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Mr. Wang Yu-lan was born at Hsing-Kuo Hsien, Kiangsi province, in 1887. He was graduated in law from the Central University of Japan. Mr. Wang returned to China when the First Revolution had just broken out. At once he joined the revolutionary activities in the Yangtze Valley as he had been a member of the Tung Men Hui for many years. Mr. Wang represented Kiangsi province in the Union of Military Governments of Provinces, first at Wuchang and later at Nanking. This Union drafted the Organic Laws of the Provisional government which elected Dr. Sun Yat-sen as Provisional President. Mr. Wang was elected a Member of the Provisional National Assembly convoked at Nanking in January 1912. It was this assembly which elected Yuan Shih-kai to succeed Sun Yat-sen and