Shortly after this he was reappointed, to Shanghii, now in the capacity of Consul-General - and Arranged by French Municipality The French Municipality on Thurs-dad night gave a banquet, at the Cercle Sportif Francais in honour of M. Naggiar, French Consul-General Shanghai, who is leaving for France to-day. The Members of the Commsission Municipale were invited as well as the heads of the different branches of the Mr. Schyzer, vice-ch the Commission, spoke first in the name of his colleagues, expressing the regret caused by M. Naggiar's Sehwyzer, honour and the departure. had," said "the pleasure of working during a year under the chairmanship of M.
ind we have been able to, appreciate his remarkable qualities and his power to work. The two years during which he has been busy With the affairs of the Consulate]
General were, as every one of us Knows, of a very difficult nature. But on account of his tenacious will, of indefatigable Inbour, of the Shoice he made of he calaborators, tone of the most eri sal periods for the French Concession and for Shanghai, did pass without. the being disturbed for cession emerges then from this crisis without having suffered the smallest damage and with " brilliant future before her."
Mr. Schwyzer expressed his satisfaction at seeing M. Naggiar called by the French Government jon in Paris which im to keep in touch i: the. Frenchi Concession, for the welfare of which he has so'usefully worked.
Two Presentations Finally, Mr. Schwyzer, in the name of the Members of the Commission Municipale, presented Nogaiar with an object d'art, as a token of their esteem and' confidence.
M. Meyrier, acting French Consul-General, then announced that the Commission Municipale had decided to present to the retiring Although between 6,000 and 7,000 employees in three or four branches of Chinese trade have gone on strike during the pest 48 hours, and employees of several other guilds have assumed a truculent attitude, there is nothing in the situation to cause alarm to the International Settlement, is the opinion of those authority. They" base their conclusions on two major points, ture for home, the gold Consal-General, before hin depar. numalyte stehes do of cancers medal of the larger industrial unit the Municipality. He asked M. Nageiar to accept it as a tribute of gratitude from the Members of the Cpmmission and also as a me-monte of the difficult days of the year 1927, during which order was never disturbed by reason of the measures taken by the responsible authorities Naggiar thanked Mr, Schwyzer and the Members of the Commission, for the delicate sentiments which. dictated those proofs of confidence and sympathy. The remembrance of this occasion would be one of the most pleasurable of his career in China, "If it is true," said he, "that the French Concession in 1927, passed through one of the most' critical periods since the days of the Taipings, it will be an error to think that those difficulties could have been brushed away was the case, without the confident solidarity which enabled the consular and the municipal authorities to work in perfect harmony for the general welfare.
Thanks to Assistants The important results obtained were due to this happy state of affairs and the Consul-G general wanted to thank es ingly the Members the Commission, He seized this opportunity again to call attention to the remarkable foreign population directly, and secondly, that the strikes appear to be organized solely by the labouring classes, without Communist intue ence, and they are being conducted without threats of violence or dise play of force. In short, the men demand nothing more than increased wages and better working conditions, More than 6,000 workers in the sauce shops, both in Chinese territory and in the settlements, who had been agitating for increased wages for a month, and who threatened to strike, should their employers refuse to' accede to their demands, peaceably walked out on Wednesday afternoon, Employees of rice shops also have been claiming higher wages, and from pronunciamentos. issued by them on Thursday, those in touch with the situation are inclined to believe that they too will join the ranks of strikers shortly, should they be refused considerate ers appear to have stand. About 400 assistants Potting have presented the following demands, which appear to be of the same general tenor, as those of the others:—that the shops should pay a minimum wage of $16 per month payable on the 16th of every month; that double wages should be one should be dismissed without the paid at China New Year; that no work accomplished by the different demon's of the permanent forces of the Defence of the Concession.
"The Garde Municipule, under the intelligent and firm direction off {Captain Fiori, the French Foreign fand Chinese Volunteers and their sanction of the Union, and if they are dismissed, that the hong concerned should pay them two months wages 1
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