The Legislative Yuan has formally adopted the draft Constitution for China, It now presumably will go before the 6th Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang due to be held at Nanking next month. Thence it may 0 to the National Congress which will be assembled subsequently under present arrangements. Until it has run the gauntlet of those bodies must be regarded as but adr Mottelled on the lines prescribed by Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Constitution, according to Dr. Foo Ping-chang, the chairman of the Committee of Seven which undertook its revision, has been influenced by British and Amer-tean examples. It would be inappropriate at this stage to attempt to form a considered judgment on it That diffidence should not be extended fo neglect of the immense amount of labour and learning devoted by the various authorities preparation. In form the Constitution is a workmanlike document.
There can be no question that Dr. Foo Ping-chang and his colleagues have brought all the force of their undoubted talents to their tark. It will be seen that the draft as nos approved has been subjected to considerable discussion in the Committee. Generally it may be said that the "amendments made have brought the Constitution more effe>- tively into line with the requirements of executive government, Certain provisions which might. in practice, have Eton found to be hampering prompt action in moments of crisis have been suitably modified. Signifcant too is the withdrawal of the clause which would have made it Impossible for a serving soldier to be President of the Republic. or Governor of a Province. Whether this alteration will be allowed to} stand when the draft hax been taken Into further consideration remains to be seen. It is specially interesting the light of certain eventualities which the Government may have to take into account.
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