Dissection Being powerless to do anything owing to absence of both Civic and government leadership, the Chinese community in Shanghai has to accept the Provisional Council of the Settlement, which met for the fact time on Thursday as a matter of course. Chinese here realize the seriousness of the changed situation but so far outwardly they kept calm and disapproval is evident only in their press The attitude of the press is reflected by the wording of the report about the meeting of the Provisional Council. "The administration of the Shanghai Municipal Council has already undergone a change. It is hard to predict what future has in stock" Mr. L. T. Yuen (a Chungking nominee believed under the thumb of Nanking) has "even" attended the meeting. Another Chungking nominee Mr. Yulin Hsi, was the only one of the 16 members of the Provisional Council who was absent Informed Chinese circles stated yesterday that it would be difficult to expect Mr. Hsi to attend the meeting of the new administration unless Chungking so orders. In the case of Mr. Yuen, coercion was rumoured to have been used. as was recently reported by the Chungking press that he had been detained at the Astor House Hotel.
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