Much space is given to this subject in the Chinese press and the following is a brief translation of what appears, The date of the primary parliamentary elections was set down for Tuesday. Members of the Shanghai Distri¢t Police force and other local officials were stationed at the various polling booths from early lin the morning till late at night. The polling booths were placed it the different police stations. eight o'clock voters began to drift in. They: were, permitted to enter upon their showing an admission ticket and after they had signed their names to the roll book.
It is understood that there were many discrepancies in connexion with the voting. The system was even worse than in previous years. For instance, one man would present himself with several polls. Others stated they represented their friends who were absent. A number of them were seen to go out and return a number of times in succession. Some are alleged to have secured votes by bribery. And so forth—the discrepancies were many. It was interesting to note that most of the voters of the day belonged to the coolie class, and many who had polling tickets refused to vote. Such an election is but a farce.
The results, however, will be announced either to-day (3rd) or on Saturday.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.