The "Read the Truth" leaflet in Chinese, issued with the "Northe China Daily News" of Friday, concerns the origin of the Foreign Settlements, It mentions Canton Hongkong and says of Shang-port in 1842, At that time it was an insignificant District City. The Bund was a towing path and the price of land was about 20 strings of cash per mow. The situation of the new port was barren, the climate uncertain, so that foreigners were little pleased with it, and its early development was slow. The! boundaries of the British Settlement as defined by treaty were the Soochow Creek on the north, the akingpang on the south," the! Huangpu on the east. and Defence Creek on the west. It was stated in the 14th section of the treaty, that if a po ff other than British nationality wished to rent ground, houses, godowns, etc., within the boundaries north of the Yang~ Kingpang, set apart to be rented to British merchants, such person must first apply to the British Consul, who determined whether his request should be acceded to. Article 15 stated that Chinese inhabitants must not rent to each other nor build houses for the purpose of renting to Chinese, because the land as leased to foreigners as a place of residence.
"The Municipal Council was formed in 1854. In 1898 the boundaries of the Settlement were enlarged and the British Settlement was merged in the International Settlement which was to be a business mart for all nations.
"Now, if one were to say the present 'Shanghai is not a Chinese Shanghai but the foreigners' Shanghai, I would demur to. that. roads are broad, the roads are level, as all men know. But the foreigner only mapped them out and superintended their construction. It was the brawn and sweat of the Chinese workman that made possible their present condition. Without the Chinese coolie these roads would be impossible to construct. The houses tower up seven and eight stories nder at and admire them or the Chinese? The foreigner the foreigner build)
only made the plans and superintended the building. Chinese workmen's strength and skill produced these giant structures. The business pro-Sperity of Shanghai is talked of the world over. Has the foreign merchant made it or the Chinese? Beyond doubt it was made by the ce-operation of both. And if this ce-operation is continued the future growth and prosperity of Shanghai is beyond computation. It will be greater and not Tess than, London br New York. Reverie the process
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.