Am Important Announcement In all probability it is assessed at its true value by the addressees.
The British Foreign Office is to At_ the same time, it must be re-be congratulated on issuing an aucognized that the Syndicate have thoritative, if semi-official,—an-already suffered heavy loss for #26 nouncement regarding the purport the discusfona. new bron Which they would be, entitled make legal claims. The Hot "Nanking between Sie Sites ment, would do well to consider the Lampoon an, Drs CT. Wane. Too possibility of making a definite aqq often revelations" on li portant to discourage activities, g27 sues under review by the British Which must do harm" to Chinese and Chinese Governments have been industrial development at this allowed to emanate in inaccurate 21 critical stage. and, necessarily, incomplete form from other sources to. the conse-BB) quent embarrassment of all parties concerned. It will be noted that the No Smoking, negotiations are based on an as 528 sumption which reasserts the friend-'The Shanghai Amstour Dramatic lines of the British Government's club are making a told bid. for a 828] attitude towards the Chinese Gov-pure mosphere in their new ernment; it is an assumption which Brentre. Responding to the express cannot be satisfactorily questioned Sons of opinion which have been until the conditions of the rest the correspondence columns ant settlement emerge. At thi of the tage further comment, from either they have: decided Noxth-China Daily News," flow the 329, would be inadvisable.. In fair-practice in the best London the nest both to Sir Miles and to Dr.
And forbid smoking C.T, Wang their discussions should Gtoriam during the, progress "of 330 be able to. proceed in the atmos-their productions. It fs felt that Phere which test conduces to the smoke fe and non-smokers alike will attainment of an agreed solution acapplaud this, decision, which" shows ceptable.to all reasonable men. The a Praisewarthy regard for the com-elements of the problem, as viewed fort of the. atdionge and the eft from both sides, have been fully ney of the performers on the stated. It remains to be seen what ther side of the footlights. The success will attend this attempt to Club are making preparations. for come to grips with the issue for} the display of prohibitory notices, final settlement. but the rule' is being enforced at once, and playgoers at the Lyceum Rave already signified. their appre~ Tnopportune tion of this study of their' conenienee. No doubt even those eho The revival of the agitation harmally revel ina. smoke-laden against the concession granted to Atmosphere will prefer to have one the "Peking Syndicate in Honan Bheatre in Shanchai where they can seems to be a peculiarly inopporexercise their. dramatic diserimina. tone ebullition at this moment. ion unprejudiced by the fumes The facts of the case are already, nicotine. well known. The "Syndicate hat obtained, rights to operate coal mines and other property in the Upper River Shipping ordinary course of business, and it has established particularly" good Mention in the speech of the el tions with the Government. chairman of the New Engineering devdapment of, Chive infurrise desirability of encouraging the Shipbuilding. Worle on Tacadsy thet the company. had not been is very strongly appreciated able to bing is projected plant st the Government and it naturally chang into™ operation tp to" the involves due attention to the Preeent serves to. emphasize how valibilty of foreign _caital is. Fespect. The s0-cal 4 the development of lotee in ihe
Chiang Kaicshek and other Minis. tis ence" of odequnie meyaiing %61) ters advocating the cancellation of] faolitios. Ie is. net. the fault of sence ware repairh $82] the. Syndieate's concession n-Honan the-company "that these sre not reatineed not be ton seriously treated. already. ava.table ~in- Ichang, when sudden changes of local government can disorganize business plans as completely as they have Jdone in the past in that part of the feountry, rapi scheme is out of the question. The progress with any Tinportance of the enterprise hich the New Engineering Works has in hand may be gauged from the fact that a few years. ago when Admiral Leveson was. Commander-in-chief here, he was asked by residents of Hankow "to. base the" Yangtee Flotilla. on that port instead of [Shanghai., Admiral Leveson fully appreciated the importance of the suggestion, but pointed out. that fantil Hankow or' some. other port lup-river had ship repairing facilities it was not feasible. His logic was too sound to require amplification Jat this time of day, and at the same time his reply indicates how greatly such a project as that of the New Enginee Works at Hichang is called for.
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