The Archive · 1940

The Resolution

No definite decision was reached at the meeting yesterday, but 2 statement was made to the Press at the end of the conference by M. Paul Scheel, Danish Consul-General and Chairman of the meeting, who is at present acting Senior Consul in the absence of Commander P. Neyrone, the Italian Consul-General. This was to the effect that a resolution had been passed by the Consular Body, utterly condemning the acts of terrorism recently witnessed in Shanghai.

The full text of the resolution was as follows: "That the Shanghai Consular Body, considering that acts of terrorism are contrary to humanity and the cause of civilization, and having witnessed the highly trag effects of such acts in Shanghai, places on record its utter condemn: tion of any and every form of terrorism by whomsoever perpetrate and, taking note of the actual situation in the Shanghai area, urges the Shanghai Municipal Council to ta full consideration of the situation in the Shanghai area and to do its utmost to maintain peace and order in the International Settlement by eradicating and suppressing all forms of terrorism."

"In addition," stated M. Paul Scheel, "the Consular Body are writing a letter to the Chairman of the Council, making some suggestions, especially with regard to the future collaboration of the Police Force."

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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