Equal Rights for Chinese on Municipal Council: Discrimination Abolished: The Mud Swamp which was Shunned Tientsin, Apr. 13. increase the power of the Chinese, The meeting of ratepayers of the British Concession unanimously adopted a resolution recommending revision of the Land Regulations, pari passen swith the inevense of Chinese residents of the Concession.
Mr, C. H, Wang, Chinese member of the Council, warmly thanked the to abolish all discrimination and British ratepayers for their support confer absolute equality on Chinese f the resolution, which, he said, and foreign residents, including the sould very greatly strengthen: the Keeloding the etendahip" and goodwill id) atween Great Britain and China existing cipal Council. and set an example to the other Mr: Young, chairman of the Counil, proposing the resolution, reminded his hearers that the found Mr. ZS. Bien, manager of the Bank of China, speaking on behalf ofthe Chinese ratepayers, paid tions of the Concession had been tribute to the achievements of Sir Lai by the British on a mud swamp Robert Hart ana Sir Richard Dane which had been shunned by the Chi and other Britons and declared that nese, except fishermen and fowlers.|the progress Chita had made had The policy of the Council, he said, mostly been inspired and guided by had consistently Leen gradually to! Great Britain,—Reuter, have placed machine-guns in.the upper storeys of a number of buildings, and this statement secms.to be generally believed by the Chinese, Tt is also common talk that an effort has. been made to persuade coolies to. stage a demonstration, but that the coolies replied that they gained hothing by all they did in the way of demonstrations when the British Concession was taken back.
The Chinese authorities announce
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