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SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT.

STATEMENT

FIFTEEN YEARS ON?

BY

FUTURE STATUS.

MUNICIPAL COUNCIL'S

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102

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declaration

The following

of pongy regarding the future status of Shanghal has been issued by the Lounal of the Shanghai Interna proual Settlement:-

Chinese

The Council for the Internatiound Setticment of Shanghai, recognising its grave responsibilty for the safe. ty of the lives and property of the and Foreign residents within the area of its administra tion. considers thas the tune has arrived for a public announcement of its considered views as regares the local situation.

The development of engineering during the past 15 years was dealt with by Professor Middleton Smith is an

address at the Docksin.. English School prize distribution or Saturday.

The Professor remarked that it was Afteen years ago, since at the request of the then, Governor," Sir Henry May, he gave an address to the members of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Hong Kong Looking back over past years he was amazed at the changes that had taken place.

In 1912 there were about half ai 1. The International "Settlement

vehicles in Hong set aside dozen motor of Shaugha is an area under agreement between the UKang; there were now over 2,000. a Aying nese Government and the Foreign No one had then seen Powers, within which the Municipal machine in Hong Kong but now Council is vested with full authority they could be seen. daily soaring! as regards all matters necessary for and diving through the air. the maintenance of order and good government. Up to the present the Settlement has been administered by a Municipal Council composed of nine foreigners. Under this wholly foreign administration Shanghai has developed until it has become the principal port in China. The vast international trade that has been built up and the enormous capital that has been invested in indus trial enterprises have benefited both Chinese and foreigners, and are finding employment for hundreds of thousands of Chinese.

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Council's 9. Is is within the knowledge that agents in the ser vice of revolutionary interests are actively engaged in spreading sub versive doctrines among the less responsible elements of the Chinese community of Shanghai with the object of fomenting class hatred and these disaffection. If xeneral nefarious schemes are successful they will inevitably lead to civil commation and mob violence, and result in crippling all forms of industrial enterprise and destroying the trade of the Port. The Council

"

New inventions and new ideas were coming from all parts of the earth and these new ideas

spread with the rapidity of a forest fite: | When printing was invented in China it took a long time for the idea to spread. When a materis:

speed of 200 miles a exceeded a hours on Tuesday millions of pec- ple heard about it within twenty- four hours. Five hundred years ago nobody in the Far East had any news of what was happening in Europe or America.

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1913 Neither Cars Nor Rickshas In Canton. Fifteen years ago Canton might : Ox

A City have been described as Without a Wheel." There was not

ricshe or a motericar. were new ideas in Canton-ideas about transport, sanitation and other useful ideas.

Ox

On demand...

OF

Unfortunately in this age we found that bad ideas travelled quite as rapidiy-sometimes, alus! inore rapidly than good ideas.

OX SINGAPORE. On demand.... China had in the past become O BATAVIA OB domand famous for certain ideas, many of

ON HAIPHONG,On demand...

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077

261

1214

T.cm. Hom. 931

-DISARMAMENT:

LEAGUE COMMITTEE AT .

WORK.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.

Gesev, April 1st.

The Disarmament Committee has adopted a prediñeil draft resolution on the limitation of the period of army service, laying down that the total period of service of the annun contingent in cansehip Htionist-States shall not exceed the gure accepted by the High Con- |tracting -Pärti.. This figure will comprise a total with netive nemy and compulsory training.

26 5,16

more and more appreciated. TheON BANGKOK-On demand... realizes the gravity of this aspect of which would survive and become the Sairs.--On demand the local situation and its possible best "minchinery

but SOTESIGN, Bank's Buying rate 29.66 repercussion throughout the civil certain ideas about the conduct of GOLD LEAR, 100 Ene, per task... ised world, and will use all the life would never wear out. Some Bia SILVER, per o

Concur resources at its disposal to retain of the greatest of these ideas came central of the situation. rently with these sinister activities, national spirit is gradually taking form throughout China, with many uspects of which the Council finds itself in sympathy. Unfortunately, an induential section of this move ment is at present, dominated by persons holding extreme and revolu. tionary views who are seeking to cloud and distract the legitimate

to study good literature so would It might be neked what is

he suggest that the school teachers On the spur of the civilisation."

same of their leisure in finding out moment Professor Smith said he wid the lawyers should employ the use of an why aeroplanes y and how the would define it as

of instead agency

tame bunian voice can be heart intellectual

He would give

1 simultaneously in a million homes physical exertion." an example,

a convenient for the changes of the next fifteen years would be much more amazing

The ricsha was

self used it thousands of times.

Viscount Cecil next opened a discussion..on air armaments, re garding which there is a consider- Fabl divergence of views.

M. Paul

(France) Boncour strongly urged the limitation of air eflectires.

Gengva, March 31st.

The Disarmament Committee has adopted a French proposal that the limitation of material for air aran ments apply to aircraft and diri- gibles in commission, whilst it ad- joined until to-morrow other points dealing with air armament.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

UNIONISTS.

[THROUGH REUTER'S ACENCY.]

BERLIN, April 1st.

After private sittings an Anglo- Russian Joint Advisory Committeel has made a statement that it has renched complete unity as regards International Trade Union Uaity and that the resolutions adopted will be submitted for ratification by the General Congress of the British Trade Union Council and the equivaleht Russian organisation.~|| It is understood that the ques tion of the afliation of Russian Unions to the Amsterdam Inter- national was discrissed and that a recommendation on the matter was made which it is hoped will remove the Hagian objections to joining it. An agreement was apparently reached on the question of mutual nod interference in domestic affairs.

