Advisory Committee Accepted The Chinese have accepted defeat in_a very sportsmanlike manner.
Immediately after it was known that the ratepayers had rejected the proposed amendment, the Shanghai Streets Unions called a meeting at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening to discuss the question.
While expressing their disappointment, they said that now the following steps should be taken 1. Pay taxes as usual and cause no disturbance 2. Appeal to the Foreign Legations at Peking.
3. Appeal to the ratepayers at their next meeting If they did not grant the amendment this year, they may do so next year. Anyhow, try again is the motto.
4. Accept the Advisory Commit-
8. To elect five of the following gentlemen as Councillors if they are willing to stand for nomination:—Mr. Wen Tsung-yao, former Commissioner of Foreign 'Affairs; Mr. ©. C. Nieh, proprietor of the Hong Foong Cotton Mill and a prominent member of the Chinese conimunity; Mr. Chen Tsze-min, former member of Parliament and president of the Shanghai Streets' Unions; Mr. David Z. T. Yui, xa., general' secretary of the National Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations in China; Mr. Sung Han-chang, manager of the Bank of China; Dr. CT. Wang, former vice-speaker of the Senate and Chinese peace delegate; and Dr. F. ©. Tong, of the Cantonese Guild, who. is chairman of the Shanghai Commercial Federation.
These gentlemen are all prominent in Chinese circles. and men who, the Street Unions say, are trying to do their best for the community as a whole, men of unselfish motives. and men with adminis. trative ability.
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