Dr. C. T. Wang on Direct Representation The question of Chinese _representation on the Municipal Council was further discussed at a meeting'
the (Civic League held on Monday in the Rooms of the Royal Asiatic Society. Mr. Cecil Holliday presided over a moderate attendance. Arguments in favour of direct representation were presented by Dr. C. T. Wang, and Mr. A. J. Hughes advocated the establishment of an Advisory Committee of representative Chinese.
Beginning his address with a reference to the urgency of the matter, Dr. Wang said there were two principles concerned which all would admit. The Settlement was Chinese territory. The fact that foreign residents had a special area assigned to them to live in did not take away sovereignty of the territory on which they lived. The Municipal System in Shanghai was created by the grant of the Chinese Government as the final authorit; the grant being made on certain conditions. One of these conditions was that there should be a Chinese element in the municipal administration. Another principle which would be generally admitted was that there should be no taxa: tion without representation. The original scheme of the Shanghai Municipal Council recognized that principle—that the persons who were to be taxed must be represented in the administration, and that the persons who were governed must. have a voice in the government.
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