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To all who have given thought to the future of Shanghai the appointment of Mr. Justice Feetham should be welcome.
According to the statement issued through Reuter on Monday, Judge Feetham comes to Shanghai to "act temporarily as an expert adviser to the Council in regard to certain municipal problems arising out of the present political situation." What those problems are and what the general nature of Judge Feetham's task, is a fairly open secret. It will be his duty to study the history and constitution of Shanghai, to what extent the Treaties bear upon it, its surroundings and requirements, and in the end to work out a scheme for its future status with due regard for Chinese aspirations and the just claims of foreign interests. In fact Judge Feetham's appointment is practically identical with the commission of jurists which has twice recently been urged in these columns for this. very undertaking. Hitherto the question of Shanghai's future has been' allowed to drift, prineipal-
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