Nov. 6.
Shanghai was again the sul of discussion at an important round-table conference to-day.
At the outset the legal point was. made clear that there was no dow>t whatever that if extrality went the present government of the Settlement would ipso facto end.
Two proposals were discussed. The first was that there should be gradual increase in Chinese parpation in municipal control with IL-control by the Chinese ultimately in view.
The Chinese delegates said that this would not be acceptable to them because in the interim foreign sovereignty would remain, The second proposal was that negotiations might be begun soon {for the establishment of a new legal basis for the City, one which would reflect Chinese sovereignty.
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