From a Correspondent view of Robert, He Tung's ently return to Hongks may not be out of place make a brief reference to his cent effort to suring the Round Table Conference to a rewity. when he visited Loyang and endeavoured to gain the agree: nient of Marshal Wu Pei-fu to at fend the Conference, Phe impression hus obtained 1 some quarters that Sir Robert's mission wae a failure, A failure:
wag vot, and certainty no other man has come nearer to bringing realization of the country's position and the neces: sity. for peace to. Marshal Wu Poifa, than has Sir Robert Ho Tung and the time may yet come when the Loyang chief will wlf be the frst to invite Sir Ro-herr to convene the Round Table Confer what it has metnty Chis. going Per aps few people will
Hold, thig "stumping the cou tisy' by Sir Robert Ho 'Tung. the' prosecution of his peace Hilans. Sir Tobort had vealed that "the est "course to inspire vmfidence in his project would Ne'tor him to go in person to teeviow ench Head steal of communicating—with them from Shanghai,—provided they wore ready to discuss the naifer with him; and although ae from being the best, of health and no longer a young nan (Sir Robert is 62 Yeats of Aye), he Wnhesivatingly embarked en the arduous enterprise. Sir Robert may well he termed an ambassador" of peace. Every wher he has been received. wit the Courtesy and. consideration duo both to hia name and to the two ble mission, though unofficial, on which he is engaged. One. result of his recent trip and. what has eotuted for grottest. gain, 18 that he has met the most iuflue Hal Chinese, apart fom the off. vial, and they have been in every fotse deeply: impressed by smality and: bolute sincerity.
Nir "Robert is returning to Hongkong because personal Inter. ext und affairs, 90 long negle ceil, require his presence there; sud us one of the Associate Com: missioners from. the Colony to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, he has already booked hin prssiige for London, expretleave, Hongkong about the of February.
Sir Rober leaves China with) ardour undiminished and a fine) optincei as to the final success of his Conference scheme. He has "opened path through any. obstacles, and will. return to supervise the construction ofthe permanent way to pence, If a full measure of success does imately crown ung's efforts, 1 events shape their course by some other channel (and one can never he sure of anything in Chins there will always remain the ineffger: tile record and personal iisfaction that. he did his best in a task, viewed as hopeless and kloas from the very outset! by {99 persons out of every hundred, to which be gave of his health, time and money.
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