Council Reaches Agreement With Mayor Fu; March 1
Combined Police Force to Function; Hopes Relaxation of Japan-
Of Return of Hongkew Area Raised U.S. Tension Expected; UN agreement on the policing of the "outside roads" areas in Lenient Regulations Shanghai was signed yesterday afternoon at the Civic Centre, Washington, Feb. 16. Kiangwan, by the Mayor of the Special Municipality, Mr, Fu Siao-The Yangtze River will probably en, and Mr. C. S. Franklin, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal be reopened to foreign shipping Council.
The agreement provides for a joint police force to operate about March 1, usually reliable Japan-in the area, many of the members to be recommended by the ese quarters here forecast yesterday. Shanghai Municipal Council and to be appointed to their posts Simultaneously, the same sources by the Special Municipality, outlined three other current or near-future developments which are ex-The signing of the agreement took place under the full spotlight pected to relax United States-Japan-of publicity, photographers and pressmen of all nationalities being ese tension. present.
After the ceremony the mayor was host at a round of Firstly, diplomatic conversations toasts for the occasion. Gratification at the reaching of a modus will be resumed at Tokyo within two vivendi on the long disputed question was expressed by both or three weeks, they said, to seek a solution to the controversy between sides.
A statement issued later by the Japanese Consul-General Japan and the U.S. over questions foreshadowed negotiations for the return of the Hongkew area to regarding China, the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Municipal Council.
Secondly, progress is expected to Among those present at yesterday's ceremony were Mayor Fu be made in the Settlement of numerous United States damage complaints Siao-en, Mr. C. S. Franklin, Mr. R. T. Bryan Jr., Mr. Ibusuki, Mr.
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