London, July 17, In the House of Commons this afternoon Miss E. C, Wilkinson, Labour M.P. for the East Division of Middlesbrough, drew attention. to the fact that the Shanghai Munieipay Council were proposing to sell their electricity undertaking for £10,000,- 000, of which £6,000,000 was for the goodwill, She' declared that. this goodwill was largely the result of the expenditure borne by the British tax-payer, and asked whether, if the sale proceeded, the Foreign' Secretary would invite the Council to con= tribute £3,000,000 to that expendi tare.
Mr. Arthur Henderson, the' Seere= tary of State for Foreign Affairs, re= plied that he had no information how much of the £10,000,000 represented goodwill, nor what part, if any, of the goodwill value was' the result of the expenditure borne by the British tax-payer, He said that he npathized with the view that the residents of Shanghai should bear a proper share of the cost of their own defence, but obviously it would for an international nwunicipality on Chinese soil to con towards the cost of the Miss Wilkinson suggested "the Shanghai Defence Force sent out at the request of these people was largely responsible for the security and goodwill which they are now Dr. James Woo, the well-known local lawyer, who! has been made riy-general to the Chinese des legation to the League of Nations, and his family have left for Geneva.
Locat, merchants have been me vited by the Minister of Industry, Commerce & Labour to send exhibits and samples of their goods to the Central Museum of National Products in Nanki beautifully decorated and the guests. mieluded persons of all nationalities. 36 Koechlin was congratulated by:
E. Charlot,: president of the Clubs Nand the toast was "To France.'
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