Mr. Liu Chin-cheng, Secretary the Waichiopu, who was deputed by that Ministry to come to Shanghai and settle various diplomatic questions in conjunction with Taoyin Yang Cheng, has concluded He left for Peking by train the other day after expressing his opinion that Chinese residents in the dottlement should understand that, privileges go hand-in-hand with dut.es, as is the rule in most civinzed countries; and that they should make no fuss about claiming the ight of representation on the Mun-al Council, at least not for the present. He said that there are, two common duties in connexion. with the administration which all subjects had to do, namely, to serve as soldiers and to pay taxes. As the Chinese merchants also form a unit of the International Volunteer Corps for the protection of the Settlement, and as the amount of municipal taxes paid by Chinese is several hundred times larger than that paid by foreigners, there is no need to fight for representation on the administrative council now, as naturally they possess that right already, and he would advise them to wait patiently for the day when the treaties with foreign Powers have keen revised. He expects the question of settlement extension to be finally settled before next May. He urges that all Chinese should repose their confidence in the Central Government.
Mr. Liu put up at the Portuguese Coasulate when in Shanghai; he refused the hospitality of Mr. Yang Cheng on the ground that being ill, 't would be more convenient for him to receive medical treatment at the Consulate.
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