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SHANGHAI CHINESE RATEPAYERS”. REPLY.

ASSOCIATION'S ATTITUDE DEFINED.

THE CASE FOR SINO-FOREIGN COMBINATION.

Con-

The following is an authorized translation of the Chinese Rate- payers' Association's reply to Mr. R. G. McDonald's speech at the Shanghai International Settlement Ratepayers' Meeting on April 10 which was given in our columns last week:- It is indeed regrettable not only to the Chinese but foreigners as well that the resolution introduced by the Municipal" Council" of the International Settlement of Shang- hai to increase Chinese representa tion was rejected by the foreign ratepayers on April 16, following a lengthy speech delivered by Mr. Ravald G. MacDonald in opposi tion to the increase. It is needless

posed. addition of two members to the status quo in Shanghai per- the existing three. The increase ofpetually. That a change of the Chinese representation will have the status of Shanghai la impending is effect of furthering Sino-foreign fully appreciated by the Council co-operation in the interest of both as well as the foreign community the Chinese and the foreign com in their engagement of Mr. Justice munities and of minimizing their Feethana a expert adviser. What differences arising from racial, concerns the responsible elements in linguistic and psychological dis- the Settlement is. how to effect the similarities. The benefits wrought change with as little dislocation of by the Chinese participation in the local foreign interests as possible. Municipal Administration during the past two years are recognized in all responsible circles.

Judge Teetham's Position.

Chinese Wish to Co-operate, This Association avails itself of this opportunity to define to the

MAIL AT U.S. CONSULATE.

Mail has been received at the American Consulate General for the The Consulate following persons. will be glad to learn the forwarding addresses of any persons listed.

G. A. Allan, TJ. Brook, Ed. I. Bucklin, R. Caldwell, R. G. Cooper, C. D. Curry, V. Donnelly, H. J Eddo, Dr. P. Gerarde. E. Geer, T. F. Haskell, Dr. W. K. Hatt, Mrs. Hay, Mrs. H. P. Henimens. Prof. E. P. Hohman, C. K. Loverud. S. Madrinan.

3. The proposed increase of Chi-public its attitude towards this un- Lieutenant G. F. Mertz of Menta

happy event:-

1. Moller, N. Nesmith, E. J. Otto,

Mins

1. This Association always spon-William Plack, G. Pruitt,

G. - B. Rogers, of Sine Captain sors the noble cause foreign co-operation.

Riggnin. Miss M. L. Root, Ch. B. 2. The increase of Chinese re- Rydell, F. W.. Searby, D. S. Smith, presentation on the Council is a I. Simpson, A. B. Taylor, L. N. matter for oficial endorsement by Udell, H. B. Weiss, Mre, G. P. the Chinese Authorities and the Wilhelm. Powers concerned,

3. The rejection of the resolution came on the spur of the moment when reasoning was impossible at the height of human emotion, there by revealing the shortcomings of the present Ratepayers Meeting.

CHINESE WIVES OF AMERICANS.

POSSIBLE RELIEF FROM IMMIGRATION LAW.

[UNITED PRESS.) ·

nese representation to fulfill a pro- nise made as early as 1928 has nothing to do with the expected re- port of Mr. Justice Feetham, and The Martyrs Cemetery was

still loss with any proposal for a structed by the families of the de-constitution for a Greater Shang ceased who voluntarily earmarked bai which Mr. MacDonald expects a portion of the grant totalling to be put forward by some respon- sible body. For what the report 820,000 for the purpose, and the of Mr. Feetham will appear to be. balance was met by free contribu-, we suppose, is still unknown to the tion, from the Chinese public for Judge himself at this stage of his investigation, and the so-called con- the memory of those who sacrificed crete proposal for a Greater Shang-

