The Council's by-laws. to be finned by a new authority cons of (a) Consular Representatives fos womloats of the loos bor. Emment, such body to consist of six br nine members of whom not less than one-third should be Chinese, fo act by n majority; its sanction final.
The Council to he in direct of contact with the Chinese Municipal Government of Greater Shanghai, Hhis general ce-operation to be sup" ally speaking, the policy was to deavour to" settle disputes by' neons of friendly negotiation with the authorities of the Greater Shanghai Municipality. The Council. Yeeeived much assistance from the Mayor and his officers, and friendly relations were established betieoen, the two bodies, with the result that although, necessarily, action was often delayed and progress disappointing, serious clashes Towards the end of the year the agitation of the students the Nanking Government's ese policy led to the mobbing] fof the Municipal Offices of Greater Shanghai and the re-ignatian of General Chang-chun, tap event which was mach regretted on personal grounds.
The police. were subject to critic.
owing to the prevalences of Kidnapping in the Settlement, but they satisfactorily proved that. glance was equal to the acti with which they were confronted. Special measures were taken to deal with kidnappers and during the latter half of the year that form of crime was greatly diminished. A noteworthy feature of police activiies was the breaking up of an important gang of Communists eompri-
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