l of Korea, thus making the Railway at once an
apparently commercial but really political organization. In future the
revenues of the South Manchuria Railway are to be paid direct to the
Government-General of Korea; and the yearly appropriation for the upkeep
and administration of the Railway is to be fixed at Yen 12,000,000.
These arrangements, especially the amalgamation of the South Manchuria
Railway, are to take effect from the 1st July, 1917, and are an attempt
to do in the dark what Japan dares not yet attempt in the open.

APPENDIX

DOCUMENTS IN GROUP I

(1) The so-called Nineteen Articles, being the grant made by the Throne
after the outbreak of the Wuchang Rebellion in 1911 in a vain attempt to
satisfy the nation.

(2) The Abdication Edicts issued on the 12th February, 1912, endorsing
the establishment of the Republic.

(3) The terms of abdication, generally referred to as "The articles of
Favourable Treatment," in which special provision is made for the
"rights" of Manchus, Mongols, Mohammedans and Tibetans, who are
considered as being outside the Chinese nation.

THE NINETEEN ARTICLES

1. The Ta-Ching Dynasty shall reign for ever.

2. The person of the Emperor shall be inviolable.

3. The power of the Emperor shall be limited by a Constitution.

4. The order of the succession shall be prescribed in the Constitution.

5. The Constitution shall be drawn up and adopted by the National
Assembly, and promulgated by the Emperor.

6. The power of amending the Constitution belongs to Parliament.

7. The members of the Upper House shall be elected by the people from
among those particularly eligible for the position.

8. Parliament shall select, and the Emperor shall appoint, the Premier,
who will recommend the other members of the Cabinet, these also being
appointed by the Emperor. The Imperial Princes shall be ineligible as
Premier, Cabinet Ministers, or administrative heads of provinces.

9. If the Premier, on being impeached by Parliament, does not dissolve
Parliament he must resign but one Cabinet shall not be allowed to
dissolve Parliament more than once.

10. The Emperor shall assume direct control of the army and navy, but
when that power is used with regard to internal affairs, he must observe
special conditions, to be decided upon by Parliament, otherwise he is
prohibited from exercising such power.

11. Imperial decrees cannot be made to replace the law except in the
event of