Mayor and an executive body, suid Mr, Vu, should be appointed by public election and the people must fight for this." A Tupan and a Huipan would be unsuccessful and hho would urge the people to oppose this form of administration and not tw accept it. People had asked him why he had not publicly announced this policy but, said Mr. Vu, he ould not announce it until he had conferred with the most prominent commercial and educational leaders here.
"The Shanghai Municipality will be no easy matter," said Mr. Vu, "but I think it will' be successful if the people will give it their active support instead of talking so much. Personally, I believe in more action and less tuik, because we must do something to make it a success otherwise we will become a laughing stock."
The speaker went on to describe: his visit to Peking and an interview with Marshal Tuan Chi-jui.
Ihe agreed: I said that Shanghai must be made a model place and that it could not be. otherwise if the Government agreed to the plans. The Minister of Interior was structed to draw up his plans and the Chief Executive urged that all the people should ce-operate to make the scheme a success. I also discussed the plans with the Minister of Interior and the chief- of the: Legal Experts' department. The: fatter suggested that Shanghai be transformed and placed on the same basis as Canton and Tsingtao, but I told them that this was impossi ible as the Mayor of Canton was appointed by the Civil Governor and the Governor of Tsingtao received his appointment from the Central Government and not the people.
"The Minister of Interior was. Jafraid that there would be misunderstandings with the—provincial authorities of Kiangsu, and Ché- kkinng, but I told them that this would rot be the case. We met several hours daily to discuss the matter.
would not surrender and demandced tha: the head of the Municipality must be elected by the public. Plans were drawn up, containing. more than 100 articles. By this [the power conferred upon the Tupan was exceedingly great. Somebody said that it was too great, but held that if it were not it would The useless. It was decided also that as no troops were stationed in Shanghai the Tupan would have the power to move the army and navy when necessity called for it. Regarding finances, it was decided that for local matters finances should he raised locally, but the Govern Tment should help when necessary.'
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