Mr. H. E, Arnhold mate a good im-
The annual dinner of the Royal Air Force Association. of Shanghai will be held on April i. tion and the apparent inaccuracy of certain data have made the conjectural analysis of the returns diMeult to support on certain points. To begin with the inclusion of the uncounted votes now shows the poll to have reached the impressive figure of 80 pression at the dinner of the Society of Chartered Accountants in China by* drawing attention to the historical facts of the Shanghai Municipal Couneit's composition, He thus dis posed of the theory that the British community had obstinately clung to Mr. H, B, Campbell has removed his paint store aln office from 1265, 0 1481 Bubbling Well Road, The P. & 0. Banking Corporation per cent. of the electorate. The|an undeserved predominance, In|Ltd. have moved to new promises assumption that a large number of reality the British have consistently the round floor of 28 The Bund, Japanese voters also supported non- been receptive of proposals for Japanese candidates was also ildeveloping the international character The annual general meeting of the founded. Above all it seems that the of the Seitlement. They had seven shareholders of the China Finance British vote was far stronger than [seats on the Council until the year Corp., Federal Me, US.A,, will be was first imagined. Inquiries now of the War. When the Japane wse held on Wednesday, April' 8. tend to show that the British poll secured representation in 1916 for the was somewhere between 87 and 90 first time, an early opportunity as Owing to the transfer from Shang-per cent. of the community's electoral taken, in'1918, to Increase that one hal of the Cuban Consul, Mr. strength. It is known that Germans sat to two by the so-called gentleman's Vidal, the Cuban Legation, 234 Hung-and Russians voled in some strength agreement" In 1928 the decision to but other nationalities were not so arrange for the election of three affairs, Road, will atend to all Consular active. Although the uncounted votes Chinese members—increased two came from Hongkew It is not to be years later to five—over and above) Mr, B, C. Fowles (ate of Lane, assumed that they were all Japanese the nine foreign members, conside Crawford & Ca, Ltd.) has establish in origin; indeed they are believed to ably modified the balance of nation: ed himself in business as ladies' and have included a number of other Interests and again reduced Britis ch gentlemen's tailor at 149 Nanking nnatlonalities—hence the increase to dominance.
Thus the British mem-Road, Shanghai, the non-Japanese poll in the amended bership of seven in 1913 was reduced figures. The adjustment of informa. to six in 1916 and to five in 1918. Mr.
As from April 1 there will be a tion collected confirms the view that Ambhold clearly favoured consider direct through passenger service be-the British Election Committee did tion of the possibility of reducing] tween Shanghai and Wuhu daily via most effective work in assisting the British and American. representa ti Yaohwamen Station from Shanghai community to poll. It now apto provide one or two seats for North Station and Wahu respectively. pears that out of a possible total of nationalities not already represented 125,101 (nine times 2,799) 16,287 votes on the Council. He plainly int'nated All persons having claims on the or, roughly 64 per cent. were cast. that that proposal stood In 0 category riy estate of the late Edmund Burt Smith This should be compared with the different from one which designed are jnviled to send particulars thereof record of 1935 when with eleven can~ give additional representation to didates, out of a "possible" of 14,283, community already having two seats to the Registrar of H.BM's Supreme Court for' Ching before May 31. 10475 votes pr 71 per cent were cast, on the Council, Mr, Arnhold's speech, Tu 1934 when the then record poll of is well worth study on that and other 1,787 was achieved, with ten cand!- issues. Tt was not easy to make The Shanghai Power Ca. invites dates—the "Beaumont" election—out the circumstances, the reception tenders for the supply of approxi-of a "possible" 18,183, 13,273 votes.or showed that {ts points were well mately 300,000 tons of slack and dust per cent. were east. "It will thus taken. Mr. Arnhold's qualities 2s coal to the Company's station during be seen that the plumping which the spokesman of the community are too a period of six months commencing present election produced diminished often underestimated. The manner in July 1. the percentage appreciably. which he took the opportunity give ren him on Friday is all the more) The Far Eastern manager of the welcome. Ho should not have to bear Phoenix Assurance Ca, Lid. of Lon-Hitler to power has been followed by all the burden. don, announces that the firm has no nevile efforts in leading Germany to wary, there are internal difficul-which will necessarily demand era Government and people alike special qualities of cohesion and for-Utude, "Considerations of that kind Ihave been discerned in the step which Herr Hitler took early in the month to arouse popular enthusiasm, some risk fo Germany's foreign relations. It is possible to believe that, ith the elections over, the Leeder will feel that he 1s sufficiently well-entrenched in national favour to proceed in the direction of policy on ess spectacular lines. If that supposition be correct, there 1s ground for hoping that a less uncompromising spirit will characterize' the next communication to be made by Germany in response to advances from the Locarno Powers.
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