The constitution under which it is planned to lead China from her present form of despotic government to a Parliamentary system of administration is a remarkable and highly interesting document. It ... is of great length. The preamble alone fills twenty pages.......
... It is set forth that the Imperial government shall not be criticized on the principle that the "sacred majesty of the sovereign may not be offended against"....
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Broadly speaking, the document follows the Constitution of Japan as a model. Some of its most striking clauses [including(?) "fourteen laws"] follow:
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"The Ta Ch'ing Emperor will rule supreme over the Ta Ch'ing Empire for one thousand generations in succession and be honored forever."...
Thursday, April 10, 2008
A Constitution for Imperial China
China's Peculiar New Constitution - Elaborate Nine-Year Programme for Leading People Gradually to Parliamentary System - Imperial Will Grants It - Leaders of Political Parties to be Appointed by Throne, and Government Must Not Be Crticized, New York Times (October 19, 1908) (byline dated September 15, 1908):
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