4. The rejection simply causes their lives on the altar of Justice hni is nothing more than a castle in.

the air. Furthermore the Judge embarrassment to the foreign com and Humanity. Indeed to the Chi- has through the Chairman voiced

ments, and this Association actuat- Washington, April 7-Members nese people, the Cemetery is yet his approval of the resolution the munity and their respective Govern-

to commemorate this adoption of which he considers toed by a genuine desire for coot the Senate Immigration Com

be in the general interest

operation is content to wait for the mittes are expected to report fav 4. To call the passage of the re- foreign community's rectification ourably, either to-morrow or Tues- solution in question fawning of their past error and to render day од Senator Hiram Bing-

is ridiculous. sycophancy

them assistance only in so far as ham's resolution which would að- not fr. MacDonald noticed that is within legal and moral hounds. mit to the United States Chinese, the number of seats on the Mani-

wives of American citizens married cipal Council of the British Con-

prior to passage of the Immigru- cession at Tientsin is equally divid ed among the Chinese and the for-

tion Act. eign communities? And how shall he style this action of the British 5. As to Mr. MacDonald's an ratepayers in that port prehension that the increase of Chinese representation may lead to the complete Chinese control of the Administration, we have reason to believe that no sane foreigner ever entertains the hope of maintaining

to say that the rejection is a seri- too small ous blow to the amicable friend.event." + ship between the Chinese and the foreign communities in Shanghai which has been cherished for years and it is fraught with the gravest

consequences for their future co- operation.

The Letter to Judge Festham, As to the letter recently address ed to Judge Feetham by the Federa- tion of the Street Unions, this As

sociation observes that as the letter lespeaks the grievances of the Chi nese residents in the Settlement in unequivocal terms, it naturally re- ceives the support of every think ing, Chine and arouses the sym pathy of every open-minded for

This Associztion is rather reluct- ant to comment en a speech which is evidently permeated by ideas long since discarded and in which the whole frame of the argument is built on prejudices "Bat actuateigner. ed by a genuine desire to farther Sino-foreign co-operation,, we deem it advisable to issue this statement to the public with the expectation that any misunderstandings that might possibly be caused in the for- eign community following Mr. Mac Donald's speech will be dispersed. And at the outset, we have to reiterate our Declaration made public a week ago to make explicit our stand:

"The Shanghai Chinese Rate- payers Association hereby declare that the foreign retepayers of the international Settlement of Shang

Emotional Appeals.

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If the anti-foreign feeling among the Chinese community as alleged by Mr. MacDonald is in any way true, it is but a barometer with which to measure the degree of mistreatment they receive from the foreign community. The Chinese a rational people, and calmness, with which the Chinesc Ratepayers face the present acute situation proves to the contrary what the lawyer so "vehemently ac cused them.

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Shanghai and that his utter- ances naturally reveal his ignor- ance of the evolution of the na tional life of China to-day. He says he has been staying in Shang- hai for eight or nine years, and we wonder how that will help him even if he has been here ten times 28 long

Further in his speech, Mr. Mac- Donald inquires into the system followed by this Associatons in the has have no right whatsoever election of the Chinese Members of discuss and decide upon anything Council, the number of qualified affecting the rights and privileges Chinee voters, etc., We should of the Chinese ratepayers of the point out that the method followed Settlement, and that the rejection in the election of the Chinese Coun on April 16, 1930 by the foreign illors and the names and the num ratepayers of the resolution to inter of the Chinese voters are pub Grease the number of Chinese scata lished in the vernacular papers on the Shanghai Municipal Coun- prior to formal election every year, eit from three to five is ultra vires and this year the election system therefore null and void.".

was reported in detail in the local foreign press at the end of March. That M, MileDonald asks for en- It is plain to all that the utter- ances of Mr. MacDonald's are im-lightenment on these matters mera- bued with emotional appeals rathery shows that he does not even have casuel knowledge of what is go- than logical reasoning and fruitful of no other result than ing on in the Chinese community embarrassment to the foreign com- munity and indignation of the Chinese people. The harangue, have would however, eloquent, exerted no perceptible influence in Le legislative assembly of a high order, but inasmuch as the Meet- ing of the Foreign Ratepayers is more or less in the form of a mass meeting and the ratepayers present did not have intimate knowledge of

