To, the Editor of the "NonTH-CHINA Dai News!
'Sm—In the hope of giving a political personality to the International Settlement in Shanghai, Your correspondent signed F.S. pro-Dored to interzationalize the city' under the authority of the League of Nations. Before this proposal is taken up by the Committee of Shanghailanders" ax suggested by your correspondent, it may be pertinent to study whether such a pro-ossal is acceptable to the League Nations, Being of a state or super-state the League does not govern at there will be no necessity St having the mandatory system The comparison between the polit-cal. personality of the City. of Danzig and the future Shanghai an unhappy one. 'The status of the City of Danzig, if not more, is certainly as anomalous as, the In-{ternational Settlement in Shanghai, Fearing to open unnecessary contro-[verses between Germans and Poles, Twill not describe the working of the City' of Danzig. "That numer-feus cases have been submitted ithe Council of the League of Na-{ons and some even referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice amply. proves the situa ju Danzig is anything but satisfactory.
Needless to say that before the Assembly and the Council of the League of Nations take a formal Jdccision, and in this case & special treaty is "necessary, "no one can speak authoritatively for the inter-[national institute. "However judg-Ing from the working and general tendency of the League of Nations fat" present, I donot think the League. is prepared. to take such responsibilities. Nor do I consider that the League under the Covenant may undertake such a task,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.