Mr. IN. Leefe, of Jardine Matheson's London office, in propo ing the health of the President, digressed to bring in a touch of solid realism, After quoting from translations from the Chinese Press to show that much remained to be done "to remove the clouds of sui jcion which therein make them.
ves evident, he continued: tgs here appears to, be one more than anything. ela, stands the way "of "a. restoration to. pro sperity ballade to. the. course" Sheer eniciein the lst 12 month has werently in the least realluing what. the effect would. the. West un the. last decade. practienlly bogeotted the metal whic Conatitutes, th -ecurrenc jon of the Numan race.
'China hands" all generations were represented and, whether they were previously intimate or not, Chiza as always proved a great' bond—passing, one cannot but notice 4n England how if two complet: strangers on meeting find that one thas lived, say in Harbin, the other in Singapore a special relationship is at once established. Socially, the China Association dinner was Yubsiuiary coinage of ittempe to Judge, but there can be no tunu been necentust equal. wet blanket the the purchasing: tern races To. Pre penetrating research 80 have on the fortunes. West can hardly be overes very pleasant, The Kuomintang and China The President's speech in propos: Ang "His Majesty's Ministers" contained a considerable events which would be fami all who interest themselves hina, No discourtesy is meant in saying that if these passages hat been omitted the really vital parts of his comment would have stood out with greater force, Twice Sir George Macdonough touched on the major cause of China's perpetual unrest: onza when," after referring to the Northern Generals' refusal to accept the decisions of the Dis Bandment Conferense of January 1928, he said:
There was one further cause of pute, namely, the concentration of all The kkvorntany in the bends of what known se the Nanking eliqua, t0 the aclusien of all" the. xepresent~ tives of 1 other shades of opinion:
And later, in looking to future Possibilities, he said Tt may. well Lo that a reorganiza. tion of the pany machinery and of the system of government. may be Tut that ie a matter. for Sic George's allusions to the horrid ontragee on missionaries, und his definition of what we wan! in' return for abolition of extra-
Recently 1 have been into the possibilities, tional action for an artificial recovery of silver, and the opinion of London bankets seems to be, unfortunately, that there is little prospect of it, Such action would require a disinterestedness on the part of Governments 1 which they are seldom prone, let of all in times of depression like the present.
The two other speakers were Sir Harry Fox, proposing, and Lord Ruveell of Killowen replying for. the guests—both delightfully ters: and witty—the sort of _spoeches that are so good to hear, so impossible to report. One was glad to see Sir Harry Fox quite himself again, as he was not at sit well on his first return home.
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