Hankow, Oct. 17.
'A. mass-meeting of British, residents waa held here last week to pass certain resolutions. concerning the administration of the ex-British Goneession, now known as Special Administered District No, 3. 210 residents were present.
Opening the meeting, the Chair man, Mr. C, E, Pencoek, said that a strong feeling had been apparent among the British community tha it was high time it got together to ceive unanimous expression to their Views on current municipal matters which vitally affected them all.
He continued:—I would impress upon you that we are here to discuss the actual working of the Chen-O'Malley Agreement as it affects our private and business interests only and we ave not here to discuss the' policy' of the British. Government or the actual ratification of the Ghen-O'Malley Agreement. The policy of the British Government] faving been promulgated and. the caggreetnent. made, we are entitled to demand that the spirit of that contract be observed, There isa not Uunmatural feeling that Hankow has been used! as a kind of experiment for the rendition of sll other on-cessions in China and. that we ave nobody's baby.
We have patiently given this experiment. months of trial and the three British councillors have loyadi tried to carry out its terms, but the only result has been that' we are now faced with the prospect of the Administrative machinery collapsing. The British Government thas definitely refused to consider the ro-occupation of the Concession, but to carry on it is obvious. that some modification will be necessa.y Ani, therefore, we can no longer inarticulate but must" make our position clearly defined to our]
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