Shortly after {his arrival here om the Empress of Asia, Mr. Bertrara Lenox Simpson (''Putnam Weale'') of Peking, was invited by the British Columbia Institute of Journalists to be their guest of honour at an informal supper, He accepted and about 35 anconyer journalists gathered in the Citizens Club. Major Lukin Johnston presided, and immediately facing Mr, Lenox Simpson at the table of honour was Mr. Stephen Golder, nephew of Sir Robert Hart, to whom Mr, Simpson made eulogistic allusions in his speech, Next day Mr, Simpson left for Ottawa and New York where he was to confer with Canadian and American statesmen on Asiatic questions, with particular re ference to the political possibilities in China if the Anglo-Japanese Al-hance is renewed, before proceeding to Europe. He will be across the Atlantic for some months.
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