At the second general meeting, a resolution which is designed to end once and for all the reprehensible practices of regional independence fand feudalistic overlordship adopted. The size of n province in China is almost as big as a country in Europe, so it can be readily seen that the immense territory over, which a Provincial Government has jurisdiction as well as the almost unlimited powers which a Provincial Government wields has been a source of temptation to ambition and unscrupulous militarists. It was decided at the Session that the present demarcation of provinces will be abolished and the entire country shall be divided into a larger number of provinees which is estimated to be about seventy.
Stripped of its vast terri Jurisdiction and the unlimited ministrative powers, a Provincial Government will perform its proper function of acting ae the inter-me diary between the Central Government and the District Governments, so that a provincial Governor will find himself left with very little power to raise an armed rebellion against the Government and disturb the general peace of the country. The demarcation of provinces is merely decided in principle, and a committee of experts will be appointed by the Central Political Council to devise measures for submission to the forthcoming Fourth National Congress of Party dele-Jgates or the National People's Contion for final deeisi In order that the Legations may Jeome down to Nanking as scon as possible, Dr. C. T. Wang made the Proposal that well-located and detached tracts of land should be [grouped together so as to eventually form a Legation Quarter such as lexists in Peking.. This resolution was adopted at the third general meeting, so the national Government now feels that the for-
Jeign -diplomats have no further exjeure for not taking steps to remove their: Legations to Nanking.
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