The Archive · 1934

Direction of Votes

This enables the Japanese, Res clients "Association to exercise, wit every sense of responsibility, a fower in. directing the votes. their nationals which is, impossible] for any other national body in Shanghai. "As a matter of course every Japanese voter casts his b top in favour of his own {vo presentatives.. These two are thus assured of election, since a certain trumper of vates from other ce inumities cane confidently relied] upon, So far as the other cand!- dates are concerned the procedure dest illustrated by what, according! to the "North-China Daily News" informant, occurred yesterday and the day before.

The Japanese ratepayer going. to the committee of his association assembled at the Japanese Club was shown a copy of the voting slip. would have to fill in at the polling station. If he were willing to cast his vote according to the wishes of the 'Association—and he need not have gone to the committee at, the Si club if he were not—he was' then advised to cross out certain names

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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