CHINA’S EVOLUTION

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1931, Page 8

CHINA’S EVOLUTION

NANKING GOVERNMENT. Visiting New Zealand, Australia and the j'acmc Islands on behalf of the Ivuommtang, is Mr Yu Chun-Hsvin, a young representative of the central executive of the Nationalist Government of China, which has its liead•piaiters at the new capital, Nanking. He was in Auckland a few weeks ago and was the guest of countrymen, members of Lhc party at a banquet. He went to Fiji to gather data noout the ( hiuese communities and territories I* r the reconstruction commit. Lee of Ins Government, and returned by the Aoraugi to Auckland last week.

-'ll Yu said that the north-east province of Manchuria which lur I been in much turmoil in recent vcais, is now part of the Republic and is miller the control of Marshal Chang lisueh-Linng. who supports the Government. The Government is still having trouble with tlie radical section in the south, hut hopes to restore tranquilly with in a lew months. On tip. question of extra-territorial-ity. ministers of the various Bowers were at present in Nanking, He believed the national conference in May would finally determine flic rights of tile Republic. Unequal treaties, on which extra-territoriality was raised, would not last much longer, as inert was no ground lor the system. owing to tin- country being more settled and able to safeguard foreign -rs The Cliiiwse laws also had been codified. ROADS AND RAILWAYS. Steps were being taken to wipe out banditry, and, to facilitate these measures, highways ami railways were being extended. The roads were under provincial governments. Railways were being pushed on north, south and west the control of the Eastern Runway, a matLor that had caused much strife, was being discussed between China and Russia at M oscou. Holding that, the undetaking is essentially Chinese, China wanted to purea.se Russia’s interest in it. The Nanking Government consisted, of sixteen members admiuist-ei mg five Departments Legislate *■, »...»ecunvp, Judiciary, Examination, (like a I’tiblir Service Board) and a supervisory service affecting officials. The governing committee was elected bv the Ivimmintang, and not by the people. The party was educating the people in modern Government, and, although tlie May conference would lie the first step towards a unified consitution. it would probably be a few years yet before a National Congress was called to adopt •• franchise.