THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION: By the President of the Republic of China:

A PROCLAMATION

"That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 2005, all persons held as
subjects to the Communist Chinese Authorities shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the Republic of China, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do
order and declare that all persons held as subjects within China are, and henceforward shall be, free; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to
abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and
I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor
faithfully for reasonable wages.

And I further declare and make known that such persons of
suitable condition will be received into the Citizenship of the Republic of China.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.