That despicable anti-Chinese the question at issue, they were feeling which is felt throughout the carried away by an emotional elo whole of Mr. MacDonald's speech quence and apparently forgot that is especially noticeable, in his quot they were sitting in a ball which ing the mandate of Emperor Chien was situated in the Chinese ter- itory and outside its four wallsung to King George III of Eng land in 1793 which is entirely there was the mass of Chinese peo-irrelevant to the subject of his ule who were the sovereign of the

speech. The quotation is for no land. This Association further re- other purpose than to instill the grets that the move initiated by same despicable anti-Chinese feel. Mr. MacDonald is disastrous in results as it not only tends to 48 in his audience. Here we re divide the population of the Settle. call the lawyer's" wanton resort to ment into two distinct and hostile history to support bis stand by camps, but strike at the root of quoting several passages from of amicable relations between the speech of an early Victorian writer Chinese and the British which their in praise of British imperialistic Governments have laboured to fos. glory. Such quotations may have the effect of reminding the aggriev-

Anti-Chinese Fealing.

ter.. It is a matter for sincere regreted nations of the grim counten- not only to the British community in Shanghai but to the British au- thorities as well.

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Ence of Imperialism which the Po- wers are making every conceivable effort to correct. They are lament- Chinese Members Sincerity. ably incompatible with the state- This Association is not in a posi- ment of the British Government in 1997 which was meant to restore to answer the attacks Mr. MacDonald directed towards the the good-will of the Chinese peo- Municipal Council and the Couple and are abviously damaging to the commercial edifice which the cillors. But there are a few quee British traders have taken years tions upon which be asks for en- lightenment. As regards his con- and years to build up in China. tention that the Chinese Members of Council devote their energy to the furtherance of Chinese interests.

Chinese Majority.

In his concluding paragraphs,

alone, we would like to point out Mr. MacDonald brings up five

roints for the consideration of his. audience, and these we shall refute in the order, named.

that the Chinese. Councillors will naturally stand for the interest of the Chinese community, for if such is not the case, the members af the 1. It cannot be "overlooked that Municipal Council should be elect the Chinese residenta, constitute 98 ed irrespective of nationalities, per cent of the population in the and the present distribution of Settlement and their contributions seats on the Council to national towards the maintenance of the groups would be meaningless Municipality amount to more than Nevertheless it will be readily seen 55 per cent. of the total Municipal that the Chinese Councillors do not revenue. Mr. MacDonald's em- stand for Chinese interests alone phasis that the Council is described and the foreign Councillors for the in the Land Regulations as "Coun interests of all, if we only study cil for the Foreign Community of the estimates of the Council to Shanghai" merely gives rise to the figure out for ourselves the amount extreme Chinese view that the Chi- of money appropriated for the nese residents should form an inde welfare of the Chinese residents pendent Municipal Council for and that for the welfare of the themselves.

The May 30, Incident leaves & 2. If the Chinese residents who

kinke, history of the are under phlination to pop the card is Settlement, and actuated by E. are bititia to the FTENE sincere desire for co-operation, the sentation on an equal basis with Chinese Councillors exerted what forsign Ratepayers, that will afford ever influence they assessed, to amule justification even for the bring the question of compassionate, Chinese claim of seats, on the grant to an amicable settlement. Council, not to speak of, the pro-

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It is expected that benefit wil result for Chinese-American cititans in the territory of Hawaiï.

The Houston Bill, a similar mea- sure in the House of Represent-

A Provincial Bank of Manchuria ten-dollar note is to-day worth in the North-China Daily Mail, the sum of ten Mexican Tientsin, says dollar cents. The ten-dollar note in question is beautifully engraved by the American Bank Note Com-atives, has not yet been reported pans, and from the point of view of an artistic piece of paper it should certainly be worth more than ten Mexican dollar cents.

out of committes A House survey to-day indicated that it would fail of passage if reported out, thus re- peating the history of several similar measures. :

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