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ROTARY IN CHINA SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL

All-China Convention

Foreshadowed

ELECTIONS

It was announced by Hon. Dr VIEWS OF THE LEADING candidates

S. W. Teo, President of the Rotary

ROADS PROBLEM

Club, al yesterday's luncheon thai SECURITY AND THE SOLUTION OF THE a lotter had been received by the local club from the Tientsin Rotary Club extending an invitation to members of the Hong Kong club to attend that Tenth Anniversary of the Tientsin club which will be celebrated on May 10.

Mr. W. B. Lambe,

To insist on the rights of the for sign ratepayers of the Settlement 1 granted them under the Land Re gulations as long as the present state of flux, and uncertainty con-

All indications point to the fact that the elections to the Shanghai Municipal Council to be held on March 27 and 28 (Monday and Tues day) will be the most interesting and keenly-contested in many years, says the North China Daily News,tinuos in China which adds an appeal to all voters to attend the polls.

To oppose any further incresso in the number of Chinese on the Council until such time as there is an inernasa in the total number of Councillors of all nationalities in accordance with the recommanda- tions of Mr. Justice Feetham

To try to qbtain an early settle- ment of the matter of the Outside Roads and the extension of the public amenities to the extra-Battle- ment roade area.

The letter embodying the invita tion stated that Tientsin was try ing to get in touch with all Clubs in China and would arrange, if A number of the candidates in possible, an all-China Rotary Con- the election have been good enough vention with a view to obtaining to forward statements of the res

on the pective policies

basis which their Rotary International's agreement to of

candidatures. of 2

rest, adds our contemporary. It the ultimate establishment

will be generally agreed that every China district.

statement ia worth attention. The address yesterday was one on Brevity is the keynote of all in "Club Service" by Rotarian F. A. grater on less degree. As would be expected of them there is, about the Mackintosh, who read a pamphlet pronouncements, a practical ring on the subject published in Eng-and; a modesty which do much credit

to their authors. It is not surpris land, parts of which provoked muching that a hint of Armness marka laughter. The speaker was thank the observations of most of the ed by Mr. M. F. Key, whose speech candidates on the majority of the

Brig. Gen, E. B. Macnaghtan problems. Fortunately the general also was interrupted more than atmosphere in Shanghai has attain. Considerations regarding thr once by the roars of laughter which led to a healthier condition in which "Security" and the "Health" of the the cultivation of a robust intercommunity of the International it.caused.

change of opinion may be more readily relieved than at certain times in the not so distant past.

JAPANESE DUMPING

CEYLON AMAZED AT EVIDENCE IN PRICE

CUTTING

To assure as far as possible, through the agency of the Police Force at full strength and the en couragement of volunteering and of the Special Police, the peace and safety of the Settlement.

Settlement must always take the foremost place in governing the policy of the Council, and the ex- penditure of the funds at its dis-

These election addresses are en tirely free from the flowery proposal.. mises which the professional articla Be often contains. They are just the plain. straightforward observations of business men on Shanghai's needs and anxieties.

Attitude of B.R.A.

It is understood that the Com mittee of the British Residents'

As regards. Security" I should' never grudge any money spent in maintaining the efficiency of the Police, the Fire Brigade; and the Volunteer Carps.

As regards Health considerations. I should never grudge any money spent on the purchase of sites for open spaces and public workees

of Geylaniзed, says the Times the foreign ratepapers, the two the utmost importance that the

Mr. K. S. Brown,

While there has recently heaAssociation of Chins have consider.pécially in the Northern and East- much talk concerning Japanese ed the elections question and have ern Districts, where there is a cry-

reached the opinion that in ordering need for air lungs" champing in the local market, the to avoid raising in an accute form I have great faith in the future acopo and extent of that dumping the proportionate representation of of Shanghai, and I regard it as of in scarcely

