London, Mar. 19.
The urgent need for scientific research, particularly in the tropical portions' of the Empire, was emphasized by Mr. Ormsby-Gore, the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a speech in London today. He said it was a disgrace to the' Empire. that until recently. it was without a college of tropical agriculture. Tt was tragic to find [what the Germans had done in East JAfrica before the War, and it was fa erying disgrace that' we had nothifz comparable to what the Dutch had established in Java.—Reuter.
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