Vu Ya-ching Elected Chairman'
After a protracted controversy over the eligibility or otherwise of Mr. Sung Han-chang, the rati Chairman, for re-election to chairmanship for yet another term of office, which was happily ended by Sung magnanimously announcing' his determination to decline the honour, the new Committee of the Chinese General Chamber of Com. merce, at a meeting held on Thursday afternoon, succeeded in electing from amongst themselves Mr. Vu Ya-ching as their Chairman and oral suppression wag. then Shue a Hpac auf "min Mr. Pang Chiao-peh as their Vice-thon'dvug "to be. imported "was also Chairman. Of the Committee of 35 Anfanged: In ait "earnestness, the members, 27 were present in person Sthole country "war unanimous for while the remainder voted by: Mbclition of the evil. 'In general, the proxy. Thus, 85 votes were cast. ffiinty were sincere in carrying' out each case; in the ease of electing the mandate and the people we hustastie ta" cooperation. Te ook the Chairman, Mr. Vu Ya-ching' Sora time as if the evil was polled 19 votes, Mr. Sung Han-Actually amped out at the prescribed chang 15 and Mr. Ku Hsin-yi one vote; and in the election of the Vice-'Alast with the outbreak of the European' conflagration in 1914 exter-Chairman, Mr. Fang Chino-peh nally' the friendly Powers "were too obtained $3 votes while Mr. Yuan nay to curtail the opium output and Li-teng got two. control splum.trame, and. internally: the Central. Government was 20 torn Mr, Vu Ya-ching, announced Mr. Shih Yun-chien, his proxy, was at. in present in Tientsin, but he would forbidding poppy plum amoking nota return to Shanghai in time to ashe revenues derived from the sume office on September 1, the day. num. true' were. enormous hat on which the retiring Committee Cee tat Tord, ould veeist th tion te replan would hand over their duties to their order to main me big army, and. in only by the revenues of opium taxation could a big army be It will interest many foreigners to Kept from insurrection. 'Consequentiy, note that the Chinese General Cham~ poppy planting became an open secret ber of Commerce at this premier ud' the Trafic extended. Smugglirg, port in China will once more ko foo, ig rampant in such large cittes Shdnghal, Fenésin, Henkows and other presided over by Ningpoese, as are treaty ports where he big Mnets er both Mr. Vu and Mr. Fang, Her steamers ply, under the flags 9 Foreign nations. The seizures made bythe maritime customs during rece poets one tniply Tnconceivables 'There Mr. Ya Ya-ching, who has returned Hegrant evidence that. rascals to" Shanghai, has written to the sreyy ion are, attracted to opiam Chinese General Chamber of Com-imines. 1e'js no wonder that there'
ling by "the huge profits it promerce, declining to accept the Chair-Hagrant evidence that rascals of every manship of its General Committee.
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