Abstract:
Newspapers--Censorship; Philosophy, Chinese; Confucianism; Lou Chee Quai; Religion; Chung Wah Hui Kwon; Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; Lum Lup Wing; The New Republic; Open letters; Kon Mu
Subjects:
Newspapers--Censorship; Philosophy, Chinese; Confucianism; Lou Chee Quai; Religion; Chung Wah Hui Kwon; Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; Lum Lup Wing; The New Republic; Open letters; Kon Mu
Subjects Facet:
Newspapers--Censorship; Philosophy, Chinese; Confucianism; Lou Chee Quai; Religion; Chung Wah Hui Kwon; Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association; Lum Lup Wing; The New Republic; Open letters; Kon Mu
Creator:
Kon, Mu
Contributors:
[unknown]
Date:
1916-09-26
Date searchable:
1916-09-26
Date searchable:
1916-09-26
Genre:
correspondence
Genre Facet:
correspondence
Format:
image/jpeg
Identifier:
Canadiana Identifier: Reel T-71, Image 921; Document Identifier: RG 6, E, volume 576. File 246-2, Part 1
Source:
Library and Archives Canada/Department of Secretary of State fonds/Reel T-71, Page921
Language:
English
Language Facet:
English
Rights:
© Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada (2019). For rights governing the image’s use, please see the Canadiana Online Terms of Service at http://heritage.canadiana.ca/terms.
Description-Abstract:
Keywords: Government officials, CCBA
Location(s):
China--Peking
Location(s) Facet:
China--Peking
Transcript:
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They said "Pekin Parliament abolished Confucionism". This is an awful mistake, for Parliament had only withdrawn the constitution that settled Confucionism as a national religion, but never abolished it. They, as the blind worms, did not understand anything, and are as it were the Confucius offenders.
Following is a reading of the telegram as interpreted by Lou Chee Quai:
" Premier Duen: Owing to the parliament having abolished Confucionism, has caused country to be in great danger and the people have raised a disturbance in their resentment. Please dissolve the parliament and elect other members."
In the original telegram they said "abolish religion". By reading those words I could not help but laugh, for they seem very astonishing, as if parliament had abolished all religions and China become an xxxxxxx --------------------------------------------- unreligious country. If they had not been blind, deaf and dumb, they never would mention such a strange thing.
On account of parliament having withdrawn the constitution that settled Confucionism as a national religion, all Chinese are very glad, except a few persons who intended to rely on Confucionism to re-establish the monarchial form of government. I certainly could not understand the meaning of "public opinion was awfully vexed". They said "Chung Wah Hui Kwon has held a meeting here". Why was there nobody knew that ? For they have not posted up a notice to call us to attend that meeting, and only a few of the committee were consulted that we should call this a private consultation.
They also said "The Committee had already approved of sending the telegram to Pekin to oppose parliament".
Among thirty committees there were only twenty (we know that) in that consultation, yet the majority opposed that telegram, and those who approved the telegram only approved to re-establish the Confucionism, they never approved the petition to dissolve the parliament (for Lum and Lou never told them such a thing). The sort of person who approves of dissolving the parliament is a great criminal - a conspirator against the Republic. From the public opinion, we ought to take him as a public enemy. From the law he may be put the death, and his property should be forfeited.
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