Consul-General.
Mayor Pu sent his secretary to call pon the officials last night and oliver the letters, which asked for carty answers to the March notes and expressed the hope that the Setth ment and Concession authorities Would ce-operate with the Special Municipality' authorities in maintain ing peace and order.
Five Requests The letters addressed to Mr. Frank-und the Senior Consul recalled the five requests which were made by' the Mayor in his These were:—
Enforcement of measures to control terroristic crimes; restoration of the police sub-station on Great Western Road: transfer of jurisdiction over the First Special " District Court: return of the land office ledgers, and 2 ban on displays of Kuomintang lags. The letters pointed out that no replies had yet been received, though under date of March 28 letters from Mayor Fu were sent to the authorities calling their attention to the fact 'Mayor Fu also recalled that ina conversation with Mr. Stirling Fesset den, Secretary-General of the S.M.C. fon March 23 the latter had promised to give sincere consideration to que' tions involving extension road areas in the western district, but that nothing had been done. Mayor Fu it Sesterday's letters asked that Mr. Fessenden' communicate with him concerning these matters.
"The Mayor stated that he had called upon Mr. Fessenden after receiving letter from him dated February 20.
In concluding his letter Mayor Fu pointed out that the Special Munielality Government was the only one in the Shanghai area and expressed hope that the S.AEC. and the Con-Sular Body would ce-operate with it the interests of peace and order in the Settlement and the welfare of the people." similar letter to the French sul-General declared that the Maybr deeply regretted the failure of the Settlement and Concession thorities to reply to his notes. © Tt recalled that the March 10 note to the French Consul-General requested imeastires for control of terrorism, the infer ut jurisdiction over the First ial District Court, and a bun on 1 Kuomintang Rags.
'The letter pointed out that a ban on fag displays was enforced "only once and. was not thorough" 'The Mayor stated that _he had. seen expression of the French authorities' vith regard to the control of terrorism and the transfer of juris-aaled for Honakong for ret nit Admiral" Sir Perey British Destroyer Arrives in Port Shanghai, May 20.
Relieving H.MLS. Dorsetshire which left Shanghai on May 18 to under-refit at Hongkong, the British destroyer, H.MLS. "Decoy arrived in ort yesterday afternoon from the Colony and she will remain" here until the arrival of Admiral Sir Perey Noble, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, in FLAMES. Birmiouing yesterday was HIS, Magship of the Brit Squadron, with Rear-Admiral R. V. Holt on board, after doing patrol duty in the Lower Delta, Both vessels berthed at the British "naval buoys behind the USS. Augusta, Aayship of the United States Asiatic Squadron.
Questioned by the "North-Chins Daily News" yesterday British naval authorities in" Shanghai stated "that in-Chief will remain at Kulangsu until the situation there teleers, before coming to Shanghai in H.MS. Birmingham. The departure of HALS. Dorsetshire, it was stated, Was merely anormal routine move fas it had been decided that the ship should undergo a thorough overhaul at_ Hongkong.
The date of Admiral Sir Perey Nobje's arrival in Shanghai had not been fixed, it wa stated, although iC} was believed that his stay at Kulunge would be concluded in the immediate future, It will be recalled that HAS, Birmingham was due to arrive at Shanghi on May 19 but mediately following the Japanese landing at Kulangsu the vessel wax despatched there with the Command-chief on board to watch deve and to protect British Action Against Soviet Daily Sought Shanghai, Say 19.
Action by the Shanghai Municipal Council against the Russian-language newspaper "Novosty Daya, known as the "Russian Di with offices at 620 songly by Mr. Wang Ching-chaui Manchoukuo. trade commissioner Shanghai, on May 17, Japanese news Papers reported. yesterday.
Two representatives from the trade commissioner's office, the papers said, called on Mr. G. G. Phillips, Seeretary of the SAC, to request a closer supervision by the Council over the newspaper.
This step was. taken By the Mar choukuo representative connection with "the publication ier this month by the Russian newspaper of a report containing disrespectful references to the Manchurian ruling, family and accusing Japan. "ambitious designs in the north diction over the First Special Distic Court, and asked that an answer wit as soon at possible He expressed the same desire a8 in his etter to the Settlement author
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