The announcement that Mr. O, K. Yui has been confirmed in the subtative appointment of Mayor of the City Government of Shanghai is not the less gratifying because it was expected, General Wu Te-chen delighted to insist that his Mayoralty was a civil office. The Government has validated that insistence by selecting a bacca civilian as General Wu Te-chen's successor. Recent references to the} Tenth Anniversary of the City Government emphasized Mr, Yui's long and distinguished service as Secretary-General for but a year short of that whole decade. if he does not know the duties—and difüculties—of the Mayoralty in which he is now fully invested, none doss. Congratulations to him t be tempered with a sympathetic preciation of the burdens which he s assumed but that appreciation is in turn tempered by the condi tion that in forcefulness of character, in the art of being firm in action and moderate in speech, in realization of the importance of good standards of municipal administration and it the practice knowledge of the pitfalls and, at times, disquieting symptoms of the body politic, Mr. Yui is well-equipped. He can be assured of general good wishes for the successful performance of his difficult task,
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