Can-educated officials of the new Fégime, have been nominated Nanking to be its two Chinese mem~ bers of the. Provisional Council, and in its lst of Chinese committee-men presented to the Council, Nan-King has also included some "of the eld Chinese committee men former~ elected by the Chungking group, The new group of ratepayers appears {0 be determined to help the hew administration to settle the high cost of living problem first, This was revealed yesterday in the first English statement issued by Mr, Chen Chee-chen, acting chairman of the new Chinese Ratepayers Associa. tion tin {ife absence of Mr. Vu Yo ching). He stated that "some civic Guties have been grossly neglected, "referring especially to the present high cost of living and the "specta~ cular Increase in the price of food-'Sufts," He suggested that "some SMringent measures to alleviate the situation are urgently required." Referring to the new administration and himself, Mr, Chen has the following to' say:
Yealized and a Provisional Council with, changed seals and numbers of counsellors Is in the offing In order to permit those in authority to look into a possible reorganization of the Council, The Chinese Ratepayers Assocation acknowledges the present set-up and a majority of representatives "of the association lected the Chinese councillors and the committee members, have been a resident of Shang-hal for some thirty years and naturally am fully familiar with conditions at present ax they arose out of the past, Since T have been elected the acting chairmen by a Fopresentative meeting of the association T have no reason to disappoint my fellow ratepayers who have paced "their hope. tu me and therefore accept the responsibility. T earnestly hope that it "will be my good fortune to be one of the tools bring about tons of Chines city, which as it is the. greatest city in China and as such a very im~ Portant fnanelal emporium, should precedent to be followed by the, whole of China ianghai's influence and, too, dependence on the rest of Ching should not be underestimated, and therefore if a satisfactory answer to present problems confronting Shang.
be found It not even the whole of East Asia, Provisional Council Ratification Awaited Ratiteation by representatives of Shanghai, Apr. 22.
foreign Powers here and the Chinese Government of the new Provisional Connell of sixteen is expected soon, following the authorization which was vested in the Shanghai Municipal Counc by' ratepayers at their recent annual meeting to take this up with the foreign Powers concerned.
"The proposal to form a Provisional Council to carry on the administra jon of the. Settlement followed an yreement between the consular representatives of Great Brilain, the United States of America and Japan. Establishment of the mow Council will become a fait accompli after the necessary approval hag been obtained of other Powers concerned and the Chinese: Government.
While the selection of foreign representatives of the new Council has been decided, the names of the four Chinese councillors remain a matter for conjecture with the Chungking and now Nanking governments at variance on the matter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.