throughout the country to hold memorial meetings on Confucius' birthday and to deliver speeches regarding his doctrines and life eas to. show that the people of the country have not forgotten what the great sage did and said, Promised Protection of Property "Prom this, it will be seen that it is the duty of the Government protect the properties left by the great sage. Unfortunately," however, certain government officials have proposed the confiscation. of the famous Confucian forests, temples, and other properties left. by our greatest sage. This proposal is very detrimental. Can the mind of our deceased Party leader be set at ease if it is adopted? 'The Kuomintang Government has repeatedly declared, both officially and unofficially, its intention to accord proper protection to private ies. Why, then,. is' there Proposal to confiscate the private properties of Confucius and his descendants?
The National Government earnestly requested to protect the properties of the Kung family and to issue an order forbidding any such proposal for the confiscation of such properties in future so as to comply with the wishes both of our late Party leader and of the people.
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