Some feeling has been caused in local Chinese circles at the report: that the 300 members of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce are trying to elect from their own body five members who will sit. and act as members of the Chinese Advisory Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Council.
News of this was circulated after a recent meeting of the members of the Chamber. It is alleged that several of the men were dissatisfied because their names were not down on_ the proposed list which was to have been sent in to the Council. The list up to the present, however, has not been submitted, Caamper or Commerce Denouncen.
Two xépresentative bodies, the Cantonese Guild and the Shanghai Streets Unions, have taken action during the week-end to protest against the alleged action of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.
It will be remembered that April 17, Mr. N. O. Liddell, secretary of the S.M.C., wrote to the chairman of the Chamber stating that he was "directed to seek the good offices of your Chamber in taking the initiative in calling together the guilds and associations established in this Settlement representing the several sections of the Chinese community, with a view to the selection of at least five Chinese residents who are considered suitable for nomination to membership of the Chinese Advisory Committee, who should be as representative as possible of the whole of the Chinese Community."
Tae Cuamper's Circutar-
For some reason or other this letter remained with the Chamber for more than a month when the Chamber sent out a circular, which after referring to Mr. Liddell's letter, concludes as follow:
It was decided in (ong eleventh regular monthly) meeting that since the Chamber of Commerce is a commercial institution, we could only elect from our member-organizations people who possess the necessary qualifications to serve as advisers for selection; that the other organizations whose nature is not commercial, we are not in position to notify that we are to write to our member-organizations to effect the said election by choosing a few men out to represent them; and that we will gather all the names of the elected to send to the We are writing this to you in aecordance with the decision" reached by our meeting. Please have the election done within a week, and have the names sent to us as soon as possible.
A GeneraL Execrion Demanpep.
The two organizations contend that every Chinese ratepayer, even those who are not members of organizations, should be entitled to
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