A problem has come to the front within the last few days with respect tothe League of Nations China has, as is well-known, been somewhat in arrears with the payment of her assessments of the Parliamentary" journalists be; is understood that "she fonds of the League, but now it ae long, Ho wag oaked to respond mitted 310,000 gold dollars, sum to the toast "The Guests' and which roughly brings her up to did $0 as°follows ithe middle of 1922. Tv also seems appreciate very much. the that she has promised the payhhotiour you have dono me by callment of the balance at an early upon mo respond to the! toast of the visiting Brethren.
At thio same time, the Foreign "My Blue Ledge is called tha Office of Peking, while announc-International Lodge at Peking ing that the money has een re-under American jurisdiction. mitted, has once micro put on re-have, been raised to the gud leerd its strong dissatisfaction at gree under the order of a the elimination of China from the trish rite, and Tam also a Council. Tt points out that the Shriner of the Islam Temple at' non-permanent members ought, by San Francisco, I understand resolution of the Assembly, to oe thoro is no barrier between the|Fe-elected on a geographical basis and 4. this has beeer absolutely: di therefore) og & member of an|Fee@rded on.the occasion of the American Lodge, Tam ndmitied lst vote which resulted in the a visitor t6 your Lodge here, [substitution of China by Cercho: Wo cherish the best spirit in the Slovakia, Masonic Order. There is no dis-Most, people rather sympathize crimination between different with Ching's point of view and nationalities or differfont races 7 ldeom it rather a mean davies. to one from the Enst is treated as eliminate her. I am beginning one of the West. to understand, however, why "Enst is Enst Slovakia' wanted to secure West and ne'or thd membership of the Council of the twain shall mee" 'This is Tt, is Because thiy body true today. Confucius said: has @ goood ideal to do with the "Within the Four Sens all ar) coming' loan to Hungary which brethren, If you were to tell all surrounding nations do not the: man_in the street that you lscem particularly keen about. call a Chinaman your brother, course, Czecho-Slovakia always he: would be rised—he noses' as. the Good Boy of would' nob 'T Europe, but as a matter of fact, feel quite at home here with you, its policy is rather selfish and trent me not ultraracial.
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spirit of fraternity.
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