Jan. 31.
"Tur news we get from Reuter front day to day shows that our French neighbours have set about cultivating the friendship of China with characteristic tact and bonhomie. The study of Chinese in Paris and the study of French in China are both to be prosecuted with a thoroughness that we Britons can envy but so far have shown no ability to imitate. As part of this scheme to promote a better understanding between the two nations a distinguished Chinese graduate of Paris University has been appointed Minister to France and has been welcomed to the country by the French press with much warmth. Dr. Chen Em said, in an interview, that he would endeavour to make the bonds uniting the two Republies even more intimate than they at present are. He pointed out that China could offer an inexhaustible supply of raw materials while France could provide China with the technical experts which ave her chief need at the present time. This is all very true and very pleasing and at a time when there is too much ill will and recrimination in the world anything that makes for a
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