To the Editor of the "known-cniwa Datty Nuws.
lof his we letters appearing yester Sitesi the conchading.entences day and to-day, Mfrs HE, Armbold emphasises the sane point, namely the absolute necessity' for ensuring ae! the Montel Cuneit be come sulted when negotiations. the future status of Shang take place.
One would scarcely think 16 necessary to stress this point, for ie" would, only. seem mat tral "tha the higher" powers" who will doubtless take" this. matter into their, own hands, Would carefully consider the moeds and. desires. of this, community and. fully consult the local authorities on every phase fof the question. Bus wye have only -|to remember the Chen-0'Bfalley arrangement regarding Hankow to ea what is possible in this respect, and Mr. Arnhold's. phraseology can mean nothing else than that he has fears of the Shanghai question behead: four own Municipal ing similarly dealt with over the
Council.
For one, so well versed in, our local polities as Mx. Atnhold Jexpress. such an opinion should be ample warning to all of us who hhavovany interest in the future welfare of the Settlement of the danger that lies in. "waiting for someone to do something." It
Shanghai to make known their ideas tthe foreign eaidente of fon the subject, and to give fallest possible, measure of support to the Council in a demand for con sultation and consideration both, before and during any negotiations ithat_may_bo entered into, by. the Powers. Tt is no use waiting. until we are presented with wt fait ac~ compli and. "draft agreements" already initialled—that is too late {for effective action.
Surely the people who have con fsibuted towards: making. Shanghai what it is as a commercial contre, are entitled to say something as what it shall be—especially as {they are the ones who will have to live in it. "If the Foreign residents here were organiced into one articulate body, they could' make their voices heard to good effect. We cannot expect Governmental was is 112706007 and dividend tos profs on investiene, veal Iusineses for several months under Yih the shareholders of Mensee ins of the amalgamation faved from investments amoneel Tls. 70,813.22, the total ti ference Llewellyn & Ca, Ltd. will rein" the profit' derived from these ceive three ordinary shares of $10 each in the new. Company for. each corporation will consist of leading Malayan tin shares. The present [British-American Tin Corporation China, shareholder will have a half: share in a company dowsle the size of the:
The "Free City of Shanghai wil in addition levy a "City duty" of 2} per ent, oF so.on goods entering the "Free representatives to worry greatly About us if we are not prepared make an effort for ourselves.
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