Sun Yat-sen

“ Second in importance is the people's sovereignty. The government should train and direct the people in their acquisition of political knowledge and ability, thereby enabling them to exercise the powers of election, recall, initiative and referendum. ”

“ Citizens in a completely self-governed county shall directly have the power of election, the power of recall, the power of initiative, and the power of referendum. 10. Every county, at the commencement of self-government, shall first assess the value of private land in the whole county, which value is to be declared by the landowner. The local government shall tax private land on the basis of the value assessed, and at any time may buy it on the same basis. ”

“ Annual receipts from land tax, unearned increment, products of public land, yields from mountains, forests, rivers and lakes, proceeds from mineral deposits and water belong to the local government, and shall be used for the operation of local public enterprises of the people, for the care of the young and the aged, the poor and the sick, for famine relief, as well as to meet various public demands. ”

“ If, after this assessment the land increases in value as a result of political advancement or social progress, such unearned increment should be shared by the people in the whole county, and should not be kept by the landowners as private benefit. ”

“ A county may elect a magistrate for the execution of its administrative affairs and elect representatives for the deliberation and making of its laws in order to become a completely self-governed county, when a census of the whole county has been properly taken ”

“ Third comes nationalism. The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries toward self-determination and self-government. It should offer resistance to foreign aggression, and simultaneously it should revise foreign treaties in order to restore our equality and independence among the nations. 5. The program of national reconstruction shall be divided into three periods:- First the military period ”

“ second, the period of political tutelage; ”

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