Foreign Affairs Commissioner Pleading Over-Work and Lack of Public Funds Mr, Hsu Yuan, Special Commis-} sioner of Foreign Affaifs for Xiangsu Province and Director of, the Department of Foreign Affairs for the Directorate of the Shanghai and Woosung Port Development Bureau, has, we are officially informed, tendered his resignation, He has petitioned Marshal Sun Chuan-fang, Mr, Chen Tao-Governor of Kiangsu, and Dr. V. K. Ting, Director of the Shanghai and Woosung Port Development Bureau, to be relieved of his posts, praying that another official shall be appoint. ed in his place, In his petition, the Commissioner says that, owing to continued ill health and lack of appetite and' sleep, brought about by the strain of his official duties and the negoti tion of such affairs as the May incident, coupled with the fact that! he is unable to raise sufficient funds' for the upkeep of his yamen and the payment of his subordinates, is compelled to resign and must! appeal to them to appoint somebody' else in his stead, Dr. Ting and the two Governors pave sent Mr, Hsu messages of sympathy but decline emphatically) to accept his resignation,—saying! that they cannot afford to lose his services, especially at. the present] time, Under no consideration, they, say, must Mr, Hsu be allowed to' give up his post now.
A Distinguished Record Mr, Hsu Yuan has been Commissioner of Foreign Affairs on two occasions, A graduate of the University of Nanking and a native of Chinkiang, he served in various posts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after which he was transferred to Kaifeng, Honan, as Commissioner of Foreign Affairs. On the recommendation of the Waichiaopa and with the approval of] Marshals Chi Hsfeh-yean and Lu Yung-hsiang, Tuchuns of Kiangsu and Chekiang, respectively, he succeeded Mr, Yang Tebong in 1920, after serving for a period of more than 10 years in Honan.
Immediately after coming to Shanghai, Mx, Hsu, by his. winning personality, became a most popular official with foreigners and Chinese alike.
At the recommendation of Marshal Lu Yung-hsiang and Gen, Ho Feng. Jin, Military Governor of Shanghai and Sungkiang, Mr. Hsu was made Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extracrdinary by the Peking Government, to await an appointment. Meanwhile he continued to hold his post as Commissioner of Foreign Affairs here.
The Anfu Overthrow Following the defeat of the Anfu party in 1924 and the hurried departure of Marshal Lu and Gen. Ho, Mr. Hsq tendered his resignation and Mr, Wen Shih-tsen, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs at king and high adviser to Mars Chi Hsieh-yuan, was appointed to succeed him.
Mr. Hsu did not remain in retirement for very long for, in 1925, following the May 30 incident, Mr. Hew was prevailed upon to return to office to succeed his former subordinate, Chev. S. K, Chen, since which time he has served as Foreign Commissioner under the Feng-1 tien and Chekiang administrations
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