Terms of Agreement are Accepted by Tenants The dove of peace which had been hovering over the block all day alighted on March 17 Yuen Road, where a dispute between the tenants and the Municipal Cou cil, over the payment of the Seti. ment rate, had produced a "siege" about a week ago, Exactly at 4 pin. by order the Council, workmen started to remove the wooden barriers, barbed wire and other obstructions placed about the large block in the early hours of March 11. At 5, all the war-hurdles in' Vu Yuen Road. Tieng Road and Bubbling Well Road had been removed and residents could again use all the gates and doors connecting with the three. Municipal roads. Motor-cars again were able to move freely in and out of the compound, The heavy police watch about the block. Including members of the Reserve Unit, was promptly withdrawn, The next step in implementing the peace agreement is the restoration of Sewerage and water-drainage facilities through the S.C, systems.
Mr. Stirling Fessenden, Secretary-General of the S.M.C., and Mr, 0. K. Yui, Secretary-General of the Shankhai City Government, conducted the negotiations which. brought about peace. Mr. Fessenden was able to, announce that afternoon that the terms of agreement had been ap-Proved by the Chinese parties in. volved and that therefore the "siege" had been lifted.
The terms of agreement provide] the following:
'The taxes are, to, be handed over the "Shanghai 'City. Government Sha the SAIC. ito remove Haden' and 'To-open' the "Set Sewage and water: outlets:
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