N LAW

The Presidential Election Law, however, provides that the successor
should be nominated by his predecessor, and the name of the
successor so nominated is to be locked in the golden box in the
stone strong-room. The President may now, on the one hand, multiply
his merits and strengthen his personal influence so that the whole
country will gladly bow to his wishes to the extent that even after
his death they will not want to disobey his last wish, and on the
other hand, the President may quietly ascertain the likely causes
which would produce dissension, and take suitable steps to prevent
and be rid of them. If the seed of dissension is in the ordinances,
then alter the ordinances so that they may not be used as a tool by
possible claimants. If the seed of dissension is in a person then
cultivate that man, lead him to righteousness, place him in a
suitable position so that he may be protected from temptation.
Meanwhile let the President carefully select his successor on whom
he may eventually lay the responsibilities of State (according to
the Presidential Election Law the President is at liberty to suggest
any one he likes, his own son or some one else). Let the nominee be
placed in a responsible position so as to bring him to public
notice. Give him real authority so that he may establish his
influence. Place his name at the head of other men of little
consequence in the golden box. Then there will be absolutely no
ground for dispute when the time comes to open the box.

If every President will do likewise this system can be used without
fear of a break for hundreds of years. Otherwise we will have only
the Imperial system on paper to rely on for assistance, which is not
even to be thought of. A glance through the pages of Chinese history
will show the numerous cases in the reign of Emperors when princes
fought in the very confines of the Emperor's palace while the corpse
of their royal father lay unburied in the hall. Thus it is seen that
the hidden cause of the safety or otherwise of the country does not
lie with the mere formality of a constitution either in a republic
or a monarchy.

VII. THE CASE OF DIAZ, THE DICTATOR

The critics bring up the example of Mexico where live rivals have
been struggling with each other for the presidency, and the internal
confu