Demanding proportionate repre metation, Mr. Hayashi declared tha! the right to participate in the Settiement's administration should be oliotted to the various national groups sevordance with their numbers. though British nationals formed the largest group among the foreigners when ihe Settlement was frst uslab-Hished, they should not be allowed to have 'a majority in the Municipal Council, and to dictate the Setticment's administration today when the situation in Shanghait is. completely changed, Mx. Hayashi declared, Demand for a larger Japanese re~ presentation in the Municipal Coun, Mr. Hayashi stressed, is natural view of the fact that the Sino-Japa @se conflict sull is in progress and Japanese political interests in and round Shanghai are inseparably connected with strategic considera ions, Without Japanese ce-operation a smooth execution of Settlement administration cannot be hoped for, and moreover the Settlement's admin= stration directly affects the Japanese campaign against the Chungking Féqime, he emphasized.
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