Carrying the matter through recent history, Mr. Little said a number of emergency meetings, of as many members of the Executive Committee as could be got together, were called to consider what steps could be taken to combat the attempt on the part of certain Chinese to cut off access to the Beach in the area just south of the Strand Hotel. At one of these meetings, Mr. Evans and his Chines ant, Mr. Kuo, were present, tion to Major Kroner, Mr. Barry Eastham and himself. The news-Papers referred to the matter at the ime as "Attempted Blackmail," for those who were attempting to cut off the Strand Hotel from the beach did demand some several hundreds of dollars from Mrs. Scholz, and only removed parts of the barbed-wire fence that had been erected, after Mrs. Scholz had paid a part of the sum demanded. He stated that he felt urged to make a repr sentation to the Consular Body in Tientsin about the matter, and a letter was sent to the Senior Consul General with the request that suitable steps be taken by the Consular Mr. E. 8. Little, representing the Temple Bay "Association at the meeting of all Association Presidents in August, 1923, stated that the principle results of the ment looking toward a Municip citaiho were encloaked inthe ment of the representative the Kung T Hui, that Uni could not cooperate toward a Union at and further that this ho wis lace of Chinese Soil" and Foreigners authority to ret up or attempt to a manicipal organization, [Me, Little further stated that axa member of a sub-committee appoint= ed by the Association President to call on the Diplomatic Body in Peking, he had interviewed Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and was very kindly informed that "the Diplomatic Body could not initiate any steps looking toward Municipat Organization at Peitailtoy but. that they could and would consider sug gestions that came to them." Little said that the above outlins covers the present status of the case, Mr. Davis saw it seemed to that a more convenient solution of the Union here would be somethinie like a confederation, each Assoc! tion having certain rights but wor ing for the common good under one head. The matter was left to the wisdom of the Executive Committee for further action it necessary The annual meeting of the sociation for 1924 wax held on Aus gust 2, Mr. Little again presiding, The question of a Community Electric Plant was allowed to drop for the time being.
The President stated clusion that he felt there had been a very successful year for the Temple Bay Association, and he wished to express his thanks for the an effort of all those who made t success possible; but that he felt sure of even granter success for the ensuing year.
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