India has been forced Japanese and the two American traffic problem of Shanghai be candidates should be elected. Re- seriously considered from the point. to impose a 20 per cent, ad valorem garding British candidates, the. Asof view of the general economic daty on non-British piecegoods acuition feels that in view of cir unity of the city and its environs. with a view only to the exclusion cunstances that it is not called upon to offer any suggestions, leaving the of Japanese products, which were issue to the voters in entering the market at prices defy-Among the views of candidates ing competition. With the diver- are the following sion of shipments from India to similar Ceylon there has beco a appeal for protection here, but that has fallen on the deaf ears of the State Comcillore. The idea ap parently is that low prices are to the benefit of the poor man. If that is entirely true, Ceylon shouldent on the rights of the Interno-

tional Settlement. soon be the poor man's paradise, judging from the extent to which cheap-Japanese goods are entering the country.

Generally speaking, the public asrociate Japanese dumping only with cotton goods, but, actually Japanese competition makes itself felt in almost every commodity im- ported. Japanese competition has been keen not only in regard to cotton manufactures, but also in silks, shoes and hate, cutlery, glassware, enamelware, cement, rubber goods including tyres and has now even extended to fruit. In the Pettah and in the stalls of green- grocers in Colombo are to be seen farge quantities of Japanese fruit, including pears and apples, big and 10sy. In most cases the retail prices of these are extremely low, and, if Japan continues: "with her. recent finncial pelicy, they should become pressively lower.

•

Mr. E. E. Amhold.

If I am re-elected I shall press for a continuation of the policy pur- sued during the past year by the Shanghai Municipal Council. Fur ther, that there will be no encroach.

The main problems with which the Municipality is faced are

1.-Rigid scrutiny of all expendi-

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ture, as at the present rate it will be necessary before long either to increase rates or to borrow extensively : 2-Completion of the ** outside roads" agreement. At the present moment the public utilities companies, such the Shanghai Power Co.. the Waterworks Co., and the Tele- phone Co., are unable to con- nect up with any new con- sumers ponding the conclusion of new agreements with the Municipal of Greater Shang- hai, The non-settlement of the outside roads" question han boen the main obstacle to the conclusion of these agree- ment.

Mr. E. F. Harris.

I submit myself for election to the Shanghai Municipal Council-da- an independent candidate.

First and foremost, I believe it

The severity of Japanese com petition is due to the policy of artificially dedating that country's currency. Even so, however, Japan is essential that the integrity and ese manufacturers would seem to be security of the Foreign Settlements bearing heavy losses, because in shall be maintained and that the many cases the, manufactured: pro peace safety and prosperity of ducts are put on the market at less Shanghai and the surrounding aren than the raw material would cost, are afirat consideration: There apart altogether from the cost of must be no weakening whatever in freight. It can only be asumed the upholding of our Treaty rights that Japan is now making sacrifices whilst we are surrounded by such in order to capture extensive chaotic conditions. markets, from which she hopes later, District Court Agreement, to reap ample reward when other

In view of the extension of the competition has been beaten off District Court Agreement for a fur The world has been amazed at the ther three yours, while this ques" endurance ahown by Japan in price-cutting, but still it goes on,tion will not come up for considers- The outcome in difficult to foretell, tion during the coming year, never- heless I boliove the Council should

hut it would seem to be penny-wise carefully watch the working of this and pound-foolish for, Ceylon or Court and record. Ell (cases of mal "any other country to encourage the administration in regard to both expansion of Japanese truda.

judgment and execution, so that There at any rate be no doubt when the agreement comes up for that Japanese competition, is die revision the Council will be in a locating the market in hundreds of position to produce, evidence of the. commodities and, is one of the fac defcets in the present constitution tore which is hindering a general and working of the Court and to inéobvery :" of prosperity. At the press for the institution of a judicial

Ottawa Cepference and in most obehlely rel the references, to the forthcoming justice, for all. World Eunomic, Conferenos, it has been naserted, that arian in. sale values is the first dead

One of the important outstanding questions is the status of the out- nida, roads. I trust that while re- angible esential feature of

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If elected, my intention is to sup port a policy directed towards the maximum.co-operation in, Municipal administration with a view to main taining the interests of the Settle ment in their widest interpretaion.

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