3. The next element of reconstruction is democracy. To enable the people to be competent in their knowledge of politics, the government should undertake to train and guide them so that they may know how to exercise their rights of election, recall, initiative, and referendum.... 5. The order of reconstruction is divided into three periods, viz. (_a_) Period of Military Operations; (_b_) Period of Political Tutelage; (_c_) Period of Constitutional Government. 6. During the period of military operations the entire country should be subject to military rule. To hasten the unification of the country, the Government to be controlled by the Kuomintang should employ military force to conquer all opposition in the country and propagate the principles of the Party so that the people may be enlightened. 7. The period of political tutelage in a province should begin and military rule should cease as soon as order within the province is completely restored.... He then goes on to describe the method by which tutelage shall be applied, and when it should end. It should end, Sun declares, in each _hsien_ (district; township) as the people of the _hsien_ become self-governing, through learning and practice in the democratic techniques. As soon as all the _hsien_ within a province are self-governing, the provincial government shall be released to democratic control. 23. When more than one half of the provinces in the country have reached the constitutional government stage, _i. e._ more than one half of the provinces have local self-government full established in all their districts, there shall be a National Congress to decide on the adoption and promulgation of the Constitution.... (_Signed_) SUN WEN 12th day, 4th month, 13th year of the Republic (April 12, 1924).(271)