The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22

municipal government. cooperating in the
scheme OF local administration which they de-
vised. 1t was not long. however. before the
French withdrew, from the combination and
decided to paddle their own ca2oe IN their own
settlement. The British and Americans.
however. have continued to form one mu-
nicipality. administered by a council whose
members are elected by the votes of the Amer
lean and British landowners. Twelve other
nations have since appeared upon the scene
and all have soughtand found hospitality with
in this great COSMOPOLITAN settlement.
There is no better MISSIONARY in China than
Shanghai. for it illustrates to al, lookers-on
the advantages OF, Western civilization. Thou
rs they pass through the city, SEQ the fine
buildings. well-kept streets. lighted by cleo
t telleity 9h s stca Tne m and p@Ff;c W gaTd.n woF 1Hd
the ideas they acduire.nIust percolate in some
measure through the country. But France
concession is much smaller. but so are the
number of foreigners and the amount of bust
4.6S4 white men lived in the Anelo-American
settlement and only. $50 In the French. The
tRe Gork 81 T IN 'front.' Mn Of t6 ea{ j g c amd GIsHTfS IT
1897 was 1.G47. aggregaring 7,969.674 tons.
Or course this vast trade, which Il about half
number OF Chinese. over 24O,O0O Of the ma
while less than $4,000 are In the French settle
ment. Twice rs many Chinese live in the
American and Englishlconcession as In the ma
tive city of Shanghai.
France, decided. some years ago. that in
spite Of her comparatively small part in the
Of Shanghai. she wanted a great
deal more land and the privilege of doing with
It Just what she pleased. So she asked for a
larger aren and also territorial rights over her
entire district: This was more than the Amer
leans and British had ever asked from tho
Chinese at Shanghai. and because China did
not approve of the French pretensions. the
French undertook forum affairs lust as though
IN the resulting UNDERSTANDINGS a score Of
Chinese who were defending their private
property were killed. The English and Amer
leans declared that the rights Of the French
were not superior to those Of other nationnli-
ties. and aC all times have assured China that
~ contested.
But the demands Of the French have grown
with the, lapse of time. Their recent demand
upon China was for the cession Of the Chinese
village Of Siknwei. four miles inland. the hand
Ing over, to French control OF q new embank-
ment and electric light station which theChinese
had constructed IN front of the native CITY.
and It Is asserted that the, French even de-
river. whose mills. warehouses, and docks are
owned by British or American firms. For
elgners OF other natiOnalities own much OF the
land between Shanghai and Sikawei' and near
ject TO be.brought under the'French control or
70 being compelled To. register in a French
Consulate land which they have acquired I'M
der the laws OF China.
II is this demand for further expansion Of
territory that China has now refused to grant.
Az the, French aye few In numbers and trans
act only a small part Of the foreign business.
they do not need expansion as much az their
neighbors do. and tho latter are glad TO see
the excessive French pretensIons thwarted
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