Admiral Cole's Tribute to the the British Melbourne, Aug. 3.
The speaker expressed indignation at the flood of absolutely unfounded calumny poured out upon Britain with regard to the industrial con-{ditions in Eh perhaps from ignorance or prejudice but, feared, also from deeper projects {intended not to help the Chinese bu: to injure the British. of the mill-owners and their action voluntarily adopting the rule.
Replying to Mr. W. Foot-Mitchell (Cons.), Mr. MeNeili said he had no information that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai had pledged itself to continue an sufi-British boycott for one year. Everything possible was being done to expedite the judicial commission of inquiry into the Shanghai turbances.
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