Chamber of Commerce), speaking unofficially, said he thought that all the support that could be hoped for from the Chinese Government would possibly be grant of land for the exhibition. Tf Shanghai business men organized and financed the scheme and took everything upon their shoulders, it might be a success, and he suggested that the various Chambers of Commerce should get together and thresh the matter out before taking any steps to get the Chinese authorities to move.
Mr. Chang added that he was not present officially as representing the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Major Hilton Johnson, speaking on behalf of the China Association, Said he thought the more prudent course would be to appoint a committee simply to explore the possibilities of such a rather than appoint make The finan presented bigger difficulties than Mr. Bena appeared to think, and. there were other troubles ahead, Ind, provincial rivalries, and so on, Mr. E. M. Gull, speaking on behalf "of the Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce, endorsed Major Hilton Johnson's By appointing a committee thought they would be jumping.
stage. It would be more advisable for those who conceived the dea, and believed in it, to put something a little more committee give an impression that the meeting approved of the idea of the exhibition, and he was not sure that things "had really reached that stage. They should first have some concrete proposal, and on that decide whether or not to appoint @ committee to go further into the scheme.
Mr. Sowerby—That is precisely the of appointing—this for consideration by the various Chambers Commerce and the Chinese, Mr. Bena emphasized that the appointment of a Committee would not imply that they were bound to anything, or even that the meeting approved of the idea. It would not be an executive committee, and would simply be ap-Pointed to study the question.
Mr. Brooke Smith then proposed that Mr. Bena write to the national Chambers of Commerce ind ask them to appoint one representative to form a committee and consider the matter as a whole.
Mr. Chang Nieh-yun seconded, and the resolution was carried with the addition that foreign and Chinese representation on the committee be equal, and that, in addition to inviting a representative of the Chinese Chamber, the latter body be asked to name suitable representatives of the leading and industrial Locat Japanese residents will celebrate the marriage of their popular Crowit Prince on June 1 next.
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