As a result of arrangements just completely by "K.R.C." the broad-station "of the Kellogg:
itchboard and Supply Ca. and the Hongkong & Shanghai Hotel Ca. Ltd., radio enthusiasts have a daily interest in store for them during tiffin time. The Paul Rumberg: orchestra, which plays a fine prokrumme of concert music gt the Astor will have for its audience nog. only there lunching in the Hotel, but members of unseen but equally ap-Preciative listeners. Specisl ap-Paratus has been installed by the Kellogg Ca. which guarantees the clear transmission of the music even as far as Tokyo and Manus.
"ALL mass meetings and street Processions are the cause of trouble," says Gen. Yen Chun-yang, Commissioner of the Shanghai and Woosung Police, in his recent order to the public. "If you think that the victims of May 30 should be mourned you ought to blame yourselves for their deacas*for their lives were'the result of your undue activities."
Memorable Address to Gentry and Merchants: Unification of All Districts: Problem of Finance: Army Only for Defence: Suppression of Opium On Wedsesdey efternson Marthal Sen Chuen-fang, Governors Generat of Kiangse and Chekiang entertained the gentry and mers hen el ahs det atthe Chinete General Chanber' of Eanmarce chen he explained in detail hie idea for Greater" Shanghai. The speech ly #0 suportant that see. gi vent in full, Mavonal Suna Gentlemen:—It is now many, months since I had the pleasure of being with you, You will remember that when we saw each other last, T expressed the idea of creating an organization in Shanghai to unite all the administrative powers into cone ctntré so that it might have the necessary authority to improve the municipal government, plan a new port, and settle long-standing diplomatic disputes, gradually eon-) verting the area outside the foreign: settlements into a model city, the result of which should form' the Yasis for our demand for the ishing of foreign concessions.
has been one of my dearest! dreams, for whenever T come to a treaty ' port I feel thoroughly humiliated, not only because a treaty port ix " standing reminder} our loss of sovereignty, but also Decause whenever we pass' from the concessions into Chinese.territory, we feel that we are crossing into a different world—the former is the [upper and the latter is the underworld, for nothing in the Chinese territory—roads, buildings, or publi: health—ean be compared with the concessions. This is the greatest of our national humiliations, much) greater in my opinion than the loss; of sovereignty.
Empty-mouthed Demanis recent years the people of, China have gradually acquired a. national consciousness and with one, voice have demanded the rendition!
concessions and the abolition of
demands are' useless. If we want al treating, at "monty mouthing 10 have the concessions abolished Wwe must make the necessary pre-privations, otherwise even if the, Powers hand over the concessions, to us at once, we shall find ourselves: utterly unprepared to receive them. One of the objects of establishing the Directorate of the Port of} Shanghai and Woosung is to try to accomplish some real results t show our foreign friends and start our general preparation for the eventual return of the conees-sons.
T have had this idea in my mind for_a long time and when T was in Shanghai last, T intended to put into execution. There are three reasons for this long delay: firstly., because of the unsettled political. situation my attention has been divided; secondly, has been difficult for me to find the right man to help me; amd lastly, tie nature and the constitution of the new organization are of such importance that it is necessary to study it carefully before we act. Now, China is a republic; municipal affairs are within the sphere local self-government. But Shang. hai_is certainly a special case, for it is a treaty port with a mixed population. Very many of the municipal questions are intimately, connected with foreign inter: for to the north and the west there are the extra-concessional road the development of Woosung' depends on the improvement of he! harbour; Pootung is studded with, foreign factories: and of course, both Nantao and Chapei are ai Jacent to the foreign settlements, Moreover, our ideal Greater! Shanghai overlaps several different, districts each of which has its own different officials, each has its different gentries and interests, Tf the provincial autho: do not take up the responsibility for making 4 beginning and ce-operate with the People in the different districts, it will be very difficult indeed to accomplish any result. Therefore, at the present transitional period and under the special conditions of Shanghai, anyone attempting to improve municipal government, extend, Port facilities and recover lost territory with a view to laying down a firm foundation for a Greater Shanghai must have real political power behind him.
In other words, for the present only the provincial government can make such an experiment with any' hope of success, When T say municipal government, I mean it in the widest sense of the word. For this reason, the new organization is not jealled 'a municipality but a Direc torate of the Port of Shanghai and The System Described Gentlemen, this is not the first ime that the government has tried to create an organization of this kind. "First, we had the Woosung. scheme of Mr. Chang Chien and then [the special area of Mr, Sun Pao-chi, They were, however, all organiza. tions independent of the provincial government of Kiangsu, so among other things the conflict of authority made their schemes a failure, After very careful consideration, Ihave decided upon the present form of I myself assume the for General so that the evils of divided authority and con-heting order may be avoided, I Shanghai, therefore T have appointed a Director to plan and execute on my behalf. order to facilitate his task, the political, diplomatic and police come missioners must be subordinate to hhis authority, but in order to maine tain the administrative system of Kiangsu province these officials ean= not be made independent of—the Civil Governor. T have, therefore, made the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, the Taoyin and the Comis-sioner of Police, ex-officio depart mental chiefs of the Directorate, 60 that the Director may have. them under his guidance, without imp:
the authority Governor of Kiangsu, An advisory Council of nine is to be attached to the Directorate so that the local people may be kept informed of the affairs of the Directorate and whose opinions the latter will consult.
At first sight, the constitute tion of the Di torate may seem to be unnecessarily complicated. In reality, un the most practical scheme can devise under the present local and political cone ditions, T may add, I have come to the above conclusions after considerable discussion with Civil Governor Chen. Therefore, what I have said represents the joint decision of both of
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