Background
Mr. Liu En-ke was born in 1888 in Liaoyang, China.
恩格 刘
Mr. Liu En-ke was born in 1888 in Liaoyang, China.
Mr. Liu studded law at the Law School in his native province. After having spent several years in that school he went to Japan for a higher legal education. Upon his return to China, he traveled extensively in the Yangtse Valley to acquire knowledge of the local conditions in China. He traveled to Yunnan in quest of knowledge where he was given an official appointment.
Mr. Liu spent three years as an official in Yunnan province. Then he adopted the profession of teaching and taught law in several law schools throughout the country. Upon the outbreak of the first revolution, Mr. Liu returned to Liaoning and threw his weight against the monarchy.
In 1912, when the Republic was established, he was appointed a sectional chief of the Law Bureau at Liaoning. In 1913 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the National Parliament. Mr. Liu was a strong member of the Kuo Min Tang and was made a member of the committee to draft a permanent constitution for China. In 1914 when the second revolution was launched, he took sides with the South against the existing government. Eight members of Parliament who showed hostility toward the government were arrested and he was one of the eight. Later he was released and kept at his own home in close watch by the authorities.
After the death of Yuan Shih-kai, Mr. Liu became a Secretary of the Military Governor of Liaoning, General Chang Tso-lin. In September 1917 the so-called “Tuchun’s Parliament” was called and Mr. Lin was sent by General Chang as Liaoning member. It was formally convoked in January 1918 and Mr. Liu was elected Vice-Speaker. In December 1918 he was appointed a member of the Northern Delegation to the Internal Peace Conference.
In June 1918 Mr. Liu was conferred the Second Class Tashou Chiaho and in October 1919 the First Class Tashou Chiaho. The Tuchun’s Parliament was dissolved in 1920 after the downfall of the Sufu Club. In October 1921 he was appointed Prefect of the Hsin-Ho Circuit of the Special Area of Chicago. The old Parliament was re-convoked by President Li Yuan-hung in June 1922.