the Departing Ambassador Emile Naggiar, French Ambassador to vase. was recently appointed, and having which tough the formidable process of eating, yas out of Shanghai, will probably wel-relief which the sea voyage should one SE Nagaiar, a was_pointed, gut in eM, CE teeth clit elians caret, much of which 2 erelimetely connected with Shanghai that been ture wil leave 8. very. apparent gap del Uhoue prominent personalities, who eve one Msi ablily" to serve. taels county atic 0? spositon to. do" their "utmost sel ye communities in which duty ise itud spon them to live. "AN intorvats dur has canty-sie years he hes occupied various 2 i Shanghai, {rom vice-consi to. Consul:
and tatterly, being' accredited tothe sree Government' at. Nanking he has. been Nain close touch with a city which 2e.ca long ego to realize "his wndoubtediy leorieqeales, Tt was by no. means an asy follow Ju the footsteps of such a man ite of Wilden, whose courage and fore:
during the Great War did. 39, much. to on'shunghal, and M Naggiar had the extra heeantage of having to succeed him in somes irving times." His success in' this isar thoroughly recognized by his fovcrnment as it I5 by those who. have' been iieto watch hig career at closer range. His ifraferenee {0 80 important a capital as Moscow will be taken by his friends as an indication of the cowlidence which the French Government fs in his ability and he Is to be congratulated the signal mark of honour which has thus teen accorded him. He will leave a host of {tends behind him in China, and on their behalf {his journal wishes him bon voyage and good luck tu the new post which he Is to all Attempted Assassination The abortive attempt upon the life of Mr. Fu Sino-en, Mayor of the newly formed Shanghai Municipality is an unpleasant reminder that the war of assassination has not yet ended, and that there are still misguided persons in Shanghai who think there wilt be some sort of settlement of political issues by the wse of the pistol. There is not a single od thing which can be said for attempts to ain political ends by means of the assassin, trid the mildest term which can be applied to must emphasize its contemptibility. If politi-al murder could ever achieve anything value the Machiavellian mind might find some excuse for it, but as it cannot its very futility carries with it its own condemnation, As this urnal has pointed out on other occasions, en though China and Japan are still Aghting, there is a need for some Chinese' of standing do what Me. Fu is doing, in the interest of the people who are present under Japanese mination, and a real mediator between the Japenese military and the inarticulate Chinese ses is a pressing necessity. That this Mlempt was made as a result of inter-factional ixputes aiming to secure power under the Japanese aegis cannot be disregarded, but even fails in any way to justify such a eum Special mention must be made of the gallantry Sergeant Sojuro Tokutani, who is reported to fave stepped between the assassin and his intended victim and to have received the Twllets meant for the latter, as a result of hich he died. This devotion to duty is an cellent demonstration of the high traditions {brave men all over the world, and as com-fired with the cowardly behaviour of the sxossin " affords a striking contrast entirely favourable to the Japanese officer, Mr. Fu is be congratulated on his very narrow escape, and it is to be hoped that it will be a very, ling time before he is again the victim of such
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