take. The retention of the Republican form of
Government in China will be a great future obstacle in the way of a
Chino-Japanese Alliance. And why must it be so? Because, in a
Republic the fundamental principles of government as well as the
social and moral aims of the people are distinctly different from
that of a Constitutional Monarchy. Their laws and administration
also conflict. If Japan act as a guide to China and China models
herself after Japan, it will only then be possible for the two
nations to solve by mutual effort the Far East Question without
differences and disagreements. Therefore to start from the
foundation for the purpose of reconstructing the Chinese
Government, of establishing a Chino-Japanese Alliance, of
maintaining the permanent peace of the Far East and of realizing the
consummation of Japan's Imperial policy, we must take advantage of
the present opportunity to alter China's Republican form of
Government into a Constitutional Monarchy which shall necessarily be
identical, in all its details, to the Constitutional Monarchy of
Japan, and to no other. This is really the key and first principle
to be firmly held for the actual reconstruction of the form of
Government in China. If China changes her Republican form of
Government to that of a Constitutional Monarchy, shall we, in the
selection of a new ruler, restore the Emperor Hsuan T'ung to his
throne or choose the most capable man from the Monarchists or select
the most worthy member from among the revolutionists? We think,
however, that it is advisable at present to leave this question to
the exigency of the future when the matter is brought up for
decision. But we must not lose sight of the fact that to actually
put into execution this policy of a Chino-Japanese Alliance and the
transformation of the Republic of China into a Constitutional
Monarchy, is, in reality, the fundamental principle to be adopted
for the reconstruction of China.

We shall now consider the bearing of this Defensive Alliance on the
other Powers. Needless to say, Japan and China will in no way impair
the rights and interests already acquired by the Powers. At this
moment it is of paramount importance for Japan to come to a special
understanding with Russia to define our respective spheres in
Manchuria and Mongolia so that the two c