Nanking, Sept. 9.
That effective steps be immediate.
taken to. suspend the illegal operations of the International Telephone and Telegraph Coxporation which has taken over the.tele. /phone enterprise in the Intexnational Settlement and, the French Concession of Shanghai without the, permission of the National, Government, is urged by. the Union of Chinese Telephone, Subscribers.in.a. petition {to the. Ministry of Communications, The. petition algo recommends; that. Practical. measures. for the acquisition, by the, Government. of. the-said elephone enterprise, be. made. pubs The. petition, points out that, in spite. of the repeated, protest, of the. Government and, the unanimous opposition, of the. Chinese. com. munity, the Shanghai Municipal Council has. granted a 40-year franchise to the Corporation in com> plete disregard of Chinese Government and the interests of - Chinese telephone-users, It.was in the hope. hat the Corporation would awaken to. its mistakes and voluntarily, comply with the procedure prescribe ed. by Chinese law; that the Unioa recently issued. several public mani-festees and, addressed communi tions to the said Corporation, Such friendly exhortations have, however, been completely ignored." The Goy-forament's protest to the Consular authorities has also elicited nothing more.than an evasive reply invoke ing the "unequal treaties" in justification. of the action of the Municipal Council and, the Corporation, That they are bent upon. ignoring. the sovereign rights and, lays. of the country is therefore obvious, the petition concludes, The formal election of @ permanent executive committee for the Union of Chinese Telephone Su)- cribers is being conducted. The committee will be composed of 25, members, to be.clected out of 50 candidates, nominated, by the. sub, scribers, The naminges include various well-known civie leaders in the Ain.
Shanghai Chinese community—Kuo
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