Geneval Chang Ting-fan, successor to General Huang Fu as' Mayor of Greater Shanghai, formally assumed his new appointment last Friday morning at the Shanghai and Woosung Municipality in the presence of a large gathering of merchants and officials, both civil and military. Among those present were Mr. Quo. Taichi, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs; Commander Umesaki, of the Japanese Landing Forces; Admiral Wu Kuang-tsung, Chief of! Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Fleet; and Messrs. Yu_ Yah-ching, Feng Shao-shen, Loi Pa-hong and Wang Yi-ting, The new Mayor is a native of Kiangsi and is 36 years of age. "He graduated in the department of engineering, Paotungfu Military! Academy, With honours. After service in Kuangtung and Fukien regimental and, later, brigade commander, he was appointed chief of taft department to the Com= mander-in-Chief of the Nationalist Armies and served in that capacity during the early part of the anti-northern punitive expedition. Fol-owing the occupation of his home: province, Gen. Chang was elected anal of the Kuomintang, should render him every possible support, assistance and encouragement."
Miss Soumi Cheng, representing the Kiangsu Provincial Government said that, with his experience and his broad vision of constructive problems, she was sure Gen. Chang would achieve great things as Mayor of Greater Shanghai.
The Demand for Election Mr. Chen Teh-ching, of the Shanghai branch-of the Kuomintang, referred to the present transitional stage of the republic when the military administration was giving way to the second stage of Bublican nation making. This stage was one in which the people should be trained to grasp the importance of representative institutions along constitutional lines. It was obvious that the movement started by the! [contmercial bodies to elect the may:
popular vote was immature. The government, for the present, acted Wisely in reserving to itself the right to make the appointment.
Mr, Feng Shao-shen, representing] the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, said that in, voicing the sentiments of the people in favour of the election of a mayor by was appointed Municipal Director: of Nanchang. He was then trans: ferred to the position of chief of staff to the Director-General of the Easteyn Route Armies and lately' has Doon chief of stof to the Shanghai and Woosung Garrison. onimissioner. Gen. Chang is holding: the latter position concurrently with his new post as Mayor of Greats: Shang?
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