Office of the Historian

File No. 1518/133–134.

Chargé Fletcher to the Secretary of State.

American Legation,
Peking, March 31, 1908.
No. 888.]

Sir: In continuation of my No. 823 of January 24, last, I have the honor to inclose translation of an Imperial edict, dated the 15th instant, appointing Pao-hsi and Shen Yiin-p’ei to assist in the organization of the deliberative assembly.

I have, etc.,

Henry P. Fletcher.
[Page 182]

[Inclosure.—Translation.]

(Imperial edict.)

deliberative assembly.

[From Cheng Chin Kuan Pao, Mar. 16, 1908.]

Let Pao-hsi and Shen Yiin-p’ei assist in the organization of the deliberative assembly.

(Note.—The complete list of the officials appointed to organize the deliberative assembly is as follows:

  • By the edict of September 20, 1907: Prince P’u-lun, Sun Chia Nai.
  • By the edict of January 22, 1908: Ching-hsing, Yu Lien-san, Ting Chen-to, Lu Yuan-t’ing, Ts’ao Hung-hsun.
  • By the edict of March 15, 1908: Pao-hsi, Shen Yün-p’ei.)