Addis: No Antagonism to Republican Ideals Shanghai, Jan. 27.
On Tuesday Mr.' A. Brooke Smith invited Sir Charles Addis to a lunch in the Union Club to meet a number of prominent Chinese merchants and gentlemen. Besides the guest of honour there were present Messrs. Chu Pao-san, mich, Zih Li-kung, Fu_Siao-en, Pan Ching-poo, Chun Bing-him, Sung Han-chang, Woo Ling-shu, C. Pp. Yin, E. F. Mackay, Mayers, G. W. Sheppard and Chang Nieh-yun. j Sir Charles Addis said, accord-ling to a report by Reuter's, that it was an entire mis: take to suppose that the Consortium was opposed to or out of sympathy with the Republican ideal in China. The form of government was the concern of the Chinese; people and all that the Consortium Idesired to see was the establish-iment of an effective and stable government.
He further emphasized the point that the Consortium was never intended to be a permanent institu-ition, but only a temporary instrument for use in a period of transition when international cooper-~ tion was undoubtedly more advantageous to China than international competition. Pending the unification of the country, the Consortium stood ready to deal with any well considered scheme for consolidating the floating debt of
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