In referring to the "outside" question, the Japanese spokesman at yesterday's pr ference stated thai there conflict regarding the principles of the question, between the Sha.ig! Municipal Council and the Special Municipality of Greater Shanghai.
"The Shanghai Municipal Council," the spokesman went on to say cognizes the justice of the Special Municipality's claim that the latter body exerts rights of sovereignty over the outside roads' and Cone sequently, there can be no ques as to who should collect taxes and do the policing. These two matters uld automatically be solved lavour of the Special Municipality.
The main question therefore, continued, revolves around the vestments' made by the Shanghai "out ad" districts and Municipal Council in improving the
waurd this question cad that of hav vest io maintain peace and good order in these areas that conv: rations will revolve.
Asked whether, in view o; the fact that the question was not yet settled the Special Municipality was still insisting on the privilege of collecting taxes in the areas concerned, the LUTEO said thi the Special Mayor Fu denied the reports that taxes from buildings facing the owe Municipality had never collected
he had submitted on the question of side roads' and that the ti de roads taxation ern district, The date for collecting Council in those districts, collecting "vehicle tax" in the west-|]evied by the Shanghai Municipal does not LO. M Ya SORT Daneel legally come under the heading of the date only as a matter of cour- io jur tarau? Council had no right He ated that the tax The money colle would be collected two months later. he cokemmun addled By merely owa po coNecet two months Inter. the spokesman added, was merely an iller meeting, tie Mayor said assessment on property holders pay-bud Mayor said 1296 for im by the S.M.C. carried out other hand, the investments made by the S.M.C.
The state of affairs at Brenan retain undisputed.
Piece, in the vicinity of S Referring to Mi S. Franklin's mornings attack on a Municipal call on Mayor Fu Siao-en on Monday Police motorcycle patrol by members?fternoon, the spokesman said that of Mr. Wang Ching-weis "Special he understood Mr. Franklin mention-Service Corps," was peaceful yester-led three plans that would be sub-day. The Police maintained the|mitted by the S.M: C. concerning the strictest vigilance in the area and|*ettlement of the ion. Me did kept two armoured cars manned by|not know which solui would be sergeants equipped with sub-machine reached but assured press represen-guns at Brenan Piece throughout the tatives that an amicable settlement day.
Besides, an occasional motor Was anticipated. party of Ro; Tta Marines was In referring to the Division, noted at the troubled intersection which was to have been created and elsewhere, indicating a certain reduction in the Italian patrol scheme as compared with previous days.
A truck filled with Chinese in the uniform of the "Special Mur cipality" was drawn up in Brenan Piece during the day.
The presence of two large British military posts at each of the two crossings in Edinburgh Road equipped with S.M.C. trafic semaphore served to keep those intersections quiet. They are the points where Edinburgh Road crosses Vu Yuen Road and Great Western Road.
North of Soochow Creek, the spokesman said that while progress had been made in this direction, conversations were broken off following the Kinloch incident on Jessfield Road some time ago and have not resumed,
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