Following a one-hour meeting yosterday a conference of the local Consular Body discussing Japanese pro: posals for a reorganization of the Kulangsu International. Settlement appeared deadlocked today.
'Called by Mr. Goro Uchida, Japanese Consul-General, on 'Thursday, the conference sat for' (we hours at its first session, It met again yesterday.
"The. impasse was understood have been reached over a disagroement among the members of the conference regarding the acceptability of the second of five Japanese demands "made upon the" Kulangsu Municipal Council. Tt asks for the lection of @ Japanese as Chairman of the Kulangsu Municipal Council, fund the appointment of Japanese as Police Commissioner and Chief Secretary coupled with increased Japanese participation in the -administrative branch of the Council, Cost An Obfection AL yesterday's press confer aval' spokesman, in reply to a cor Yespondent, stated that because the British, American and French authorllies had landed troops on Kis I might have been considered sny by the Japanese to their forces inthe Amoy sector. anti-Japanese propaganda in Kulans= fu. was similar, he added, isting in the' Internation: iment and te French Concession of Seen Mr. Uchida resumed conferences yesterday with his French and Bute ish colleagues and the officials of the Kulanyou Municipal Council, secking weceptance of Japan's cil's administrative policies Interviews were conducted today" between nand Roy, French Conference seemed to be the need for an expenditure of ¥:36000 a year for the maintenance of more Japs police officials, Dificuities in raising the requirer amount are held by the members of the Consular Body, with the exception of Mr. Uchida, us a reason for cement of the execution of the Japanese proposal until some source io finance the new expenditure is. found The Consular Body met for tea today, but will not resume its diseusannounced tora, Frank opinions were exchanged andthe general situate was said to have shown signs of provement, Mr. Uchida wi Hitehicoek today to continue tions, In the discussion attention was said the Japanese req ments of Japanese Chairman of 1 fof more Japanese on the Council's sions' until tomorrow.
Exactly one year utter the organfzation of the Peace Maintenance Commission the long-awaited Amoy City Government will be established June 20° with Mr. Li Szu-hsien Financial difficulty might preven the Council authorities from readily accepting the Japnaese demands, was feared here. The opinion was expressed in informed quarters ere that both sides" likely would meet half way."—Domet,
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