Hongkong, Feb. 25, The annual meeting of the Honskong & Shanghsi Banking Corporation took place to-day.
Mr. D. G. BIN. Bernard, the chairman, in his speech declared. that, for British trins carrying on business in China, the political develop-rents of the lat year bad very unusual significance. It was clear to all at present, be said, that British interests depended pre-emin" ently upon further developments of Ctina's internal and foreign politics, which stood at a very critical juncture, For 18 months past the British) had been made the subject of peculiar and intensely bitter attack supported by boundless misrepresentation and calumny, for which there could be no other' explanation than that it was the work of political instigators not concerned with the real or even the imaginary interests of China but solely bent on doing harm to Britain,
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