For the first time in history an inglorious bondage is transformed into inspiring freedom.

The policy of the Manchus has been one of unequivocal seclusion and unyielding tyranny.

Beneath it we have bitterly suffered.

Now we submit to the free peoples of the world the reasons justifying the revolution and the inauguration of the present government.

Prior to the usurpation of the throne by the Manchus the land was open to foreign intercourse, and religious tolerance existed, as is shown by the writings of Marco Polo and the inscription on the Nestorian tablet at Hsi-an Fu.