KING OF RUMANIA ILL.

"[TEROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

aix of the Chinese in order to method of transport. He had him-inan those of the past fifteen years. last" bulletin to be received by the

serve an evil purpose of their own.

Chinese Councillors.

BERLIN. April 1st. The illness of the King of Rumanin has take a serious turn. Direct telegraphic and telephonic communication between, Rumania and the neighbouring countries is momentarily interrupted, but the Machines were valuable and it Rumanian Legation here says that it was, however, barbarous, The might help us a great deal to hear is Majesty is suffering from in- wretched paller shortened his na-

the voice of a great man. Nouenza which has developed into The Council is fully alive to the sural life and eked out a precarious machine could be a substitute for pneumonia, and that bis condition

Fortunate fact that tlie rapid growth of the and painful existence. Chinese population of Shanghai hasly he was being slowly transformed personality and the advantage of less satisfactory. It is reported rendered alteration in its won into the moser driver. Petrol did broadcasting was that the human from Belgrade that the K reported voice seemned to bring us in touch Mition is most critical. Queen revered desirable, 10 28 to Blow much more satisfactorily the work with the personality of the speaker, Marie of Jugo-Slavin has gone formerly done by the muscles of the Let them hope that in the coming to Bukharest, and the Belgian ter the inclusion of Chinese Coun

The motor driver

years there would be much less specialist, 31. Sluis, has been sun- ellors having the same duties and resha coolie.

A month 18 responsibilities as Foreign Council obtained about 840 lers. At the Ratepayers Meeting against the ricsha puller's 912 or discord in the world. The great moned from Brussels.

Press reports received at Buda- of April, 1926, a resclation was pro-$15 a month. The motor man was eternal truths of the old sages posed by the Council and duly ap well covered during the rain. He appeared and re-appeared in essays,

were the monopoly of

one portant conferences at Bukharest proved by the ratepayers to the became more intelligent becauce he novels and other literature. They pest state that there have been im- the Commander-in- the participation of had to think about the machine.

tion Like the inventio a they attended by lest that

Leisure.. in the Govern- Chinese residents

were given by men of genius for the Chief of the Army, and that these

have

disquieted the populace. But Although The ideas of the men who made benefit of humanity. ment of the Settlement was desir able, and that the approval of the possible motor cars, broadcasting, machines would each year create it is declared that a coup d'état in Powers concerned should be obtain machine, printing, etc., were ex more and more leisure they would the event of the King's death is im ed so as to allow for the addition cellent because they lifted great never reliese the individual of the probable as the Rumanian Govern- of three Chinese members on the masses of the human race out of greatest difficulty in life. It was to meat is well prepared for all even-

They This proposal bas duly beggary and animal toil. make the right choice when faced tualities, and has concentrated a Council. received the approval of the Powers created leisure. That brought us with some dithealt probelm: It was strong force of troops at Bukharest. concerned, the Central Government face to face with the greatest of all useless to create more leisure if the at Peking, and the Irovincial Gov-problems-bow shall we employ our leisure became worse for us than

physical exertion! ernment of Kiangsu; and the Conn leisure.

eil is only awaiting the appointment Hard work kept many people by the Chinese community of three out of mischief. Only the educated Chinese members in order to pro- man could be trusted with leisure, ceed with the consideration of cer- Some students had a natural bent tain outstanding problems, the soluto the study of abstract idens about tion of which requires the advice the conduct of life, others had a and opinion of representative Chi- desire to find out how the wheels go these days no an rese. Assuming the three Chinese found, but -Councillors take their seats this could be satisfied who did not know year, the Council will comprise something of both the abstract and the following: Five British; three practical affairs of hile. Just as he Chinese, two Americans, and two would beg all engineering students Japanese.

(Continued on next Gulumn).

Change. The Council for the International Settlement of Shangbai will be in its constitution that future ex guided by the results achieved by perience may suggest shall be effect- the alteration in its constitutioned by evolutionary as opposed to. referred to in the preceding clause revolutionary methods, and that and by political developments, when they shall he considered in an at- considering how far a policy of devolation can be applied to e citymosphere created by mutual good-

will, respect and conciliation. of the size, and impcrnational Shanghai where wast

Appeal. interests are involved. It is the Pending the cutcome of the Council's considered opinion that struggle that is now being waged between the the prescat is not a suitable time throughout China for the Powers concerned to con-

forces of temperance and intem- sider any drastic change in the perance, of evolution and revolu Shanghai administration. Influences tion, the Council appeals to moder- bave been released in China with ate "minded Chinese and foreigners the express and avowed purpose of alike to support the measures that stirring up discontent, class hatred are being taken to protect the and racial prejudice, and until these International Settlement from acts influences have been eliminated it of aggression either from within or would be a fruitices task to attempt without its borders. The Council to reconcile Sino-Porcign viewpoints. also urges the Powers concerned to In making this statement the Coun insist upon die respect being ac cil does not wish it to be inferred 'corded to treaty obligations entered that it is in any sense opposed to into between one self-respecting increasing Chinese representation nation and other self-respecting in the affairs of the Municipality nations until the time arrives when hat rither that any further charges these obligations can be reviewed.

Continued on next Column), in a proper perspective."

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