General relict will be felt over the tone of!
Lord Plymouth's statement in the House of Lords regarding the Japanese demands in connection with the municipal administration in the Inter~ Vnational Settlement. That the British, French and American authorities have agreed to support the Municipal Council in opposing Japanese attempts to interfere with its functions or to] alter the character of the administration, affords! ample reinforcement of the Position which has; been taken up locally, and will undoubtedly prove of considerable assistance in maintaining the purely international character of this Settlement. It' is apparent from Lord Plymouth's statement that the justice of certain of the! Japanese claims is fully recognized, and it may) be expected that' in these instances a proper: effort will be made to meet Japanese views. Indeed it was said that the matter was under consideration. 'The request for greater representation on the Municipal Council is, however' fan entirely different question. In the first place it is an international body under the con {rol of no one Power, and it can only be by agreement between the Powers concerned that any change can be made in the constitution of the Council itself. In that connection it should be remembered that though the Japanese are in military occupation of a portion of the International Settlement they have not conquered it: they are merely pariners in the municipal, undertaking as are the other nationalities taking part in ils government. It ig essential that its] International character' should be maintained, and In this connection it has to be borne in mind that both the British and American representa~ tion is on an entirely different footing from that of the. other nations, for it was the fusion of their settlements which brought into being the present International Settlement. In that Japan had no part. The growth of her interests is very much later date, and the fact that she lowed two representatives on the Council] should be sumiclent vindication of the internationality of that body. states that "they will be of white drill with a 2%in, band and two pleats, two straps in front, with' buckles, of white metal, one inch wide. Bottom of shorts to be 20 in. (circumference)
id to each within three inches of the knee cap." 'The shirts will be tailored in true naval Syle with "a yoke at back and box pleat. Three buttons, all to button, of plain white pearl, down the front. Shoulders fitted with holes' for shoulder straps as on white tunic' Sleeves will be short to the elbow or long to the wrist but the Admiralty makes no insistence fon this detail, leaving it to the option of the wearer, but there is no deviation from the final Htem that white stockings, turnover tops, must be worn with white shoes and black stockings with black shoes. This is nothing new to China where officers have worn shirts and shorts for some time, according to the personal inclinations of the Commander-in-Chief, but now that the new naval fashion note has been revealed for the Benet of Chinese tailors it certainly was unfair of a London newspaper to produce the gag: "Down to the sea in shorts." Tt Is a far! cry from the days of Nelson and his officers who went into action with silk shirts, knee breeches and powdered wigs, but there Is something incongruous "about. the idea which jars with popular conceptions of naval rig. especially: when the "Beatty touch" is 0 firmly entrenched in the popular mind,
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