administration so that they could contend for the office of the president by raising further internal troubles in China.  Those members of the Kuo Ming Tang who made the constitution know as well as I that China’s republic must be governed through a monarchical administration; and therefore the unreasonable restrictions in the Provisional Constitution were purposely inserted.

    Mr. Ko:  What is the difference between the constitutional government
    which you have proposed and the constitutional government which the
    Manchu Dynasty intended to adopt?

    Mr. Hu:  The difference lies in the proper method of procedure and in
    honesty of purpose, which are imperative if constitutional
    government expects to be successful.

    Mr. Ko:  What do you mean by the proper method of procedure?

Mr. Hu:  The Provisional Constitution made in Nanking, which was considered good, is not suitable for insertion in the future constitution, should a constitutional monarchy be established.  In making a constitution for the future constitutional monarchy we have to consult the constitutions of the monarchies of the world.  They can be divided into three classes which are represented by England, Prussia and Japan.  England is advanced in its constitutional government, which has been in existence for thousands of years, (sic) and is the best of all in the world.  The English king enjoys his empty title and the real power of the country is exercised by the parliament, which makes all the laws for the nation.  As to Prussia, the constitutional monarchy was established when the people started a revolution.  The ruler of Prussia was compelled to convene a parliament and submitted to that legal body a constitution.  Prussia’s constitution was made by its ruler together with the parliament.  Its constitutional government is not so good as the English.  As to the Japanese constitutional monarchy, the Emperor made a constitution and then convened a parliament.  The constitutional power of the Japanese people is still less than that of the Prussian people.  According to the standard of our people we cannot adopt the English constitution as our model, for it is too advanced.  The best thing for us to do is to adopt part of the Prussian and part of the Japanese in our constitution-making.  As our people are better educated now than ever before, it is decidedly unwise entirely to adopt the Japanese method, that is, for the Emperor to make a constitution without the approval of the parliament and then to convoke a legislative body.  In the circumstances China should adopt the Prussian method as described above with some modifications, which will be very suitable to our conditions.  As to the contents of the constitution we can copy such articles as those providing the right for the issue of urgent orders and appropriation of special funds, etc., from the Japanese Constitution, so that the power