Negotiations to break the deadlock on the outside roads question loomed imminent following a conference on Monday night between Mr. C. S. Franklin, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, Mr. Paul Scheel, Senior Consul in Shanghai, Mr. Y. Miura, Japanese Consul-General, and Mr. Fu Siao-en, Mayor of the Shanghai Special Municipality. All parties attending the meeting, which lasted for some hours, expressed themsel satisfied as-a result of the discussion and it was believed that negotiations would be opened in the near future with a view to settling the impasse.
Although the details of the meeting
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