Shanghai, Sept. 25.
By 17 votes against 11, a non-confidence motion against Mr. 'Masusaburo Amano, president of the Japanese Residents' Corporation of Shangnal, was defeated on Sept. 23 at a 50- minute session of an extraordinary meeting of Japanese. residents, held at the Japanese Central Primary School, Range Road, on Sept. 23.
Nine proposals were adopted by the gathering, which is the Japanese equivalent of the Ratepayers' Meeting of the International Settlement. Me bills are related to fiscal matters, besides providing for the erect tion of a middle school for bays and an additional primary school to cope with the recent rapid increase Ling ju school-age children in the local Rue Amiral Japanese community. aa motion was introduced by the Dochaku Honto, a political faction representing the interests of small and medium Japanese business men with long Shanghai Rift in Local Japanese Community Shanghai, Sept. 24.
Shanghas's Japanese © community yesterday hummed with excitement at the prospect of one of the' stormiest general meetings of Japanese residents scheduled to open in the auditorium of the Japanese Central Primary School, Range Road, 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
'The storm centre, according to Jocal Japanese papers, was the: reported intention of the Dochaku Honto—the "Native Sons"—to present a motion of non-confidence in 'Mr. Masusaburo Amano, president of the Residents' Corporation. The Dochaku Honto membership comprises of small and medium tradesmen with long Shanghai affiliations.
Other political factions in the Japanese political arena are the Swakai—the "Tea Party", the representatives of the spinning interests, the "big business" group and the independents, according to the "Shanghai Nippo:
Nine proposals are on the agenda of the meeting.
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