nstrations in over 300 districts, and because of their faith
in the movement they have by their representatives chosen a
Provisional Government to carry on to completion this
independence and so to preserve blessings for our children and
grandchildren.

The Provisional Government, in its Council of State, has decided
on a Provisional Constitution, which it now proclaims.

1. The Korean Republic shall follow republican principles.

2. All powers of State shall rest with the Provisional Council of
State of the Provisional Government.

3. There shall be no class distinction among the citizens of the
Korean Republic, but men and women, noble and common, rich and
poor, shall have equality.

4. The citizens of the Korean Republic shall have religious
liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of writing and publication,
the right to hold public meetings and form social organizations
and the full right to choose their dwellings or change their
abode.

5. The citizens of the Korean Republic shall have the right to
vote for all public officials or to be elected to public office.

6. Citizens will be subject to compulsory education and military
service and payment of taxes.

7. Since by the will of God the Korean Republic has arisen in the
world and has come forward as a tribute to the world peace and
civilization, for this reason we wish to become a member of the
League of Nations.

8. The Korean Republic will extend benevolent treatment to the
former Imperial Family.

9. The death penalty, corporal punishment and public prostitution
will be abolished.

10. Within one year of the recovery of our land the National
Congress will be convened.

Signed by:

_The Provisional Secretary of State,
And the Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Home Affairs,
Justice,
Finance,
War,
Communications._

In the 1st Year of the Korean Republic, 4th Month.

The following are six principles of government:

1. We proclaim the equality of the people and the State.

2. The lives and property of foreigners shall be respect