Reverting to the former British' Concession, Mr. Simpson said that the mixed Council under the Chen-O'Malley Agreement of the ex-concession was working badly and only few days ago the three British Councillors had gone in a body to the British Legation representative, Mr. Newton, and asked that the agreement be abandoned as it was farcical for them to pretend to work with men who did not know the ichments of municipal administration but thought the concession "farm" like an opium farm or any other form of Chinese semi-official Jactivity. As a result of persuasion they had agreed to carry on for a few days longer but the end wae not far off. One of the last pro-Positions of the Chinese coun-feillers had been that 10 per Jcent.. of all municipal revenues be devoted to the education of Inbourers, Another feature was that} Council meetings opened the Yeading of Sun Yat-sen's will, which denounces foreigners. The British members had decided that they would leave the building if this occurred again, Tt seemed, Mr. Simpson, a matter of urgent representa that Mr. Havold Port er, the newly appointed Consul-Gi should hasten at once to his post if he wished to. sce any of the British residents still with life left in them. The British community. in Hankovw had been almost killed by lack of leadership. Careful he said, had proved that it would have been easier to January 3 what the Japanese had done on April 3
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