Ar a meeting of the Consular Body held here on Wednesday, Dr. Stuebel, in view of his early departure for home on leave, resigned the office of Senior Consul. As there seemed to be some difficulty in appointing Mr. Hannen owing to his temporary absence, a difficulty which seems hardly appreciable, Mr. Max Goebel, Consul-General for Belgium, was appointed Senior Consul ad interim, on the distinct understanding that he will resign as soon as Mr, Hannen returns to Shanghai. Dr. Franke, of the German Consulate-General, is to give his services: as interpreter to Mr. Goebel, and the records are to remain meanwhile at the German Consulate. there are only three Consuls-General here whose staff and whose interests can permit of their holding the post of Senior Consul with propriety, the representatives of Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, and Mr. Goebel recognised this himself when he declined the position on a previous occasion. No one would question Mr. Goebel's personal fitness for the position, and the two summer months are not usually those in which many very serious mat ters come before the Senior Consul
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