Shanghai, Apr. 13. ESIDENTS of the International Settlement heaved sighs of relief yesterday morning after it was revealed that voting ratepayers, with the largest vote count ever recorded in a Shanghai municipal election, fought off the threat of Japanese domination of the Council and maintained the status quo for at least one more year by sweeping the five regular British candidates and two American nominees into office with an overwhelming majority of over two thousand votes for each candidate, Biggest flop of the election was the poor showing made by Mr. Ranald G McDonald, independent British can late, who polled only 325 votes out of a total of 13,098 ballots cast. Japanese residents In Shanghat will not abandon their. ght to. give. a freatervotce to thee ideas on how ive administration of the Taternation Settlement should be. conducted, Ste °Vukient. Hayashi, chairman of Japanese Election Committee, Sia "yesterday in a" post-election Hatoment, yer wil begin preparations, nove to Wdain a landslide fu next year's eeahtni he declared. "tig not im= eieetalg o command success," he said.
japanese shallot. complain WS. GhePtesutts of the election now hat the struggle ly over. The imnating of antolection Hes not upon Roruuteonne, but An the righteousness of. the. platforms at. issues"
Mr Hayashi, however, pointed out that the question of whether or not {hatotostion was eondeted fairly and Wwauly would require study, together othe irratonatities. of the DEE system of elections."
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the confidence of the community and whose readiness to. devote unremitting tention to details of organization made ost, the smooth "conduct of the event count of vote [Fam re that al, your fetow-rate-Expressing on beh of the Council avers share Ju the thanks which Tam
The Council has been notified by the Chinese. Ratepayerst Association of the election, at a meeting of representatives. of Chinese Ratepayers, of Messrs. Vu Ya Ching, L. T, Yuan, W. Gockson, E. ¥. B. Kiang and Yulin Hsi_as members of the Shanghai Municipal Council" for the year 1940/41.
'The Council has also been notified by the Chinese Ratepayers' Associa on of the election of Messrs. K. I Ling, K. 0. Hsu, B.S: Hsu, Proncis W. J. Lee and D. 8. Chen to Council's Committees China Newspapers On Situation Shanghai, Apr. 14, A review of Chinese press reports reveals that hope is unanimous' that the newly elected members of the Shanghai Municipal Council will keep their promises made during the election campaign and try to focuss their attention on two main. items, Agitation against maintenance of the band by the Couneit has again. been started.
Quoting Chinese ratepayers, the reports state that the new members of the Council should. do their Utmost to reduce prices of cam= modities by readjusting conditions of supply and demand and by dis: couraging profiteering among unscrupulous " merchants, Cancellation of the proposal for increasing. the municipal rate is listed as the second important problem to be settled without lay." To, increase the thened to the "drying of a catch ah Steer ment is advocated port points on that, al-thet in the ow manfepat Bodged the many to be spent For maintains i200, the ratepayers. have still 19 band has' been reduced Shoulder the burden of" s200000, 1's sala hat Tt hag been suggested het the: band should "be. abolished and that the. Burden "Shout hited" "to ority. those "who' are ports on activities of specat conve an pricing. ae" ina" no commiltces of bath Toreten fvenprominengo, It beng assrten
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