With oriental swiftness that might well stagger the Western World, the Parliament of China reassembled on the overnight decision of party managers to elect a President. Peking was gaily decorated; soldiers paraded the streets; the very air was alight with hope.
As on a former occasion when the election was attempted (TIME, Sept. 24), it was found that the Members of Parliament present were short of the quorum necessary to elect a President. The day was saved, however, by the arrival of a train from Tientsin bearing 38 additional members, more than...
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