5. Provision for the livelihood of the Eight Banners, shall with
all dispatch be made, but until such provision has been made the pay of
the Eight Banners shall be continued as hitherto.

Article 6. Restrictions regarding trade and residence that have hitherto
been binding on them are abolished, and they shall now be allowed to
reside and settle in any department or district.

Article 7. Manchus, Mongols, Mohammedans and Tibetans shall enjoy
complete religious freedom.

APPENDIX

DOCUMENTS IN GROUP II

(1) The Provisional Constitution passed at Nanking in January, 1912.

(2) The Presidential Election Law passed on the 4th October, 1913, by
the full Parliament, under which Yuan Shih-kai was elected
President,--and now formally incorporated as a separate chapter in the
Permanent Constitution.

(3) The Constitutional Compact, promulgated on 1st May, 1914. This "law"
which was the first result of the _coup d'etat_ of 4th November, 1913,
and designed to take the place of the Nanking Constitution is wholly
illegal and disappeared with the death of Yuan Shih-kai.

(4) The Presidential Succession Law.

This instrument, like the Constitutional Compact, was wholly illegal and
drawn up to make Yuan Shih-kai dictator for life.

THE PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA

_Passed at Nanking in 1912, currently referred to as the old Constitution_

CHAPTER I.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. The Republic of China is composed of the Chinese people.

Art. 2. The sovereignty of the Chinese Republic is vested in the people.

Art. 3. The territory of the Chinese Republic consists of the 18
provinces, Inner and Outer Mongolia, Tibet and Chinghai.

Art. 4. The sovereignty of the Chinese Republic is exercised by the
National Council, the Provisional President, the Cabinet and the
Judiciary.

CHAPTER II.--CITIZENS

Art. 5. Citizens of the Chinese Republic are all equal, and there shall
be no racial, class or religious distinctions.

Art. 6. Citizens shall enjoy the following rights:--

(a) The person of the citizens shall not be arrested, imprisoned, tried
or punished except in accordance with law.

(b) The habitations of citizens shall not be entered or searched except
in accordance with law.

(c) Citizens shall enjoy the right of the security of their property and
the freedom of trade.

(d) Citizens shall have the freedom of speech, of composition, of
publication, of assembly and of associati