MUNICIPAL REFORM
POSITION AT SHANGHAI
INQUIRY IN COMMONS
British Official Wirelass.
(Beceived sth December, 11 a.m.)
KUGBY, 4th December. Mr. Gillett, Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign ' Affairs, stated that the Consul-General at Shanghai had reported that Mr. Justice Feetham, of South Africa, had been asked whether, in the event of the Municipal Council inviting him to act as their adviser for the purpose of examining the problem of municipal reform in the International Settlement in the light of Chinese aspirations, he would accept. Mr. Gillett gathered from the Press that the invitation had been aeccopted. The Shanghai Municipal Council took this action without first consulting His Majesty's Government. They explained to the Consul-General that they wore anxious not to embarrass the i British Government, and that for this roason the Government was not being asked to accept any responsibility in the matter.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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141MUNICIPAL REFORM Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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