Peking, May 17.
General Sun Chuan-fang's recent addresses to both foreigners Chinese in Shanghai, on the occasion of Mr, V. K. Ting's installation as Mayor of a greater Shanghai, have made the best possible impression here in the North. The appointment of Mx, Ting is, in the first instance, a gesture which is perhaps better understood here where the new Mayor is better known than in Shanghai. It is an omen of a rea sonable and friendly attitude towards foreign relations. General Sun's public addresses only serve to confirm the significance of this appointment, In substance he has that he would like to see the Chinese recover jurisdiction of the area of the concessions because they are Chinese territory but that they ought not and cannot expect to exereise such jurisdiction until they have demonstrated their capacity to administer the Shanghai areas as well if not better than the for eigners do, He admits that the contrast between foreign controlled and Chinese controlled Shanghai striking argument against Chi claim to jurisdiction and, in putting Mr, Ting in control of the Chines administered districts adjacent to the foreign concessions he is demonstrating that he for one would yatiier see the Chinese earn their vight to jurisdiction than support the radical squeal for unearned and unmerited privileges,
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