It is officially announced that Sir Charles Addis, the chairman of the Lowion Committee of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpora. tion and a director of the Bank of England, in conjunction with Sir Basil P. Blackett, has agreed to act fas British deputy member of the [Committee of Experts to frame proposals for the final settlement of the Reparations question. British principal experts who have already been appointed are Sir Josiah Stamp and Lord Revelstoke.
Charles Addis and Sir "Basil Blackett will act as deputies. for them should the occasion arise.
General satisfaction is felt in the City at the appointment of Sir Charles 8, Addis and Sir Basit P.
Compan LZpine probably knows ths Inside history Of Prench polities la the early years of the probest cen tury bevier than any living' ma, he Prefect of Police, as the ofelal those duty it fs to maintain of dee the capital, is Drought into elbs Contact with the Government andy times of trouble, haw very di feule and delicate duties to perfor Lepine was the frst Pretest fig rate in modern times, to break down the barrier of Thistrust with hich the Raita se ant Tegand everything. and everytod Eonmeeted with the. police. "Tain feeling is @ survival from the old days of arbitrary methods ant coups Etat, M, Lépine overcome it'to a surprising extent by his per~ sonality. Whenever trouble occurred in the streets, M. Lépine was to be seen in the midst of his forces, ant Sometimes in the crowd, His) tap hat was a rallying-point, like Henri Quatre's famous white plume at thy battle of Ivry, and he became actually popular, He kept his post throughout the tumult and bitterness of the Dreyfus cas One of his best exploits was ths "siege of Fort Chabrol"—the eapture of a small band of politicnt agitators. who took possession of house in the Rue Chabrol and defied the authorities. Instead ut ordering an attack, M, Lépine put cordon of police round the house, out off the gas and water, and The "garrison" held out for ind then surrendered wit out bloodshed, It would have been very interesting to hear M. Lépine's story of this affair.
His experience, however, seems to have inspired him with a wholesome dread of interviewers, and ho aid, politely but firmly, that he had no souvenirs to relate.
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